Performance Evaluation
am 10.01.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. Cheat and lie - that has long been the expectation of employers and employees in Germany under the rules for performance evaluations of departing employees. Whether fired or leaving voluntarily, an employee has a justiciable right to receive a written performance evaluation, Arbeitszeugnis, from the employer. Newer decisions entitle employees to the correction of such evaluations, and there are serious disputes--and case law--about whether an employer is required to state, grammatically incorrect, his fullest, or merely and more accurately his full, satisfaction with the employee.
The handakte blog has a few recent links to current developments and suggestions for fine-tuning an evaluation under German employment law. The janolaw web site offers such documents for purchase and download.
The bottom line with German employment evaluations is that the reader needs to take …
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