Alexander Willemsen

Newsletter Arbeitsrecht II - II/2016

Germany - July 7 2016 Die Regulierung des Fremdpersonaleinsatzes schreitet voran. Das Vorhaben der Bundesregierung, das Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz (AÜG) noch in dieser…

Isabel Hexel, Jörn Kuhn, Kathrin Vossen.

Part-time employment during part-time parental leave

Germany - April 17 2013 By judgement of 19 February 2013 (docket no.: 9 AZR 461/11), the Federal Labour Court confirmed that an employee can demand the reduction of his/her…

Right to return to a full-time position after a phase of part-time employment for family-related reasons

Germany - April 17 2013 The CDU is evidently planning a reform of the German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act [Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetzes, TzBfG]. The…

No right of employees to have “thanks and good wishes” included in testimonials

Germany - December 27 2012 The content of testimonials is regularly the subject matter of disputes and disagreements between employers and employees. In its judgment of 13 December…

Requirement of written form in consultations with the works council within the scope of mass redundancies

Germany - December 27 2012 In its judgment of 20 September 2012 (ref. No. 6 AZR 155/11), the Federal Labor Court considered that a possible contravention of the formal requirement…