Employment law specialists for employers: Expert advice for companies

Legally certain drafted employment contracts are essential for the avoidance of disputes. Our employment law team supports employers in drafting and reviewing contracts.

• Employment contracts, fixed-term employment contracts, part-time
• Freelance employees
• Mobile working and workation
• Company cars, works students, training, interns, temporary employees

Individual employment law regulates the relations between employers and employees. We offer comprehensive advice on formal warnings, severances, and more.

• Disciplinary measures under employment law
• Warning, informal warning, suspension
• Termination management and severance agreements

Collective employment law regulates the rights and obligations between companies and employee representative bodies, especially in connection with co-determination and works agreements. Sound legal advice ensures that all the interests are properly balanced, and the legal requirements observed.

• Co-determination rights of the works council
• Reconciliation of interests and social compensation plan
• Works agreements

In employment law, legal representation is crucial to achieve the best-possible outcome when disputes are heard before labour courts or arbitration committees. Experienced legal representation ensures the effective assertion of interests, and provides support during negotiations and judicial disputes.

• Representation before labour courts
• Settlement negotiations
• Proceedings before labour courts and arbitration committees in case of disputes with works councils

Insolvency labour law offers crucial solutions for accomplishing the legal aspects of staff reductions and redundancies. Professional advice ensures that all employment law requirements are efficiently implemented during insolvency proceedings and negotiations with the works council.

• Strategic consulting staff reductions
• Works council negotiations (reconciliation of interests and social compensation plan)
• Collective redundancy notices

Compliance consulting for employers in employment law: We help you comply with legal standards, and avoid risks such as contract and data breaches. The BBL team attends to the development and implementation of effective compliance systems, which minimise risks and reinforce corporate governance.

• Elaboration of compliance guidelines
• Support in the implementation of compliance systems

Advice on legal requirements within the employment relationship is essential for ensuring legal compliance and to avoid risks. In-depth support from BBL ensures that all relevant employment law regulations, such as work time regulations and data protection requirements are properly implemented.

• Act on Proof of the Existence of an Employment Relationship
• Working Time Act
• Part-Time Work and Temporary Employment Contracts Act
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Federal Annual Leave Act
• Occupational Safety Act

Collective agreements and trade union affairs are decisive to the legal structuring of employment relationships. Our experts assist in this area to ensure that collectively agreed rules are properly applied, and that negotiations with unions and the review of employment contracts take place with legal certainty.

• Examination of the applicability of collective agreements
• Examination of employment contracts subject to collectively agreed rules
• Negotiating with unions

International employment law contains provisions for managing the legal challenges of cross-border employment arrangements and the posting of workers. Our in-depth advice ensures that all international employment law requirements are considered and effectively implemented.

• Cross-border employment positions
• International postings

A company pension plan is an important element in staff loyalty and the long-term business strategy. Professional advice from BBL helps in designing effective models and for implementing old-age provision systems in a legally certain and efficient manner.

• Design and adaptation of company pension plan models
• Implementation of company pension plan systems

The supply of temporary employees demands precise legal rules for meeting the complex demands of the employment market. Appropriate consulting ensures that all necessary contracts and approvals are properly drafted and implemented.

• Approval process
• Provision of contracts between temporary employment agencies, receiving companies and employees

Legally certain consulting as part of the recruitment process is crucial for arranging an efficient and non-discriminatory recruitment process. It ensures that all legal requirements, such as conformity with the General Equality of Treatment Act (AGG) and the use of AI are properly implemented.

• Legally compliant use of artificial intelligence within the recruitment and staff selection process
• Non-discriminatory and AGG-compliant vacancy notice
• Employee acquisition consulting

Mediation is an effective method of solving workplace disputes quickly and out-of-court. Professional mediation allows the identification of long-term, mutually acceptable solutions that satisfy all parties.

• Mediating out-of-court solutions
• Disputes within the employment relationship
• Conflicts with managers

Employment law training and workshops reinforce the understanding of legal frameworks and how these influence the corporate culture. Practical further training programmes enhance leadership skills, and effectively underpin important aspects such as diversity and the development of talent.

• Employment law practical issues
• Employment law frameworks for the strategic direction of the corporate culture
• Encouragement of diversity, talent acquisition, leadership development, succession planning, workforce planning