2018:

• News on fixed-term contracts and drafting employment contracts, 07. December 2018, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• News on fixed-term contracts and drafting employment contracts, 30. November 2018, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (training session) - Labor Law

• Current labor law, 26. November 2018, Verlag (publishing company) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne

• Current court rulings in labor law, 23. November 2018, AnwaltVerein (association of lawyers) Stuttgart

• Health and safety at work - Pandora's box, 09. November 2018, DAI, 29th Jahresarbeitstagung (labor law conference), Cologne

• Old and new challenges for health and safety at work, 20. June 2018, BVAU, Frankfurt a. M.

• Current labor law, 05. June 2018, Verlag (publishing company) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne

• Practice issues regarding dismissal for reasons relating to personal capability and conduct, 09. May 2018, 183th Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (Bielefeld training session) Labor Law / 6th Sylter Arbeitsrechtslehrgang (Sylt labor law training session) 2018

• News on dismissal for reasons relating to personal capability and conduct, 12. March 2018, Blickpunkt Arbeitsrecht (Focus on Labor Law), Stuttgart

• Ten (and more) typical errors made in the drafting of employment contracts, 27. February 2018, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labor law conference) 2018 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

• News on business changes and transfers – pitfalls for employers and potential targets for employees, 23. February 2018, 177th Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (Bielefeld training session) - Labor Law

• Need for information versus protection of personality (privacy), 18. January 2018, Third Deutscher Arbeitsrechtstag (German labor law conference), Berlin

2017:

• Current court rulings in labour law, annually, 8 December 2017, AnwaltVerein (association of lawyers) Stuttgart, Stuttgart

• Current court rulings on redundancy, 24 November 2017, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• Needs and scopes for action under the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), the German Remuneration Transparency Act (EntgTransG) and female quota, 5 July 2017, Bundesverband der Arbeitsrechtler in Unternehmen (BVAU) (federal association of labour lawyers in business), Frankfurt/Main

• ARGE (working group) labour law, biannually, 19/20 June 2017 and 27/28 November 2017, Datakontext, Hamburg

• Current labour law, biannually, 29 May 2017, Cologne, and 20 November 2017, Düsseldorf, Verlag (publishing company) Dr. Otto Schmidt

• Update on substantial alteration to the establishment and transfer of business, 24 May 2017, 5. Sylter Arbeitsrechtslehrgang (5th Sylt labour law seminar) 2017, Sylt

• The ethics of cross-border internal investigations, International Bar Association, 28 April 2017, Lisbon

• Employment of older employees, 22 February 2017, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labour law conference) 2017 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

• Current rulings on termination and works constitution law, 17 February 2017 and 1 December 2017, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (Bielefeld training session), Rheda-Wiedenbrück

• Current labour law at NPOs, annual, next time on 31 January 2017, EUROFORUM, Cologne

2016:

• Current rulings in labour law, annual, next time on 11 December 2016, AnwaltVerein (association of lawyers) Stuttgart, Stuttgart

• Flexibilization of labour utilization – from the German Temporary Employment Act to fixed-term employment, 2 December 2016, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (Bielefeld training session), Rheda-Wiedenbrück

• Current labour law, biannual, next time on 21 November 2016, Verlag (publishing company) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Düsseldorf

• News regarding termination on the grounds of conduct or illness, 18 November 2016, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• ARGE (working group) labour law, biannual, next time on 14/15 November 2016, Datakontext, Hamburg

• Update on redundancy, 4 November 2016, Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut (DAI) (German lawyers institution), Cologne

• New technology and work–robotics and how it affects the (shrinking) remaining human being at the workplace, 20 September 2016, International Bar Association (IBA), Washington D.C.

• Update on transfer of business and reference clauses in employment contracts, 9 September 2016, Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) (working group labour law), Leipzig

• The (planned) revisions in the area of temporary agency work and contracts for work and services, 6 July 2016, Bundesverband der Arbeitsrechtler in Unternehmen (BVAU) (federal association of labour lawyers in business), Frankfurt/Main

• 30th Passau Labour Law Symposium: Trying out, assessing and developing employees, 17 June 2016, Regensburg University, Passau

• Restructuring and labour law, Symposion Insolvenz- und Arbeitsrecht (symposium on insolvency and labour law), 16 June 2016, Eichstätt/Ingolstadt University, Ingolstadt

• Current labour law, 23 May 2016, Anwaltsseminare und Fortbildung GmbH (advoknowhaug), Münster

• Update on redundancy, 4 May 2016, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (Bielefeld training session), Sylt

• Increasing youth employment around the globe - legal challenges and best practices for multinationals, 15 April 2016, International Bar Association (IBA), Mexico City

• Utilization of external personnel in IT projects, Kölner Tage IT-Recht (Cologne conference on IT law), 17 March 2016, Verlag (publishing company) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne

• Working and leading in matrix organisations, 2 March 2016, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (conference on labour law) 2016 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

2015:

• Mass redundancy, substantial alteration to the establishment and transfer of business, 4 December 2015, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang – Arbeitsrecht (Bielefeld training session – labour law), Rheda-Wiedenbrück

• Temporary agency work, contract for work and services, minimum wage, 2 December 2015, Maximum Personalmanagement (HR management), Hanover

• Non-profit labour law, Kölner Tage der Gemeinnützigkeit (Cologne non-profit conference), 26 November 2015, Verlag (publishing house) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne

• Redundancy, 20 November 2015, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• Current issues regarding employee data privacy: whistleblowing in company practice, 23 October 2015, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum

• Update on temporary agency work, 30 September 2015, Bundesarbeitgeberverband der Personaldienstleister e.V. (BAP) federal temporary agency employers' association), Berlin

