German labour law

German labour law refers to the regulation of the employment relationship and industrial partnership in Germany.

History

Main article: History of German labour law

• Generalkommission der Gewerkschaften Deutschlands (1892-1919)
• Free Association of German Trade Unions (1897-1919)
• Weimar Constitution 1919
• Betriebsrätegesetz 1920
• Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (1919-1933)
• Free Workers' Union of Germany (1919-1933)

• Arbeitsordnungsgesetz of 1934
• German Labour Front, the nationalised Nazi controlled union (1933 to 1945)
• Strength Through Joy
• Council of Trust and Factory leader

• Confederation of German Trade Unions (est 1949)
• Mitbestimmungsgesetz 1976

Courts and constitution

• Grundgesetz (1949) "Article 9 (Freedom of association). (1) All Germans have the right to form associations and societies. (2) Associations, the objects or activities of which conflict with the criminal laws or which are directed against the constitutional order or the concept of international understanding, are prohibited. (3) The right to form associations to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions is guaranteed to everyone and to all trades and professions. Agreements which restrict or seek to hinder this right are null and void; measures directed to this end are illegal."

• Arbeitsgerichtsgesetz

Individual labour law

Contract of employment

• Burgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil Code) §§ 611–630

• Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz (Part-time and Fixed-term Work Act), §14(2) two year fixed term limit
• Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz (Employee Leasing Act)

• Urlaubsgesetz (Holidays Act)

Dismissal

• Kundigungschutzgesetz (Dismissal Protection Act)

Collective labour law

Codetermination

Main article: Codetermination in Germany

• Betriebsverfassungsgesetz (Business Constitution Act) requires establishment of Works Councils where there are five or more employees

• Mitbestimmungsgesetz (Codetermination Act)

Trade unions

See also: Trade unions in Germany

• BGB, eV

Collective bargaining

• Tarifvertragsgesetz (Collective Agreement Act)

See also

• German company law
• German contract law
• German tort law
• European labour law
• UK labour law

References

Articles

• A Freckmann, ‘Temporary Employment Business in Germany’ (2004) 15(1) International Company and Commercial Law Review 7
• A Freckmann, ‘Termination of Employment Relationships in Germany – Still a Problem’ (2005) 16(1) International Company and Commercial Law Review 38
• B Keller, ‘The Hartz Commission Recommendations and Beyond: An Intermediate Assessment’ (2003) 19(3) International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 363
• O Kahn Freund, ‘The Social Ideal of the Reich Labour Court - A Critical Examination of the Practice of the Reich Labour Court’ (1931)
• S Konnert, ‘Unfair Dismissal by Reason of Redundancy in Germany’ (2005) 16(11) International Company and Commercial Law Review 431
• B Waas, ‘Temporary Agency Work in Germany: Reflections on Recent Developments’ (2003) 19(3) International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 387

Books

• M Weiss and M Schmidt, Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Germany (4th edn Kluwer 2008)
• A Junker, Grundkurs Arbeitsrecht (3rd edn 2004)
• O Kahn-Freund, R Lewis and J Clark (ed) Labour Law and Politics in the Weimar Republic (Social Science Research Council 1981) ch 3, 108-161
• F Ebke and MW Finkin, Introduction to German Law (1996) ch 11, 305

External links

• Erste Verordnung des Führers und Reichskanzlers über Wesen und Ziel der Deutschen Arbeitsfront vom 24. Oktober 1934