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Dr. Jan-Tibor Lelley, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Jan Tibor Lelley, LL.M. (Suffolk University Law School)
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Betriebsrat & Datenschutz – (k)ein rechtsfreier Raum

Data protection / Data Privacy

Update Aufhebungsvertrag (2): Wie lassen sich Tücken der gütlichen Trennung umgehen?

Employment Contract

Termination update: 14 rules employers have to follow.

Protection against Dismissal / Unfair Dismissal

Gründe für eine Unternehmensrestrukturierung

Restructuring / Reduction in Force

Lawyer for the works council – always paid by the employer?

Works Council

The European Company (SE), Buse Heberer Fromm

Core Topics

Latest posts

No relief for collective redundancies – Part 2
Following a ruling by the European Court of Justice, the consequences of invalidity remain in place with regard to dismissals issued in violation of the requirements for collective redundancies.

06.11.2025
Tobias Grambow, Dietmar Heise

Statue of Lady Justice with scales and sword in front of modern office buildings in the sunlight

No relief for collective redundancies – Part 1
The ECJ rejects the BAG's request to mitigate the consequences of errors in collective redundancies.

04.11.2025
Tobias Grambow, Dietmar Heise

Colourful figures stand in a circle, holding hands and symbolising community, diversity and inclusion.

Without an inclusion officer, compensation payments may be imposed.
The mere failure to appoint an inclusion officer does not give rise to a claim for compensation. However, discrimination can be assumed if no inclusion officer has been appointed in a specific individual case and a measure taken by the employer affects the specific interests of severely disabled people.

30.10.2025
Tobias Grambow

Anspruch auf Zahlung einer Entgeltdifferenz wegen Geschlechtsdiskriminierung

Entitlement to payment of a pay differential due to gender discrimination
A pair comparison is sufficient

24.10.2025
Tobias Grambow

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Employment Contract

What employees and employers should pay attention to.

Symbolic image for personnel responsibility: Colourful crowd of paper figures – according to the question "employee" or "independent contractor"

Those Who Can Hire Their Own Staff Are Not Employees
Authority to Delegate to Own Staff Argues Against Employee Status, Rules Federal Labor Court

29.07.2025
Dietmar Heise

Blackboard with the white lettering 'HEUTE: Heat-free!', surrounded by a wooden frame."

It’s getting hot again!

02.07.2025
Tobias Grambow

Paper cut-outs of a male and a female figure balancing on a pencil lying on a small yellow ball

Discriminated Against by Female Supervisors? Not everything that feels like discrimination under the AGG actually is.

24.06.2025
Alexander Maximilian Kossakowski

Desk calendar with monthly overview on blue background

Holiday Pay Without a Holiday? How differing regional holiday laws can affect holiday pay entitlements

03.06.2025
Julia Bruck

Two people are sitting at a table, one of them is signing a contract that lies open in a black folder.

Catch-all Confidentiality Clauses – Better Not! Why confidentiality clauses should never be drafted as blanket, open-ended obligations

27.05.2025
Dietmar Heise

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Works Council

Co-determination in the workplace – Rights of the works council

Five modern chairs in a row in front of a light-coloured wall, with the fourth chair being bright red and clearly standing out from the other white chairs. – Symbolising the reappointment of substitute members to the works council.

Summoning Substitute Members of the Works Council
When the timely summoning of substitute members is still possible – and what consequences errors may have.

07.10.2025
Julia Bruck

Compass with arrow pointing to co-determination – symbol for the works council's right to co-determination under the Whistleblower Protection Act.

When using the internal reporting office in accordance with the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG), the works council has a right of co-determination in accordance with Section 87 (1) No. 1 BetrVG.

30.09.2025
Tobias Grambow

Illustration with the lettering “DrittelbG” against a background with paragraph symbols – employee co-determination on the supervisory board

Employee co-determination on the supervisory board
No attribution of employees in de facto groups with one-third participation

23.09.2025
Tobias Grambow

Symbolic image representing the training entitlement of works councils: participants sit in a bright seminar room and listen to a speaker in front of a presentation screen.

When a works council goes on a trip, it has something to talk about.
Why works councils do not have to accept being referred by their employer to online training.

26.08.2025
Alexander Otto

Wooden figures with different facial expressions symbolise selection processes in the approval procedure for hiring and transfers, with one figure in focus.

Reintroduction of the approval procedure for hiring and transfers
If a personnel measure ends, the labour court approval replacement procedure also ends – the measure can be initiated again

07.08.2025
Tobias Grambow

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Data protection / Data privacy

Data protection in companies – risks and consequences

USB stick labelled ‘Personal Data’ symbolises the loss of control over personnel files and the insecure storage of sensitive employee data.

Ruling of the german supreme civil court (BGH) on GDPR violation: Loss of control over personnel files may result in damage compensation claims of employees

22.07.2025
Sabine Feindura

llustration of a microprocessor with the inscription “AI” in the centre, surrounded by luminous conductor tracks in the shape of a human brain on a transparent, chequered background

Law-Compliant Marketing with Employees as Action Figures – What Companies Need to Consider
An Overview of the Legal Requirements for Using Employee Action Figures in Marketing – From Image Rights to Data Protection.

17.06.2025
Thorsten Behling

Pay transparency: Damages, compensation & class action lawsuits.

Pay transparency: Damages, compensation & class action lawsuits. How legal protection for employees is regulated for breaches of the Pay Transparency Directive.

