Certified Specialist in Labour Law and Professor of Labour Law Dr. Michael Fuhlrott advises companies, CEOs, directors and management in all fields of labour law.
Michael Fuhlrott graduated from the University of Göttingen where he also worked as legal assistant at the chair for social security law. Upon the completion of his studies he worked as a research assistant at the chair for labour law at the University of Bonn where he also completed his PhD on employee liability. Dr. Fuhlrott completed his traineeship with a special focus on labour law in Hamburg, Bonn and Speyer. In 2008, he joined the labour law department of a prestigious and internationally recognized law firm in Hamburg and qualified as a Certified Specialist in Labour Law (Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht) in 2011. In the same year, he started lecturing at the Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences. In 2013, he was appointed Professor of Labour Law. He took time off from legal practice to focus on his academic work. The following year, he received an appointment as Professor of Labour Law at the Hochschule Fresenius in Hamburg where he also heads the department for Economic Law and acts as the academic dean for the study programmes “Economic Law” and “Human Resources Management”. At that point, he also resumed his work as a practitioner in the field of labour law and was named head of the labour law department as well as partner of a nationwide firm. Dr. Fuhlrott was called on as an examiner for the 2. state exam and teaches future certified specialists in labour law as well as HR managers. He is the author of more than 500 academic papers in the field of labour law.
We support you in all employment law issues that may arise in your daily business. Our clients appreciate our availability, quick response time for any clarification of labor law issues. Would you like support in drafting a complex warning letter, drafting a home office agreement, negotiating a termination agreement, do you have a question regarding the participation rights of the works council or do you need an employment law evaluation of a planned course of action? We are at your side as reliable advisors.
Changes of operation require the information and involvement of the works council together with subsequent negotiations of a reconciliation of interests and a social plan. In many cases, we clients in in such negotiations on operational cutbacks and extensive staff reduction measures. However, just as important as the negotiations and the subsequent implementation of the measure is the planning in advance. Here, too, we are happy to work with you to develop the most effective approach for achieving the economic goals.
We have many years of experience in negotiating works agreements, be it on working time regulations or the design of variable compensation models. We are happy to provide individually tailored solutions for making the best of the broad room for manoeuvre that the German Works Constitution Act (BetrVG) provides for both employers and works councils.
“The right man or woman in the right place” – that should be the goal of personnel planning. We are happy to assist you with the implementation of your HR policy as well as with the optimal amendment of existing employment contracts. And if you should decide, that a prosperous collaboration with a specific employee is no longer possible, we will advise you in terms of any options for separation and assist with their extrajudicial implementation or judicial assertion.
We have extensive experience in litigation in front of labour court, civil courts as well as social and administrative courts. We are happy to represent your legal interests in court nationwide.
Internal investigations often lead to findings that require actions with consequences under employment law. In addition to the short deadlines for terminations in employment law, we examine and assert claims for damages on your behalf and, in cooperation with our white-collar criminal lawyers, ensure in particular that the evidence obtained during the internal investigation can later be used in court. We also ensure close cooperation with external partners such as experts and business detective agencies. Of course, we also coordinate any accompanying steps under criminal law, such as the filing of criminal charges or the involvement of investigating authorities.
Questions of (employee) data protection have increased massively in recent years. Due to new legal regulations, companies are threatened with high liability risks and new fields of action are opening up in which employers should become active. We will be happy to review and discuss with you and your data protection officer whether you are up to date in this regard.
Whistleblowing hotlines or other whistleblowing systems are an important part of labour law compliance measures. We support you in the implementation and design of such measures and are also happy to be your external ombudsman or “lawyer of confidence”.
We represent executives, senior managers and authorized signatories in asserting their interests under employment law against employers. Particularly in cases of threatened or effected dismissal, we work with you to find the best way to achieve your desired goal. With us, you will receive a well-founded and realistic assessment of your options and what is economically feasible. This may be to obtain a high severance payment, or it may even be a more consensual approach: We are proficient in both and, as advisors to employers, are particularly familiar with the company’s perspective and the special situation of executive employees.
Managing directors and board members play a special role as bodies authorized to represent the company. Labour law does not apply directly, although the employment contract situation regularly has parallels to labour law. In addition, there are for example special remuneration models which are often based on the success of the company or include Employee Share Programs. Careful drafting of the employment contract is essential in order to be best positioned in the event of any subsequent disputes. We will be happy to review your employment contract in advance or to assert your interests in disputes with the company.
We provide training to managers, HR departments as well as employees. We adapt to the specific needs of the companies and offer inhouse seminars as well training in our offices.
- German Association of Employment Courts
- Hamburg Bar Association
- Labour Law Section of the DAV
- Member of the Joint Examination Office of the States of Hamburg, Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein
- Alumni of the University of Göttingen