1. Intake
Collect the draft Vertrag, any Tarif references, offer email, and role level. Redact personal data before sharing in a clinic.
Thematic guide
Work contract review for new hires in Germany
A field guide to the employment consultation moment: between verbal offer and wet-ink signature.
2. Structure pass
Confirm mandatory elements, annexes, and whether the document claims to be exhaustive or points outward to policies.
3. Pressure points
Probezeit, Arbeitszeit, pay variability, mobility, IP, and post-contract restraints — scored for urgency, not drama.
What “good enough” looks like before day one
Employment consultations in Germany rarely need a line-by-line treatise. New hires need a short brief: what is ordinary, what is negotiable, and what requires a lawyer. Workplace Data trains that triage habit so HR and advisors stop improvising under offer deadlines.
Where training helps most
Teams that hire across Länder see the same clause patterns with different local colour. Our flagship course builds a shared vocabulary so a Berlin recruiter and a Munich people partner annotate the same way.
Ready to practise on real drafts?
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