Key areas in labour law

Individual labour law

Our areas of expertise cover the following topics:

  • Contract law for employment contracts and managing director contracts
  • Warning
  • Dismissal protection
  • Part-time work and fixed-term contracts
  • Vacation law
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Working hours
  • Employee illness
  • Employment references
  • Health protection including reintegration management
  • Termination agreements
    And more

Collective labour law

Areas of law in individual and collective labor law (only an excerpt)
– linking to search terms such as:

  • Works agreements as well as reconciliation of interests and social plans
  • Council elections
  • In-house mediation
  • Occupational reintegration management
  • Training of works councils on all technical/legal topics
  • Effective resolutions
  • Reconciliation of interests & social plans
  • Economic committee
  • Supervisory board
  • Operational committee
  • Control tasks of the works council
  • Collective bargaining law

We are the experts for ...

Our consulting focuses on the following topics (just an excerpt):

RAe Gussenstätter und Grosser - Jens Grosser

Works council elections / Re-elections

Christoph’s experience with various elections at SAP, including SBV, JAV, BR, and ANV elections, and his role in the election boards, makes him highly knowledgeable in this area. His ongoing work in training election boards since 2019 shows his dedication to ensuring smooth and legally compliant election processes within the company. Would you like more details on election processes or training approaches for election boards?

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RAe Gussenstätter und Grosser - Jens Grosser

GBR / KBR

Christoph’s expertise in both individual and collective labour law, particularly in relation to general and group works councils, has made him a sought-after instructor and speaker. His experience teaching at reputable training providers and his active role in symposia and conferences underscore his authority in the field. Would you like to explore specific topics he covers in his training or speaking engagements?

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RAe Gussenstätter und Grosser - Jens Grosser

EBR / ANV

Christoph has spent several years at the forefront, negotiating on behalf of the works councils with the employer on topics such as the formation of a European Works Council, the transformation of a public limited company (AG) into a European company (SE - Societas Europea), and all matters related to collective labour law within the company. He previously worked as a labor lawyer in law firms and has since been employed by large multinational corporations. Additionally, he taught labour law for many years at the University of Erfurt. 

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RAe Gussenstätter und Grosser - Jens Grosser

Tendency businesses

For several years, Christoph has been advising and supporting, among others, schools, broadcasting institutions, and publishing companies as so-called "tendency businesses." He teaches ecclesiastical labour law at the Catholic Academy Rhein-Neckar as well as in the Archdiocese of Freiburg. He advises and trains both employee representation bodies (MAVs) and employers in the areas of co-determination and economic cooperation (WiA).

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