Five blatant myths in employment law

Mariam El-Ahmad

The specialist lawyer for labor law provides legal advice to many executives.

Dusseldorf Mariam El-Ahmad holds a pen into the camera of the video call: “You need this one for termination,” says the lawyer for labor law. Her Berlin law firm, Rotwang Law, represents many start-ups that originally thought they could fire employees by email or even WhatsApp.

But that is just one of many misconceptions that labor lawyers encounter in their everyday work. Employees and employers feel they are in the right, trust myths, but often know too little about the actual legal situation.

Whether severance pay, bonus payments, notice periods, training costs or parental leave: Labor lawyers Mariam El-Ahmad and Pascal Croset explain five myths that they encounter particularly often – and clarify them.

Myths in employment law: “If I am fired, I am entitled to a severance payment”

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