If your employer's company has reached a certain size and wants to dismiss several employees at the same time, it may happen that he has to follow certain procedures. He must then, among other things, inform the works council precisely about the plan, seriously discuss the measures with it (consultation procedure) and obtain a…

Your employer may not discriminate against you if you have exercised your rights in a permissible manner. This would then violate the so-called prohibition of disciplinary action according to Section 612 a of the German Civil Code. The Federal Labor Court has ruled, for example, that it violates the prohibition of disciplinary action if the employer threatens an employee with dismissal if he does not work despite being ill...