Dismissed after 27 years of service in Germany
After 27 years of continuous service, you enjoy full Dismissal Protection Act (KSchG) protection — your employer needs a socially-justified reason. You have 3 weeks to file.
⚠ 3-week filing deadline (§ 4 KSchG) — regardless of tenure
Miss this and the dismissal becomes final even if it was unlawful. Send us the letter today.
After 27 years of service, you fall fully under the German Dismissal Protection Act (KSchG) — assuming your employer has more than 10 staff. Every ordinary dismissal must be socially justified on conduct, person or operational grounds (§ 1 KSchG). Your employer must observe a notice period of 7 months to the end of the calendar month (§ 622 (2) 7 BGB). Settlement leverage is strong — long tenure consistently produces severance factors above the half-month baseline.
Written and reviewed by Fatih Bektas, German employment-law specialist (APOS Legal Heidelberg).
The first 24 hours
- Note the exact date of receipt — the 3-week clock starts that day.
- Do not sign anything. No exit document, no severance waiver.
- Send us the letter for a free review within 48 hours.
- Register as job-seeker (arbeitsuchend) within 3 days to protect benefit entitlement.
- Notify your legal-expenses insurer, if any.
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Tell us about your case
Fill in the form — we will review your situation. Free of charge, typically within 48 hours. We handle German labour-law matters in English.
What happens next?
After your enquiry we review the details and reply with an initial assessment — whether the dismissal can be challenged, how high a likely severance could be and which next steps make sense.
bektas@apos.legal
+49 6222 9599 2400
Response time: we reply within 48 hours on working days. If you have already received a dismissal, please mention it — deadline-sensitive cases are prioritised.
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