For employees with at least 10 years of permanent operation, redundancy pay is reduced from 16 weeks to 12 weeks. This is in line with the 2004 Australian Industrial Relations Commission decision. In the event of termination of employment, the employer must respect the current notice period. The basic notice period is four weeks from the 15th or last day of a calendar month. This notice increases with the employee`s seniority. The employment contract may provide longer notice periods. Collective agreements may provide for shorter notice periods. An arbitral award or agreement may have different redundancy provisions that may apply in place of those mentioned above. These provisions, such as.

B sector redundancy schemes may terminate the listed exceptions. For example, sectoral regulation of redundancies in the local construction sector means that employers of small businesses may be required to pay severance pay. In order to qualify for the unemployment benefit, the mutual termination contract must include a clause stipulating that the worker would have been dismissed if he had not accepted the starting salary. A small business employer is an employer that employs fewer than 15 employees at the time of dismissal to determine redundancy pay. In the event of a serious breach of the employment contract, the employer may terminate and terminate the employment with immediate effect. This termination must be notified within two weeks if the employer is aware of the underlying facts that led to the dismissal. In general, the termination of an employment relationship by a termination contract is the most economically sound. In many cases, a mutual agreement is reached to terminate the employment relationship with a termination contract or judicial agreement. The termination contracts must be concluded in writing. This means that both parties must sign the agreement themselves. To avoid errors that can often be very costly, a lawyer should be called before entering into a termination contract.

A small business employs less than 15 people. Some small businesses do not have to pay severance pay if they fire an employee. Some employees do not receive severance pay if their work is laid off. In Germany, there is no legal compensation. Workers are entitled to severance pay as part of a social plan with the Works Council (often agreed in the event of collective dismissals) or as part of a collective agreement. Workers receive severance pay on the basis of their uninterrupted working time with their employer. This amount is paid at the employee`s base rate for normal hours worked. In the case of collective dismissal, there is a legal right to severance pay for a worker where there is an enterprise committee. According to the formation of the Works Council, employers and company committees negotiate a social plan involving severance pay.