At least two parties must be involved when we speak about employment: the employee on the one hand and the employer on the other. The term “employment” incorporates both the social and the legal relationship between the two parties. In a legal respect, employment exists when an employee and an employer enter into an employment contract. The respective contract may …
Compulsory lawyer
Compulsory lawyer or When do I need a Lawyer? Where people work together, it’s not always sunshine. In every company, there can be disagreements between employer and employee. Disputes arising from the employment relationship are particularly frequent, such as disputes about employer termination, salary payments, holiday entitlements, warnings or references. If there is no agreement in sight, the employee in …
Employment entitlement
In the employment relationship, the employee is also entitled to actual employment. This is not a matter of course. However, case law has developed this claim from the general personal rights, human rights and the employer’s duty of loyalty under the employment contract as well as the employer’s duty of care as general principles of law. This entitlement of the …
Lawyer for labour law in Finkenwerder
You searched for “Lawyer for labour law in Finkenwerder”? As specialist lawyers for labour law we represent employees and works councils. Our expertise covers all areas of labour law and general service contract law. A particular focus is on protection against dismissal in individual labour law and works constitution law. labour lawyer Labour law comprises all laws, regulations and other …
Part-time work – What employees should know
Around eleven million Germans work part-time. Classic part-time workers are young mothers – but now every fifth part-time worker is a man and the trend is rising. The reason for this is the better compatibility of work and family, which is becoming increasingly relevant for both sexes. After all, the job is not always everything in life. Legal regulations on …
Company exercise
In legal terms, the company practice is a legal institution recognised under customary German labour law. A company practice is defined as the circumstance that an employee can derive rights or legal entitlements for the future from the regular repetition of certain acts or conduct of the employer. The employer can therefore bind himself or herself for the future through his …
Employment contract in labour law – All you need to know
In German labour law, the employment contract regulates the relationship between employer and employee. The employment contract is therefore a sub-form of the employment contract under German law (§611 et seq. BGB). Essential agreement of the employment contract is the provision of the agreed service by the employee and the obligation of the employer to pay remuneration for the service …
Warning in labour law
If the employer is dissatisfied with the conduct of an employee because it constitutes a breach of the employment contract or of the obligations under the employment contract, he may give the employee concerned a warning notice to inform the employee in such a way that the continuation of the conduct will lead to consequences. Strict requirements apply to a …
Employee liability
In principle, employees are clearly privileged in their liability towards the employer compared to the normal principles of law of obligations. The legislator assumes that a corresponding privileging of the employee is appropriate because the employer basically bears the business risk. The risks associated with the organisation of his business are therefore in principle imposed on him. In principle, all …
Employee obligations
Employee obligations are statuated in the employment contract. The employment contract imposes various obligations on the employee. The main obligation of the employee is to work The so-called main duty of the employee is to work. The employee does not owe any success in this, but only the pure activity. He must perform this work or activity properly (somewhat better than …