Employment law insights & archive
Practical updates on German and European employment law. New articles carry their actual publication date; earlier articles retain their original dates and are labelled as historical material.
2026 updates
- German minimum wage and mini-jobs in 2026: an HR payroll check
- EU pay transparency in 2026: prepare the pay structure, check the German rules
- AI in HR in 2026: use the revised EU timetable
- Platform Work Directive: preparing for the December 2026 deadline
- After the 2026 works council elections: an employer’s practical checklist
Earlier articles
2025
- Rights and Obligations in an Employment Contract in Germany
- Key Changes in Labor Law Starting in 2025
- Labour law changes in 2024
2023
2022
- Revocation of “Telework”: Decision of the Federal Labour Court
- Three Things You Should Know About The Termination Of Employment in Germany
- Deceased employee’s request for termination agreement effective
- German Individual and Collective Labour Law
- Labour Law Protagonists and Roles
- Work leave during vacation days with an official quarantine order
- What is collective labour law?
- What is individual labour law?
- The pandemic for minijobbers in Germany – Federal Labour Court
2021
- WORK-Ways in Germany: Homeoffice, Heimarbeit, Telearbeit…
- Part-Time Employees Discrimination? Not in Germany
- Working hours under German labour law
2020
2018
- Reference certificate free sample
- Termination agreement related to an employment contract
- Warning letter under German labour law
- Reference codes in Germany
- Employment references
- Holiday and leave entitlement in German labour law
- Salary under German labour law (without minimum remuneration)
- Time limit of the employment contract
- Employment agreement
- Working hours in Germany
- Reasons for dismissal under German labour law
- Period of notice to terminate an employment contract in Germany
- Immediate termination of an employment contract in Germany
- Warning letter under labour law
- Protection against dismissal under German labour law
- Leave of absence under German labour law
- Cancellation agreement
- Gratuity under German labour law
- Termination of employment
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