Christopher T. Brooks – författare

In modern employment practice, the question of who falls under the jurisdiction of German labor law (employees, freelancers, employers, works councils, labor unions, representatives for the disabled, employer’s associations, etc.) is an increasingly salient issue faced by foreign firms and firm owners, human resource, tax, and legal departments, as well as investors and foreign employees.Specifically, many firms have questions concerning the application of German law for establishing, managing, and terminating employment contracts with foreign or German workers within Germany. In this connection, issues frequently arise concerning foreign assignment, residency, and visa law, and an extremely wide range of legal provisions must be taken into account, including the AGG (General Non-Discrimination Act), BetrVG (German Employees Representation Act), Tarifrecht (Collective Bargaining Law), BUrlG (German Federal Leave Act), TzBfG (Part-Time Work and Fixed-Term Employment Act), AÜG (Employee Transfer Act), BDSG (German Federal Data Protection Act), KSchG (German Protection Against Dismissal Act), EntgeltfortzahlungsG (Continued Remuneration Act), GewO (German Industrial Code), and MutterschutzG (Maternity Protection Act).Beyond this, secondary questions related to income tax law, international taxation, and social security law may arise. Against this complex backdrop, the present work intends to answer questions most frequently asked by foreigners when dealing with German employment law.

The increasing internationalization of business leads to a cornucopia of differing cross-border exchanges in one's daily work. Participants and other beneficiaries of this internationalization include not only multi-national companies but also SMEs (small and mid-sized enterprises), for which the increased global market access offers substantial opportunities. With the growth of internationalization, too, comes an increase in employee assignments. In business practice, the number of questions from foreign companies, management, HR, tax and legal professionals, investors and non German employees etc., ist growing. In order to be certain that sending employees to or from Germany on work assignments can take place as smoothly and efficiently as possible, relevant questions asked by companies and workers need to be taken into consideration. This text does just that with a focus on answering common expat-relevant questions posed by professionals. It is a reference work for those foreigners subject to and applying German law.

Die zunehmende Internationalisierung des Geschäftsverkehrs führt zu einer Vielzahl unterschiedlicher, grenzübergreifender Leistungs- und Austauschbeziehungen im täglichen Geschäft. Teilnehmer und Nutznießer dieser Internationalisierung sind nicht nur große Konzerne, sondern auch kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen, für die sich auf den internationalen Märkten erhebliche Chancen bieten. Mit der wachsenden Internationalisierung geht die Zunahme internationaler Mitarbeitereinsätze einher. In der betrieblichen Praxis wächst daher die Anzahl von Fragen ausländischer Firmen, Firmeninhaber, Personal-, Steuer- und Rechtsleiter, Investoren und ausländischer Arbeitnehmern etc.

Um sicher zu gehen, dass der Entsendeprozess von Mitarbeitern sowohl nach Deutschland als auch das Empfangen aus Deutschland reibungslos und effizient verläuft, beantwortet das Werk dem ausländischen Anwender (Firma oder Arbeitnehmer) die am häufigsten gestellten Fragen. Der Fokus des Werks liegt auf der Beantwortung jener Fragestellungen, die sich bei der täglichen Personalarbeit stellen. Es ist ein Nachschlagewerk mit dem Blickwinkel des ausländischen Rechtsanwenders.