From employment contracts to termination agreements

Legally compliant employment contracts taking into account the latest case law on Terms and conditions

• Evidence Act and its meaning: now "text form" instead of "written form".
• Conclusion, form and content of the employment contract.
• Cut-off date clauses in bonus agreements and general terms and conditions of employment.
• Transfer clauses.
• Valid contractual penalty agreements.
• Correct formulation of expiry periods.
• Reference to collective agreements/equality agreements.
• Repayment clauses for professional training.
• Legally compliant compensation for overtime.
• Legal consequences of Terms and conditions.

Special contract design to reduce personnel costs

• Limitation of individual contractual conditions.
• Avoidance of dismissal with notice of change.
• Keep the right of direction contractually open.
• Agree reservations of revocation and voluntariness, reservations of transfer.

Changing general working conditions with the help of the works council

Fixed-term employment contracts - design aids

• Recognizing and using opportunities, typical mistakes in practice.

The termination of employment relationships by means of a termination/completion agreement

• Be aware of labor law pitfalls.
• Principles for blocking period after severance pay according to BA implementation instructions.
• Leave of absence during the notice period.
• Contestation and revocation.
• News on the "imperative of fair negotiation".

Notes on the tactical procedure

Sample formulations and checklists