Geothermal competence

subject areas.

• Employment contracts
• Termination and settlement agreements
• Terminations and termination agreements
• Defending unfair dismissal suits

services.

• Preparing and reviewing/revising employment contracts
• Preparing supplemental agreements for employment contracts (company car regulations, bonus and target agreements, commission agreements, agreements for the use of communication devices, or BYOD)
• Strategic consulting for the purpose of terminating employment relationships
• Creating termination notices and counsel on the appropriate participation of the works council, as well as within the framework of agency assent procedures

subject areas.

• Co-determination rights of the works council
• Works council elections
• (In-house) collective bargaining agreements and operational regulations
• Work environment 4.0
• Data protection and employee rights (monitoring, utilizing evidence at the time of termination)

services.

• Consulting on all works constitution legal questions
• Creating works agreements and (in-house) collective bargaining agreements
• Negotiations with works councils and unions
• Representation in disputed cases before the labor court and the conciliation board

subject areas.

• Freelance work and fictitious self-employment
• (fictitious) contracts for work (fictitious) service contracts and impermissible hiring out of employees

services.

• Creating contracts and approaches
• Review of social insurance law status
• Conducting status determination proceedings, including subsequent appeal and court proceedings
• Applying for permits according to the German Law on Temporary Employment (AÜG)
• Counsel and implementation in cases of permissible hiring out of employees
• Delimitation of the various forms of employing outside personnel in national and international contexts

subject areas.

• Status assessment
• Company audits
• Social insurance contributions for artists
• Pensions
• Social insurance exemptions for managers

services.

• Counsel and external representation
• Representation towards social insurance carriers and other regulatory authorities
• Conducting application and appeal proceedings
• Reviews of social insurance status under the law
• Evaluation of contribution obligations within the scope of social contributions for artists
• Providing support in the course of company audits by pension insurance carriers, including a subsequent appeal and proceedings before the social courts

subject areas.

• Disputed terminations of employment relationships
• Disputed (payment) claims arising from employment relationships
• Contested resolution of disputes under works constitution law
• Proceedings for/against boards of directors and managers

services.

• Attending scheduled court dates in all instances throughout Germany
• Evaluation of the prospects for success for lawsuits and appeals
• Judgment proceedings
• Labor court proceedings
• Interim legal protection
• Appellate proceedings (complaint, appeal, points of law)

• Running payroll and travel expense reports
• Administration of vacation entitlements
• Certification system
• Payroll tax and social security (clarification of payroll tax and social security issues, assistance with payroll tax and social security audits)
• Management of a digital personnel file

subject areas.

• Withholding and misappropriating compensation according to § 266(a) Criminal Code (StGB) (illegal employment/fictitious self-employment)
• Fraud in making contributions according to § 263 StGB
• Illegal hiring out of employees

services.

• Preventative consulting for avoiding the risk of criminal liability
• Assistance in the course of search warrants conducted by customs, tax office investigators, and prosecutors
• Representation in criminal investigative proceedings
• Representation before social insurance authorities
• Representation in judicial criminal proceedings
• Individual consultations on social insurance law issues, e.g. preparation of expert opinions
• Support of colleagues (with a client protection agreement)

subject areas.

• Tax aspects for an international staff assignment
• Social insurance law for an international staff assignment
• Employer's social insurance obligations in the case of a foreign assignment

services.

• Consulting for the posting company and the posted employees
• Preparing and revising labor law rules on posting employees
• Generating payroll accounting
• Preparing tax returns
• Contract drafting
• Employing staff across borders
• Assessment of tax liabilities
• Evaluation of tax questions for the international employment of staff
• Consideration of the applicable social insurance law
• Application for A1 certificates and confirmation of expatriate employee status
• Evaluation of social insurance law contribution obligations abroad, also in cooperation with foreign network partners
• Assessment of special questions on occupational safety abroad (such as working hours regulations), and consulting on measures for worker protection, accident prevention, and representation in the event of recourse asserted by workers’ compensation insurance carriers