.vita
.focal points
➔ Individual labor law
➔ Collective labor law
➔ Deployment of external personnel
➔ Restructuring
➔ Reorganizations
➔ Carve-outs
.expertise
.awards
➔ “One of the leading lawyers” in Germany: Employment Law and Occupational Pensions, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers TM, 2025
➔ “One of the leading lawyers” in Germany: Employment Law, Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers TM, 2020–2024
➔ Recommended, Germany: Employment Law The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024 “technically outstanding, very pragmatic and business-oriented”
➔ “Dr. Gudrun Germakowski and Dr. Sandra Urban-Crell know how to provide advice that goes beyond the boundaries of a specific individual mandate and keep an eye not only on short-term success but also on medium- to long-term implications” Recommended, Germany: Employment Law The Legal 500 EMEA 2019-2020
➔ “Germany’s Best Lawyers 2025” by Handelsblatt andBest Lawyers
➔ Top Lawyer 2026 by the F.A.Z. Institute
.about
Dr. Gudrun Germakowski has 20 years of experience in the field of individual and collective employment law. She has extensive knowledge in assisting with operational changes and transactions of national and international companies, advising on the deployment of external personnel and drafting contracts for the planned provision of services abroad.
One focus of her work is advising on negotiations with works councils and collective bargaining issues, particularly in connection with mergers.
PUBLICATIONS
Urban-Crell/ Germakowski/ Bissels/ Hurst, Kommentar AÜG, Verlag Luchterhand, 4th ed. 2024.
Germakowski/ Urban-Crell, EuGH: Leiharbeit ist auch für Dauerarbeitsplätze zulässig, Human Resources Manager 2022.
Germakowski, Bundesregierung beschließt Entwurf für Hinweisgeberschutzgesetz, Markt und Mittelstand online, 2022.
Germakowski/Urban-Crell, comment on BVerfG v. 19.06.2020-1 BvR 842/17, RdA 2021, 123-126.
Germakowski/ Urban-Crell, Zeitarbeit - Noch immer viele Fragen offen, Personalmagazin 12/2019.
Germakowski/ Urban-Crell, Fallstricke beim Auslandseinsatz von Mitarbeitern, Unternehmeredition 2018.
Germakowski, comment on BAG v. 19.10.2017-8 AZR 845/15 (Reinstatement), AP KSchG 1969 § 1 Wiedereinstellung Nr. 16.
Germakowski, Raus aus dem Tarifvertrag, Unternehmeredition "Personal, Strategie", 2015
Germakowski, Pfändbarkeit von Schichtzulagen, Handelsblatt, Rechtsboard 2015
Germakowski, Tarifverträge schlagen zurück, Unternehmeredition 2015
Germakowski, Verleihfirmen müssen für ungleicher Lohn nachzahlen, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) vom 24.3.2011.
Germakowski, Immer Ärger um die private Nutzung, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) vom 30.12.2010
Germakowski, Lohndumping kann Firmen noch teuer zu stehen kommen, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) vom 16.12.2010.
Germakowski, Warum der und nicht ich?, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) of 9.7.2010.
Germakowski, Billiglöhne können teuer werden, Legal Tribune Online (LTO) of 27.4.2010.
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