A termination or the termination of the employment relationship can affect your entitlement to unemployment benefit. Depending on how the employment relationship ends, a waiting period may apply or your entitlement to unemployment benefit may be suspended. You should therefore always seek legal advice before a mutual termination and consider the effects on...

If you can foresee that your employment relationship is ending or you have been given notice of termination, you must register as a job seeker very quickly. If you do not do this, you will face a waiting period and you will not receive your unemployment benefit immediately after the employment relationship ends. This applies even if you want to take legal action against the termination...

If you are unable to work due to ILLNESS through no fault of your own, you are generally entitled to continued payment of wages for a period of six weeks (Section 3, Paragraph 1 of the EFZG). Illness is an abnormal physical or mental condition. A doctor usually determines whether such a condition exists. You should therefore get yourself examined and...

When your employment relationship ends, you can request a reference from your employer. In principle, the reference only needs to contain information about the type and duration of employment (simple reference). However, as an employee, you can also request that information about your performance and behavior be included (qualified reference). The language of the reference is...

With a termination agreement, you and your employer agree on the termination of the employment relationship. The contract must be concluded in writing. Otherwise it is invalid. You should urgently seek legal advice in advance. Especially if the statutory notice period is shortened by the contract, meaning you leave the employment relationship early...

If the employment court is of the opinion that your employment relationship was not terminated by the dismissal in dispute, you or your employer can file an application for termination of the employment relationship. If the application is granted, the court will terminate the employment relationship by judgment. At the same time, you will receive a COMPENSATION for the loss of your...

If your employment relationship ends, your employer may provide you with a so-called settlement receipt. This is usually a declaration that you no longer have any further claims arising from the employment relationship. You should therefore ask for a period of reflection and seek legal advice. Otherwise, you could be faced with...

If an extraordinary termination is issued, this usually takes effect immediately, i.e. without notice. However, your employer can combine the extraordinary termination with a notice period. This period must then correspond to the statutory notice period or an agreed or collectively agreed notice period...

Many employment contracts contain so-called exclusion or expiry periods. After the expiry of the period specified therein, claims arising from the employment relationship expire if they are not asserted within the specified period. These are often two-stage exclusion periods. In the first stage, you or your employer must assert their claims against the...

An extraordinary termination is usually also referred to as termination without notice. This is also correct, unless the termination is accompanied by an EXPIRY PERIOD. Otherwise, the employment relationship is terminated immediately upon receipt of the termination notice...