Markulf Behrendt

Experience

Advising:

• Airbus in the context of insourcing logistics services of an international logistics and freight transport company.
• BCS Automotive Interface Solutions / Luxshare on a worldwide restructuring with plant closures or reorganisations in Germany, USA and Poland.
• SAP SE on employment law aspects in connection with the agreement for the acquisition of Emarsys, a leading cloud-based omnichannel customer engagement platform Provider.
• The market-leading U.S. technology company comprehensively on employment advice, including on the preparation and implementation of works council elections, HR compliance, complex termination processes and advice in connection with flexible working arrangements due to the Covid-19 Crisis.

Published work

Articles

• BAG: Auskunftsanspruch des Betriebsrats im Bereich des Entgelts; in Betriebs-Berater, 07.03.2022 p. 576
• Uniform employment relationships in the event of transfer of an undertaking; (published in German); in collaboration with L. Hoffmann; in Betriebs-Berater, 27.2021 pp. 1652 ff.
• Solving crimes in the company; (published in German); in Personalführung 4/2020, pp. 70 ff.
• Return to time clock? (published in German); in Personalführung July/August 2019, pp. 70 ff.
• The Pay Transparency Act - Transparency? No thanks! (published in German); in Süddeutsche Zeitung, no. 10, 12.01.2019, p. 59
• EuGH turns German holiday law upside down (published in German); in: Handelsblatt, 19/11/2018
• European Commission proposes directive to protect whistleblowers – scandals necessitate reform (in collaboration with I. Vanderreken); in: International Law Office, 31/10/2018
• Whistleblower protection (published in German); in: Human Resources Manager, October/November 2018, pp. 86 ff.
• Whistleblowing in the company - New legislation on dealing with whistleblowers (published in German); in: Personalführung 10/2018, pp. 72 ff.
• Dealing with Whistleblowers – Sanction Protection, Policy Clutter and Compliance Systems (published in German); in: Der Betrieb, 13/08/2018
• EU Directive proposal for protecting whistleblowers (published in German); in: Handelsblatt, 28/05/2018
• Digital HR organisation from a legal perspective (published in German); in: Digital HR Organisation – Where we are, what we need (Appel/Wahler); Personalwirtschaft, 29/03/2018, chapter in book pp. 87 ff.
• Workplace harassment – #metoo?; (in collaboration with V. Witzke, published in German); in: Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht, 03/2018, pp. 136 ff.
• Low transparency achieved by the German Law on Payment Transparency (published in German); in: Handelsblatt, 08/01/2018 
• The German Law on Payment Transparency – “Zero Effect”? (in collaboration with V. Witzke, published in German); in: Betriebs-Berater, 51/52.2017, pp. 3060 ff.
• Compliance in business travel (in collaboration with J. Zange, published in German); in: Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht, 12/2017, pp. 695 ff.
• Preventative action with regard to avoiding compliance breaches in the context of bonus agreements (in collaboration with S. Pretzel, published in German); in: Compliance-Berater, 12/2017, pp. 454 ff.
• The German Law on Payment Transparency – A clear view (published in German); in: Süddeutsche Zeitung, no. 277, 02‑03/12/2017
• Compliance with the German Temporary Employment Act for foreign secondments (in collaboration with M. Weyhing, published in German); in: Betriebs-Berater, 42.2017, pp. 2485 ff.
• Gap in the law (published in German); in: Der Spiegel, no. 37 09/09/2017, pp. 74 f.
• Manager liability remains unclear (in collaboration with E. Braun, published in German); in: WirtschaftsWoche, 14/07/2017
• The law requires communication (published in German); in: manager magazine, January 2017, p. 1
• Employment and tax law in business practice e-cars in the company fleet? (published in German); in: Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht, 9/2016, pp. 556 ff.
• When your boss suddenly appears on your doorstep (published in German); in: Human Resources Manager, October 2015, p. 15
• Legal requirements for recruiting and in using social media (published in German); in: manager magazin, Board Edition 4/2015, p. 8
• Illegitimate favours for works council members in everyday business – Where are the limits? (in collaboration with N. Lilienthal, published in German); in: Kölner Schrift zum Wirtschaftsrecht, 2014, pp. 277 ff.
• Informing employees correctly (in collaboration with S. Seidel, published in German); in: Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht, 2011, pp. 704 ff.
• Annual leave and long-term illness (published in German); in: Betriebs-Berater, 2011, p. 3059
• Annual leave entitlement can indeed lapse (published in German); in: Financial Times Deutschland, 29/11/2011
• Carrying over annual leave due to illness (published in German); in: Betriebs-Berater, 2011, p. 1907
• German Federal Labour Court names managing directors as consumers (published in German); in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 07/09/2010

Comments on court rulings

• State Labour Court of Nuremberg: Severance entitlement from social plan despite resignation of the employee (in collaboration with L. Hoffmann; comment on ruling by State Labour Court of Nuremberg dated 27/10/2020 - 7 Sa 157/20); in Betriebs-Berater, 11.2021 pp. 700 ff.
• Berlin Labour Court: Mass redundancies of ground handling staff at Tegel Airport – social plan ineffective (Comment on ruling by Berlin Labour Court dated 07/07/2015 – 13 BV 1848/15; published in German); in: Betriebs-Berater, 45.2015, pp. 2746 ff.
• Managing directors as consumers (in collaboration with T. Neufeld; comment on ruling by German Federal Labour Court dated 19/05/2010 – 5 AZR 253/09, published in German); Betriebs-Berater, 2010, p. 2639