Rechtsanwältin (Lawyer)
Elsa Katharina Rein has been working as a lawyer in our Freiburg office since 2023. She primarily advises clients in the area of individual and collective labor law and advises and represents them in litigation.
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3. September 2025
Disproportionately long probationary period in fixed-term employment – terminability of the employee
A probationary period that corresponds to the entire duration of the fixed-term employment relationship is generally inadmissible. However, if a termination option has been agreed in addition to the probationary period, the invalidity of the probationary period provision does not affect the possibility of ordinary termination. This was clarified by the Federal Labor Courtin its...
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Employment law
28. April 2025
Working from home is not a less severe measure compared to a termination notice that changes the place of work
An employee whose place of work is to be changed by means of a change of employment notice does not have to be offered the option of working from home as a milder alternative. This was determined by the Baden-Württemberg Higher Labor Court (LAG BW) in its ruling dated November 4, 2024. Facts of the...
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30. March 2023
A prominent position and the powers associated with it do not constitute a reason for a fixed term “according to the nature of the activity”
An employment of an employee in a prominent position and a permanent conflict with the executive board that goes hand in hand with his powers do not constitute a factual reason for an effective fixed term within the meaning of Section 14 (1) sentence 2 no. 4 of the German Law on Part-Time Working and...
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