How to properly terminate an employment contract

What you need:

• the contract to be terminated
• current version of § 622 BGB

How do you terminate an employment relationship?

• First, take the contract to be terminated at hand. You can find out the exact name of the employer, his seat and the agreed notice periods.
• Make sure that the address you use is actually the current address of your employer.
• Then put the termination as a normal document. Basically, it just needs to contain: the name of the company, the name of the employee who quits, the fact that the contract will be terminated and the date on which the contract ends. Not to be forgotten, of course, are the date and signature.
• But first things first: After you have entered the correct address and the date, write in the subject of your letter "Termination of the" employment contract from XX.XX.XXXX concluded employment relationship. Then the salutation follows.
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• In the actual body of the text, you then only have to explain your intention to terminate, e.g. B. with a formulation like: "I hereby terminate the employment relationship between us in due time with effect from XX.XX.XXXX."


How do I cancel correctly?

Would you like to terminate your employment relationship? To do everything right, you must ...

• Unfortunately, you cannot choose the date on which the cancellation takes effect. The regulations in the employment contract apply here, alternatively the provisions of § 622 BGB.
• If possible, calculate the period of notice to be observed based on your employment contract. If this refers to the BGB, follow the text of the law. If you read it carefully, you will quickly notice that when calculating the notice period, the number of years that you have worked for the company matters.
• Copy the notice of termination in duplicate (the second copy serves as a receipt) and sign it.

Execute an employment contract

• In principle, every employee is entitled to one certificate of employment, whereby he can choose between simple and qualified certificate. The qualified certificate contains precise information on the work of the employee, the quality of the work and general conduct. A job reference must be formulated benevolently and must not affect the employee "in his professional advancement".
• It is completely irrelevant whether it is you who resigns or (as unfortunately often the case) the company terminates the contractual relationship.