
Dirk W. Kolvenbach
Partner
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Germany
WSG Leadership
DealMaker GroupEmployment: Trends & Developments
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, October 2019
The labour and employment sector has once again seen many changes – both in terms of the initiatives of the legislator as well as changes in the way the sector works. One important change has been the implementation of the Law on Protection of Business Secrets (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen – GeschGehG). The economic relevance of business secrets is very high...
Employment: Law & Practice
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, October 2019
1. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT 1.1 STATUS OF EMPLOYEE In Germany, an employee (Arbeitnehmer) enjoys a special status that is described as the personal obligation to perform work upon the employer’s instructions, without entrepreneurial risks and in a situation of economic dependence (to a certain degree) on the employer...
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