German labour law refers to the regulation of employment relationships and industrial partnerships in Germany. History General Commission of German Trade Unions (1892–1919) Free Association of German Trade Unions (1897–1919) Weimar Constitution 1919 Betriebsrätegesetz 1920 Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (1919–1933) Free Workers' Union of Germany (1919–1933) Arbeitsordnungsgesetz of 1934 German Labour Front, the nationalised Nazi controlled union (1933 to 1945) Strength Through Joy Council of Trust and Factory leader Confederation of German Trade Unions (est 1949) Mitbestimmungsgesetz 1976 Courts and constitution Grundgesetz (1949) "Article 9 (Freedom of association). (1) All Germans have the right to form associations and societies. (2) Associations, the objects or activities of which conflict with the criminal laws or which are directed against the constitutional order or the concept of international understanding, are prohibited. (3) The right to form associations to safeguard and improve working and economic conditions is guaranteed to everyone and to all trades and professions. Agreements which restrict or seek to hinder this right are null and void; measures directed to this end are illegal." Arbeitsgerichtsgesetz Individual labour law Contract of employment Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil Code) §§ 611–630 Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz (Part-time and Fixed-term Work Act), §14(2) two-year fixed term limit Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz (Employee Leasing Act) Urlaubsgesetz (Holidays Act) Mutterschutzgesetz (Act on Maternity Protection) Arbeitszeitgesetz (Working Time Act) Entgelttransparenzgesetz (Transparency in Wage Structures Act) Dismissal Kundigungsschutzgesetz (Dismissal Protection Act) Collective labour law Codetermination Betriebsverfassungsgesetz (Works Constitution Act) requires establishment of Works Councils where there are five or more employees Mitbestimmungsgesetz (Codetermination Act) Collective bargaining Tarifvertragsgesetz (Collective Agreement Act) Minimum wage law See also German company law German contract law European labour law United Kingdom labour law Notes References Articles A Freckmann, ‘Temporary Employment Business in Germany’ (2004) 15(1) International Company and Commercial Law Review 7 A Freckmann, ‘Termination of Employment Relationships in Germany – Still a Problem’ (2005) 16(1) International Company and Commercial Law Review 38 B Keller, ‘The Hartz Commission Recommendations and Beyond: An Intermediate Assessment’ (2003) 19(3) International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 363 O Kahn-Freund, ‘The Social Ideal of the Reich Labour Court - A Critical Examination of the Practice of the Reich Labour Court’ (1931) S Konnert, ‘Unfair Dismissal by Reason of Redundancy in Germany’ (2005) 16(11) International Company and Commercial Law Review 431 E McGaughey, 'The Codetermination Bargains: The History of German Corporate and Labour Law' (2016) 23(1) Columbia Journal of European Law 135 B Waas, ‘Temporary