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Dr. Ferdinand Hultzsch

Senior Associate

Certified Employment Law Specialist

Düsseldorf

Hultzsch
+49 211-13 06 56-0
fhultzsch@littler.de
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Reaching the goal with far-sightedness and endurance: This is the credo of Dr. Ferdinand Hultzsch, an attorney at Littler in Düsseldorf. With empathy, composure and a great deal of patience, he advises his clients within his main areas activity, which include the rights of termination and occupational co-determination rights. In addition to technical expertise, time, perseverance and the right amount of pressure are also required in order to achieve a result that satisfies all parties. And this in turn requires flexibility and different perspectives – just like with his hobby, photography.

Languages: German, English

Focal Points

  • Individual employment law

  • Contract drafting and review

  • Working time and remuneration models

  • Dismissals/Terminations

  • Works council and co-determination rights

Career

  • Certified Employment Law Specialist since 2023

  • Admitted to the bar in Düsseldorf, 2019

  • Legal traineeship, e.g. at Bird & Bird, Düsseldorf and Ernst & Linder, New York

  • Research associate employment law at Clifford Chance, Düsseldorf

Education

  • Awarded Doctorate in Law by the Ruprechts-Karls-University Heidelberg (Prof. Dr. Markus Stoffels)

  • Second state legal examination in Düsseldorf

  • Legal traineeship at the district court Wuppertal

  • First state legal examination in Heidelberg

  • Studied law at Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and University of Bergen, Norway

Publications

  • Arbeit auf Abruf nach der Novellierung des § 12 TzBfG, NZA 2020, 977 (Aufsatz), gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Stoffels

  • Nullstundenverträge - Grenzen arbeitsvertraglicher Flexibilisierungsmöglichkeiten im Hinblick auf Lage und Dauer der Arbeitszeit, (Dissertation)

Ferdinand was incredibly responsive and provided excellent advice in helping us successfully navigate through this serious threat to our business operations in Germany.

Client about Ferdinand Hultzsch, 2024

Ferdinand made himself available at all strange hours of the day and went above and beyond to help us through a stressful situation. In addition, our team appreciated his creativity and thoughtfulness in our plan, and thought it was key to the successful outcome.

Client about Ferdinand Hultzsch, 2024

Dr. Ferdinand Hultzsch is one of the »Best Lawyers in Germany« in the area of employment law

Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, 2023

Dr. Ferdinand Hultzsch is a lecturer on employment law at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Cologne.

Articles and entries

Blogpost

Less red tape, more opportunity: BEG IV and its effect on employers

November 2024

  • Dr. Ferdinand Hultzsch
  • Lucas Gropengießer
In Germany, approximately 107 new employment contracts are signed every 12 minutes.* That sounds impressive! Even more astonishing is the bureaucratic effort required for each new hire. While we can pay at the grocery store with smartwatches and easily open a bank account from home, employment contracts, parental leave applications, and promotion requests still need to be printed, signed by hand (wet ink), and mailed. This outdated process is driven by legal requirements. That's where the Bureaucracy Relief Act IV (BEG IV) comes into play, set to take effect on January 1, 2025, with the goal of simplifying these processes. Let’s explore which processes can be digitized in the future and which will still need an original signature, while also addressing your most frequently asked questions.
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Skilled labour shortage - creative solutions

August 2023

  • Lioba Lamers
  • Dr. Ferdinand Hultzsch
The shortage of skilled workers has probably become the biggest brake on the economy. This is reason enough to take a look at possible solutions from the perspective of employment law.
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