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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25. November 2025
ECJ ruling on mass redundancy notifications – Strict requirements under German law remain in place, legislators called upon to act
The German implementation of the Mass Redundancy Directive (EU) is also in line with European law with regard to its consequences for the legal validity of employer terminations! In two judgments handed down on October 30, 2025, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) answered key questions on mass redundancy notifications, thereby providing important clarifications that...
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Employment law
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...
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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