Counsel

Dr. Franziska Reiß

Rechtsanwältin

Languages

German
English

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Franziska Reiß is a counsel at CMS and advises German and international companies on all aspects of individual and collective employment law, in particular on the preparation and implementation of transfers of undertakings and restructurings, on the drafting of employment contracts and service agreements as well as on the adjustment of working conditions.

Before joining CMS in 2012, Franziska Reiß practiced both as a lawyer (international law firm in Munich) and a judge (Duesseldorf Labor Court).

Publications

„Boeswilliges Unterlassen anderweitigen Erwerbs waehrend der Kuendigungsfrist", Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht im Unternehmen (ZAU) 2025, 303, co-author Dr. Stefanie Klein-Jahns
„Jiggler & Co – Arbeitszeitbetrug im Homeoffice“, Arbeitsschutz in Recht und Praxis (ARP) 2024, 268 ff., co-author Dr. Saskia Pitzer
„Mit Jigglern auf der gruenen Welle surfen – Arbeitszeitbetrug im Homeoffice“, Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht in Unternehmen (ZAU) 2024, 426, co-author Dr. Saskia Pitzer
„Mit Jigglern auf der gruenen Welle surfen", Der Betrieb (DB) 2024, Heft 36, M4, co-author Dr. Saskia Pitzer
The scope of the employers' obligation to relief members of works councils from work and to defray them from costs with respect to training courses, ArbR, 16/2013, p. 410-413, co-author: Michael Fuhlrott
Scope and limits of the works councils' entitlement to facilities and equipment, ArbR, 14/2013, p. 353-356, co-author: Michael Fuhlrott
The special protection against dismissals of severely disabled employees, Verlag Dr Kovač, 2011
Comments on requirements set by German Federal Employment Court for company integration management (BAG, judgment of 10/12/2009 - 2 AZR 198/09), BB 22/2010, p. 1352
Freelancer – risks and side effects, HR Performance 5/2010, p. 50-53
Outsourcing – avoiding a business transfer?, HR Services 2/2010, p. 18-21, co-author: Andreas Ege

Education

2010: PhD, thesis on the special protection against dismissal for severely disabled employees
2007 - 2009: Trainee lawyer in Duesseldorf, Munich and Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia
Law studies at the University of Trier including special English-language training for lawyers

Practice Areas

Labor, Employment & Pensions

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Legal Update Germany

Works council elections 2026: procedure, deadlines and typical pitfalls

02 Oct 2025 8 min read

Newsletter Germany

Update Arbeitsrecht Oktober 2024

01 Oct 2024 13 min read

Publication Germany

2021 traffic-light coalition – Impact of the coalition agreement

20 Dec 2021 2 min read