Temporary employment contracts and the written form
The limitation of an employment contract requires the effectiveness of the written form- this is how the part-time and temporary law requires (Section 14 (4) TzBfG). In this way, the legislature- unlike the conclusion of a regular employment relationship- has expressly anchored the written form requirement as a prerequisite for effectiveness in the part-time and time limit law to protect the employee. If the written form requirement is not observed, an unlimited employment relationship is automatically incurred, which can only be ended by mutual or by prompting a termination - if necessary, taking into account the dismissal protection law/ other special dismissal protection regulations or participation of the works council. Lawyer Dirk Helge Laskawy writes in Copers Computer + Personal (Copers) 2007/60f.
