Employment law for employers

We advise employers comprehensively in all areas of Employment contract law. This includes tailor-made employment contract drafting in the area of contractual remuneration and the establishment and regulation of incentive systems (such as bonus, bonus and participation models). The drafting of all-in clauses and lump sums as well as the regulation of training costs, fixed-term contracts and termination regulations in accordance with operational requirements is an essential part of our contract portfolio.

Our many years of experience enable a targeted dynamic design of working conditions, which can be used for organizational changes, When approximately transfers or other changes to working conditions become necessary.

We do not limit ourselves to national issues, but also advise on employment law with an international connection, For example, with Home office (teleworking, remote work) abroad, in the area of cross-border posting and Temporary employment as well as during business transfers, or spin-offs from companies and parts of businesses in Germany and abroad.

We clarify legal issues relating to maternity leave, maternity leave and Part-time for parents and represent in legal disputes when the working conditions of protected workers have to be changed or employment relationships have to be terminated.

In the area of Vacation rights We develop models that promote regular vacation consumption or support an employer's desired vacation reduction. We advise you on a desired change of the vacation year from the working year to the calendar year.

In the area of Worker protection We provide preventive advice and represent before courts and authorities.

In Working time law The focus is on developing working time models according to the individual needs of our clients. If necessary, we use the entire range of legal and collective agreement flexibility options to enable weekend work or pay for working hours without additional charges as part of flexitime models or other calculation models. We provide advice in connection with work and on-call readiness and business trips.

We also support negotiations with social partners and works councils and are available to draft or review existing works agreements.

We represent the interests of employers when an employee representative body (works council, central works council, group representative) is established or when we involve Collective agreement negotiations is desired. No less important is sound advice on the correct application of collective agreements or works agreements in everyday working life and representing both interpretations of disputed regulations in collective agreements or works agreements in court.

Based on many years of practice, we can also work in Betriebspensions- and pension fund law, although in this area, too, we are concerned both with designing occupational pension systems and with representing and enforcing employers in court when confronted with demands from retirees and employees.

We advise on the establishment of companies, relocation or closure of businesses, restructurings, spin-offs, cross-border Business transfers and other operational changes. We can also quickly provide assistance with accompanying measures for necessary savings with our life-experience, self-confident and implementation-oriented expertise, for example when designing and negotiating social plans, withdrawing operational exercises and making changes to internal company pay schemes or company social benefits.

This can pose significant challenges for employers Equal treatment law Stand by. In cases of bullying, sexual harassment or age discrimination, we advise employers, e.g. when taking necessary corrective measures and represent them before the Equal Treatment Commission and the Labour and Social Court. With our well-founded advice on the non-discriminatory design of working conditions in employment contracts and works agreements, we prevent legal disputes in the best possible way.

To address often unplanned costly consequences of termination or sacking To avoid this, we develop tailor-made strategies for employers to terminate employment contracts in a legally secure manner. Of course, we also represent you in court if court disputes arise as a result of an employee (general or special) protection against dismissal could not be avoided with great commitment and a high success rate.

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