Employment & Labor Law in Germany

Your Guide to German Employment and Labor Law.

Advantages at a glance

• Compact English-language overview of German employment and labor law
• English translations of the most relevant German employment and labor law
• English-German/German-English glossary of key terms

This guide
provides a concise overview of the key aspects of German employment and labor law as well as the relevant matters in tax and social security law. It contains English translations of the most important German employment and labor laws. The book also includes a glossary of key words in English-German and German-English.

The new edition
has been updated to include relevant Acts which the German legislator has enacted based on EU directives: the Whistleblower Protection Act (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz), the Transparency in Wage Structures Act (Entgelttransparenzgesetz), the Protection of Trade Secrets Act (Geschäftsgeheimnisgesetz); updates have been made to the Documentation Act (Nachweisgesetz), the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) and various other statutes.

The authors
are employment law specialists and attorneys in international law firms. They have extensive experience in advising international clients on matters of German employment and labor law and have published extensively in this field.