englischThe thesis is dedicated to the desire of parents, especially mothers, to be able to pursue gainful employment despite special or ongoing care or support needs due to a disability of their children. The question of reconciling family and career arises particularly strongly in such [...]

englischThe Federal Labour Court has consistently sanctioned incorrect collective redundancy procedures with the ineffectiveness of the dismissals, § 134 BGB (German Civil Code) in conjunction with § 17 KSchG (Protection Against Unfair Dismissal Act). The work uses a three-stage analysis to examine [...]

englischOn the basis of selected gigworking platforms, this work examines the extent to which the findings from the United States can be made fruitful for German law in order to achieve better protection for gigworkers.

Although gigworkers, are in need of protection due to their structural [...]

englischThe study analyzes the different protection of employees and non-employees in individual labor law. The current differences between employees, who are always in need of protection, and non-employees, who are only exceptionally in need of protection, are critically analyzed. Based on the [...]

englischCollective agreements on workers’ participation on health and safety are less common in Germany than in Italy, where this kind of legal arrangements are an essential and established element of the Italian collective bargaining approach. Some of reasons for the popularity of these agreements [...]

englischThe coronavirus pandemic and its long-term impact on our working life have been discussed extensively since the first outbreaks of COVID-19: In particular, this included the opportunity of working remotely. Whereas, before the pandemic, only 12% of German employees had ever worked from home, [...]

englischWith the third-party effect of trade union freedom of association under Article 9 (3) sentence 1 of the Basic Law on the employer's domiciliary rights, the study sheds light on a potentially particularly conflict-laden relationship between the social partners, which is likely to gain [...]

englischVolunteers encounter physical and psychological risks - for example in the volunteer fire brigade or telephone counseling. It is also linked to the occupational health and safety and working time challenges as a voluntary works council. The aim of this study is to counter the uncertainties [...]

Das Recht der Sozialkassenverfahren hat in der Praxis eine erhebliche Bedeutung. Dennoch hat das Rechtsgebiet in der juristischen Fachwelt bislang eher wenig Aufmerksamkeit erlangt. Zwei Entscheidungen des Bundesarbeitsgerichts vom September 2016, die auf verfassungsrechtlichen Ausführungen beruhen, [...]

Das Werk führt das betriebswirtschaftliche Thema der Corporate Identity in das Arbeitsrecht und insbesondere das Betriebsverfassungsrecht ein. Es wird die Bedeutung einer durch die Corporate Identity motivierten arbeitsrechtlichen Regelung für die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates herausgearbeitet. Die [...]