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Digital Employment Law 

Legal support in structuring digital employment and organisational models.

Overview

The ongoing process of digitalisation has already had a lasting impact on the world of work and will continue to do so.  

Employers must adapt to new requirements and challenges while remaining flexible and agile to stay competitive in a global market and ensure their working models drive productivity. We advise on existing and evolving legal frameworks, support the design and implementation of new working arrangements, assist in negotiations with employee representatives, and represent our clients in court. 

Our legal advisory services and projects: 

  •  Advice on the introduction of new technologies and flexible and hybrid working models, such as working from home and mobile working 

  • Assessment of employee representatives’ co-determination rights, e.g. regarding the use of digital tools, negotiations with works councils and staff committees, and representation before conciliation boards and courts 

  • Drafting legally compliant agreements, working time monitoring, data protection, occupational health and safety, particularly in relation to AI or people analytics 

  • Remote work abroad: employment law and social security law issues, conflict of laws and tax implications 

  • Implementation of HR software, time-recording systems, applicant management tools, and AI-supported candidate selection 

  • Digital personnel files: Retention periods, access rights, cloud usage, works council and employee rights 

  • Use of AI in recruitment or performance appraisals (bias, transparency, disclosure obligations) 

  • Obligations under the new AI Regulation – particularly for ‘high-risk’ systems in the HR sector  

  • Flexibilisation of working hours and digital time recording 

  • Monitoring & IT compliance: Limits on employee monitoring (email, internet, GPS, video) 

  • Whistleblowing systems (HinSchG) – digital reporting platforms compliant with data protection regulations, internal policies 

  • Restructuring driven by digitalisation 

  • Employment law support for change processes 

  • Digital employment contracts (form, signature, NachweisG, eIDAS Regulation) 

  • BYOD and IT usage policies 

  • Confidentiality and non-competition agreements in the digital environment (data leakage, cloud) 

  • Digitalisation of works council activities (virtual meetings, electronic communication, data protection) 

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Dr. Ulrich Fülbier, Portrait

Dr. Ulrich Fülbier

Partner
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Dr. Alexander Insam, M.A.

Partner

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