If you wish to dismiss employees who are under special protection against dismissal, you must apply for a declaration of admissibility before dismissal.

The following groups of persons are under special protection against dismissal:

• Women
  • during pregnancy
  • 4 months after a miscarriage after the 12th week of pregnancy,
  • until the end of the protection period after birth,
• parents on parental leave,
• Persons caring for a relative in need of care.

Please note the special features of the different dismissal protection rules for these groups of people:

• For care, the protection against dismissal applies not only during the care-related leave, but already when an inability to work is announced to you. The protection is valid no more than 12 weeks before the announced start. In addition, protection against dismissal applies not only to the assumption of a care service, but also if care is organized. Under certain conditions, employees can be released for up to 10 days.
• Protection against dismissal for parents on parental leave begins as soon as the application is submitted.
• There is a special ban on dismissal for parents
  • 8 weeks before the start of parental leave if the child is under 3 years old.
  • 14 weeks before the start of parental leave, if the child is between 3 and 8 years old.

The competent authority will only give you consent if a verifiable reason for termination can be proven. False information in your application may result in criminal prosecution.