Employment and Benefits
Employment law at the highest level of quality – locally and globally
Our German Employment and Benefits team advises national and international companies on all aspects of collective labour and individual employment law. It represents clients at every level in labour courts.
In focus
Partners Markulf Behrendt, Thomas Ubber, Peter Wehner and counsel Dr Bettina Scharff and Dr Sebastian Schulz lead a team of more than 20 employment lawyers. We have extensive expertise in company sales and acquisitions, merger and integration processes as well as restructuring and outsourcing. We are experienced in negotiation strategies of employee representatives, their legal advisors and trade unions – from reconciliation of interests or social compensation plans, to conciliation committees and major reorganisations.
Our expertise
The team specialises in collective bargaining and industrial action law, HR compliance, co-determination at company level, company remuneration policies (variable remuneration systems and employee share plans) and company pension schemes as well as conclusion and termination of employment contracts with management board members and managing directors.
We have access to specialists in key industries:
- automotive
- banking
- chemical
- healthcare
- IT
- logistics
- transport
- insurance.
National and international legal directories regularly recommend our partners as leading legal advisors in German employment law.
International Employment and Benefits practice
We offer national and international companies comprehensive and effective legal advice on cross-border employment.
We work closely with the German Employment and Benefits team and many others.
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News and insights
Publications: 05 January 2024
Le novità del 2024 in tema di lavoro e previdenza tra Decreto Anticipi e Legge di Bilancio
Come da tradizione, le settimane a cavallo tra il vecchio e il nuovo anno vedono l’introduzione di una serie di rilevanti misure per imprese e lavoratori. Il 2024 non fa eccezione: qui di seguito una…
Publications: 14 December 2023
Whistleblowing: pronti al via?
Ai blocchi di partenza le nuove norme sul whistleblowing che dal 17 dicembre riguardano anche le aziende fra i 50 e i 249 dipendenti, già applicabili dal 15 luglio 2023 per gli altri soggetti.
Publications: 09 May 2023
Decreto lavoro: novità per imprese e lavoratori
In data 4 maggio 2023 è stato pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale il Decreto Legge n. 48/2023, c.d. “Decreto Lavoro” ( il Decreto) che introduce, con decorrenza immediata, misure a sostegno del reddito…
Publications: 03 August 2022
Decreto Trasparenza: Nuovi obblighi informativi per il datore di lavoro
In data 29 luglio 2022, è stato pubblicato in Gazzetta Ufficiale il Decreto Legislativo n. 104 del 27 giugno 2022 (c.d. Decreto Trasparenza, o il Decreto), che ha recepito la Direttiva UE 2019/1152…