The legal definition of the employment contract in section 611a of the Civil Code in Germany: An important step or does everything remain the same?

For a long time, there was no legal definition of “employee” or “contract of employment” in Germany. This did change in 2017 when the lawmaker introduced the new section 611a into the Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) which, however, is based on the existing judge-made law. This article first giv...

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Main Author: Bernd Waas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2019-07-01
Series:Italian Labour Law e-Journal
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Online Access:https://illej.unibo.it/article/view/9695