Germany

New and updated

• Germany: Employee rights

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  International

  Updated to reflect changes to the rules on temporary part-time work and changes to the minimum wage rates for posted workers.

• Germany: Pay and benefits

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  International

  Updated to include information on the 2019 national minimum wage rate, state pension contribution thresholds and social security contribution thresholds.

• Germany: Equal opportunities

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on a Constitutional Court rule concerning the definition of gender.

• Germany: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Type:

  International

  Information on legal service providers for Germany employment law.

• Germany: Termination of employment

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to termination of employment in Germany, covering notice periods, unfair dismissal - general, unfair dismissal - operational grounds, unfair dismissal - conduct-related grounds, unfair dismissal - grounds related to the employees' person, redundancy rights and references.

• Germany: Useful resources - online employment law information

  Type:

  International

  Useful online resources on employment law in Germany.

• Germany: Employee representation

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to employee representation in Germany, covering dual system, works council elections and membership, works council members' protection and facilities, works council's duties, works council's rights, conciliation committee, works council information for employees, company and group works councils, youth and trainee representative body, representation of people with disabilities, European Works Councils and board-level representation.

• Germany: Industrial relations

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to industrial relations in Germany, covering trade unions, collective agreements, strikes and picketing, and lock-outs.

• Germany: Health and safety

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to health and safety in Germany, covering duties of employers and employees, safety representatives, enforcement and penalties, and compensation for injury or illness.

• Germany: Recruitment and selection

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to recruitment and selection in Germany, covering discrimination, advertising vacancies, selection, young people and children, employment of people with severe disabilities and foreign nationals.