04.02.2025
Klaus Neumann

Stay away from personal social media accounts!

Stay away from personal social media accounts! Applicants’ personal social media accounts are off limits for background research when recruiting.

21.01.2025
Albrecht von Wilucki

Instand dismissal for privately venting on social media?

Instand dismissal for privately venting on social media? Private posts on social media which go off the rails can be grounds for termination without notice.

03.01.2025
Sabine Feindura

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Protection against Dismissal / Unfair Dismissal

Two surveillance cameras are mounted on the inside walls of a building corner and point in opposite directions. The perspective is taken from the bottom up.

Employee Surveillance During Sick Leave Is Permissible
Federal Labor Court rules when employers may hire private investigators to monitor allegedly sick employees

10.06.2025
Thomas Geißler

Woman in a chequered shirt opens an envelope and reads the contents

Proof of receipt of termination sent by registered mail requires postal delivery confirmation
Federal Labor Court increases employer's burden of proof for the receipt of a termination sent by registered mail asking for a specific delivery confirmation issued by post office

13.05.2025
Sabine Feindura

Three people toasting together with a coffee

Fired for skipping courses! When works council members skip training courses and incorrectly document working hours.

01.04.2025
Tanja Radoux

Instand dismissal for privately venting on social media?

Instand dismissal for privately venting on social media? Private posts on social media which go off the rails can be grounds for termination without notice.

03.01.2025
Sabine Feindura

Sick or not sick? That is the question!

Sick or not sick? That is the question! How credible is a sickness certificate shortly before the end of the employment relationship?

17.12.2024
Thomas Geißler

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Restructuring / Reduction in Force

Companies in crisis: Examine reorganization options at an early stage

Companies in crisis: Examine reorganization options at an early stage. StaRUG provides no relief in terms of labor law – short-time working allowance extended.

27.12.2022
Axel Höselbarth / Rechtsanwalt

Shaping transformation: Layoffs as the last resort.

Shaping transformation: Layoffs as the last resort. Labor Law & Structural Change (7) - Avoiding the pitfalls of mass layoffs.

19.07.2022
Jan Tibor Lelley

Neue Allianzen und Kooperationen für die Transformation.

New alliances and collaborations for transformation. Labor law and structural change (5): Perils in joint ventures and joint enterprises.

10.05.2022
Jan Tibor Lelley

Transformation gestalten: Gut geplant, ist halb gewonnen.

Shaping transformation: Proper planning is half the job. Structural transformation and labor law (2) – Company changes and qualification social plans.

08.02.2022
Jan Tibor Lelley

Staff reductions: New study investigates the perspectives of all stakeholders.

Staff reductions: New study investigates the perspectives of all stakeholders. The approach to reducing staff has to match the company.

28.09.2021
Dr. Alexandra Gilde

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Core Topics

Our main areas of focus in labor law

Work Force Restructuring in Germany, Jan-Tibor Lelley, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Work Force Restructuring in Germany. Labor law is a critical success factor in restructuring companies and corporate transactions.

Der Aufbau eines HR-Compliance-Management-Systems.

Setting up an
HR Compliance Management System

Whistleblower systems for companies

Whistleblowing systems for companies

Datenschutz für Unternehmen, Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Data Privacy & Data Protection for Businesses. A core field of corporate governance.

Authors

Our experts in labor law

Julia Bruck, Rechtsanwältin der Wirtschaftskanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Julia Bruck
Rechtsanwältin, Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht

Tobias Grambow, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Tobias Grambow
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Sabine Feindura, Rechtsanwältin der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Sabine Feindura
Rechtsanwältin, Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht

Alexander Krol, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Alexander Krol
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Ines Heydasch, Rechtsanwältin der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Ines Heydasch, LL.M. (University of Miami)
Rechtsanwältin

Mathias Kühnreich, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Mathias Kühnreich
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Dr. Nina Lüssmann ist Rechtsanwältin und Parterin der Wirtschaftskanzlei BUSE in Hamburg. ✓ Reputationsschutz ✓ Urheberrecht ✓ Medienrecht

Dr. Nina Lüssmann
Rechtsanwältin

Dr. Jan-Tibor Lelley, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Jan Tibor Lelley, LL.M. (Suffolk University Law School)
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Tanja Radoux, Rechtsanwältin der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Tanja Radoux
Rechtsanwältin, Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht

Dr. Markus Dreyer is a lawyer and counsel at BUSE in Berlin. He is a member of the Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals Practice Group and a member of the Employment Law Practice Group.

Dr. Markus Dreyer
Rechtsanwalt

Michael Eschenbacher, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Michael Eschenbacher
Rechtsanwalt

Prof. Dr. Peter Fissenewert, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Prof. Dr. Peter Fissenewert
Rechtsanwalt

Thomas Geißler, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Thomas Geißler
Rechtsanwalt

Alexander Maximilian Kossakowski, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Alexander Maximilian Kossakowski
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Dr. Klaus Neumann, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Klaus Neumann
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Alexander Otto, Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei Buse Heberer Fromm

Dr. Alexander Otto
Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht

Andreas Tontsch, LL.M. (London)
Rechtsanwalt, Steuerberater

Albrecht von Wilucki ist Rechtsanwalt der Kanzlei BUSE in Düsseldorf. ✓ Wirtschaftsrecht ✓ Gesellschaftsrecht ✓ Mergers & Acquisitions

Albrecht von Wilucki, LL.M. (Boston Uni.)
Rechtsanwalt, Attorney at law