Employment Contract

A woman in business attire talking to a colleague in the office – discussing severance pay and the Pay Transparency Directive

Blog: Employment Contract
Pay Transparency Directive: Focus on severance payments
What employers need to know now about equal pay and compliance
30.07.2026
Klaus Neumann

Zielvorgabe Schadensersatz: Team applaudiert Kollegen bei Präsentation von Unternehmenszielen im Meeting

Employment Contract
Ruling on performance targets: Federal Labour Court further tightens bonus regulations
Failure to meet targets or delays in meeting them due to negligence may give rise to claims for damages
28.07.2026
Julia Bruck

A long, empty hospital corridor with turquoise walls, numerous patient room doors on both sides and bright ceiling lights. The shiny floor reflects the lights and emphasises the strong sense of perspective stretching to the end of the corridor – a symbolic image of on-call duty in a hospital

Employment Contract
LAG Lower Saxony on on-call duty in hospitals
30-minute requirement for ‘availability to patients’ invalid
16.06.2026
Tanja Radoux

Lohngleichheit im Fokus

Employment Contract
Focus on equal pay: Right to information under the EntgTranspG strengthened
Herne Labour Court, Partial Judgment of 26 February 2026 – 4 Ca 947/25
02.06.2026
Alexander Otto

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

Blog: Employment Contract
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."

Blog: Employment Contract
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

Employment Contract
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

Blog: Employment Contract
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.

Employment Contract
Catch-all Confidentiality Clauses – Better Not! Why confidentiality clauses should never be drafted as blanket, open-ended obligations
27.05.2025
Dietmar Heise

A woman and a man stand back to back with their arms crossed in front of a neutral background. Both are wearing grey business attire and looking in opposite directions - symbolising the gender pay gap.

Blog: Employment Contract
Judgment on “Equal Pay”
LAG rules on wage discrimination and the burden of proof in discrimination lawsuits
22.04.2025
Klaus Neumann

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