Labour law

Employees are often the most important asset of a company. At the same time, the complexity of labour law provides a considerable amount of challenges, with both civil and public law sanctions linked to it. We support you by drafting and implementing precise labour contracts that provide you with legal security and avoid possible conflicts. If it comes to any disputes, we will gladly represent you in settlement negotiations and court proceedings.

• Drafting contracts for employees, managers and directors as well as freelancers and other service providers
• Advice on industrial constitution law matters (such as company agreements, collective agreements and disputes relating to the works council)
• Advising before or after dismissals and terminations
• Proceedings before the labour and social security law courts

Labour law is not only mandatory contract law, in some cases employers are also threatened with administrative penalties for violations of the law. Therefore, it is all the more important to draft employment contracts in a legally secure manner. We not only have experience with classic employment contracts, we also routinely draft contracts with management and executives, taking into account the legal specifics in these cases. We are also happy to incorporate special provisions, such as employee participation models. In addition, we advise you on the drafting and handling of contractual relationships with freelancers or other persons who are employed on a contract-for-work basis, so that genuine employment relationships do not arise unintentionally.

We are also at your disposal during ongoing business operations. In particular, clients turn to us when disputes arise in connection with the Labour Constitution Act or negotiations are to be conducted, for example, on works agreements. Of course, we are also happy to draft these for you.

An important part of our work is also the support of terminations and dismissals. Not only is the preservation of evidence important for any subsequent lawsuits, but depending on the case, certain procedural steps must be taken or aspects observed in order to exclude a challenge to the termination or dismissal. If a labour law dispute arises, we will of course also represent you before all courts, whereby out-of-court settlement options should always be explored here as well in order to make the solution as efficient as possible for you.