• Substantial alterations to the establishment and modern social compensation plan arrangements, 18 September 2015, Konzernpersonalleitertagung (corporate HR manager conference) Zement, Kloster Eberbach

• Differentiation or discrimination: female quota, gender quota & co in company practice, 2 July 2015, Forum Institut, BVAU, Heidelberg

• New need for action with regard to temporary employment, contracts for work and services and minimum wage, 18 June 2015, Bundesverband der Personalmanager (federal association of HR managers), Berlin

• Employees older employees, Kölner Tage des Arbeitsrechts (Cologne labour law conference), 16/17 April 2015, Verlag (publishing house) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne

• Current developments regarding temporary agency work, 26 March 2015, Edgar Schröder-Unternehmensforum (business forum), Fulda

• Update on transfer of business, substantial alteration to the establishment, 25 February 2015, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labour law conference) 2016 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

• Non-profit organisations 2015: new labour law issues regarding NPOs, 15 January 2015, EUROFORUM Deutschland SE, Cologne

2014:

• Current rulings on the law governing termination, 28 November 2015, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang (Bielefeld training session), Rheda-Wiedenbrück

• Flexible utilization of personnel – temporary agency work and fixed-term contracts, 21 November 2014, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• Current developments in insolvency labour law, 16th NZI Jahrestagung (annual conference), 21 November 2014, BeckAkademie Seminare, Frankfurt

• Flexibilization of working conditions as restructuring measure, Symposion Insolvenz- und Arbeitsrecht (symposium on insolvency and labour law), 26 June 2014, Eichstätt/Ingolstadt University, Ingolstadt

• The right to mass redundancy, 7 May 2014, Tagung der Richterinnen und Richter des LAG Düsseldorf (conference of judges at the Düsseldorf Regional Labour Court, Recklinghausen

• Flexible utilization of personnel – temporary agency work and fixed-term contracts, 28 March 2014, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• International legal implications arising from the Bangladesh factory tragedy, 16 March 2014, International Bar Association (IBA), Cape Town, South Africa

• Update on right to terminate, 26 February 2014, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labour law conference) 2014 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

• Practical preparation for redundancy on the basis of current rulings, 21 February 2014, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang – Arbeitsrecht (Bielefeld training session – labour law), Rheda-Wiedenbrück

• Outplacement of business units from the German perspective, 7 February 2014, Deutscher Anwaltsverein (DAV) (German Bar Association) Colloque Paris

2013:

• Update on redundancy and substantial alteration to the establishment, 8 Novermber 2013, Deutsches Anwaltsinstitut (DAI) (German lawyers institution), Cologne

• The new protection of employees' data privacy – current need for action for advisory and contract practice, 8 March 2013, Bielefelder Fachlehrgang – Arbeitsrecht (Bielefeld training session – labour law), Rheda-Wiedenbrück

• Reorganisation/restructuring – avoiding mistakes, 27 February 2013, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labour law conference) 2013 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

• Legal options for restructuring employment to achieve more flexibility, 5 February 2013, HR Executive Circle, Frankfurt/M.

• Transactions during restructuring – between the conflicing priorities of labour law, corporate law and tax law, 31 January 2013, Unternehmensjuristen Kongress (company lawyers' conference), Berlin

2012:

• News on fixed-term contracts and the flexibilization of working conditions, reservation of voluntary status and the right of revocation, 7 December 2012, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• Health protection and collective labour law, 6 December 2012, Arbeitgeberverband der ostdt. Papierindustrie (association of employers in the eastern German paper industry), Berlin

• Current developments in insolvency labour law, NZI-Jahrestagung (annual conference), 16 November 2012, BeckAkademie Seminare, Frankfurt

• Transfer of business and outsourcing under § 613 a of the German Civil Code (BGB), 12 September 2012, Technische Akademie Wuppertal (TAW) (Wuppertal technical academy), Wuppertal

• Cross-border outsourcing of shared-service functions, 20 June 2012, CMS-Arbeitsrechtskongress (CMS labour law conference), Frankfurt/M.

• Restructuring under labour law: opportunities, risks, pitfalls, Symposion Insolvenz- und Arbeitsrecht (symposium on insolvency and labour law), 21 May 2012, Eichstätt/Ingolstadt University, Ingolstadt

• Structuring options under labour law with respect to the purchase of companies in need of restructuring, 21 March 2012, 7th German Distressed Assets Conference, Frankfurt

• Labour law issues when dealing with low performers, 2 March 2012, Juristische Fachseminare (legal specialist seminars), Bonn

• Health protection and collective labour law, 29 February 2012, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labour law conference) 2012 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

2011:

• Transfer of business and outsourcing, 22 November 2011, Management Circle, Cologne

• News on social criteria for redundancy – current case law, 4 November 2011, 23rd Jahresarbeitstagung (annual labour conference), Deutscher Anwaltsverein (DAV) (German Bar Association), Cologne

• Modern world of work: temporary employment, fixed-term contracts, termination., Symposion Insolvenz- und Arbeitsrecht (symposium on insolvency and labour law), 9 June 2011, Eichstätt/Ingolstadt University, Ingolstadt

• Diversity management - nice to have or indispensable element of sustainable HR Strategy, 19 May 2011, 10th Kienbaum Jahrestagung (annual conference)

• Contract data processing and protection of employee data privacy in company groups, Kölner Tage des IT-Rechts (Cologne conference on IT law), 5 May 2011, Verlag (publishing company) Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne

• Protection of employee data privacy, 2 March 2011, Gesa mbH, Cologne

• Labour law issues regarding dealing with low performers, 23 February 2011, Kongress Arbeitsrecht (labour law conference) 2011 (GDA, AuA), Berlin

• Dismissal on grounds of conduct/low performance, 23 February 2011, DGFP erfa Group