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“No pain, no gain.”
In a recent ruling, the Federal Labour Court (BAG) had to consider the question of the conditions under which a ‘continuation’ of the employment relationship beyond the fixed term, within the meaning of Section 15(6) of the German Fixed-Term Employment Act (TzBfG), is deemed to exist. Specifically, the claimant had argued that the defendant employer had continued the employment relationship beyond the agreed contract term by granting leave for a period after the end of the fixed term.
Read the analysis of the judgement in the latest issue of the Deutscher AnwaltSpiegel:
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