Dr. Stefan Rieger
Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt)
Dr. Stefan Rieger has been a lawyer with the firm since 2023, having already worked here during his legal clerkship. His main areas of practice are individual and collective employment law, church employment law, tenancy law and general civil law.
Practice areas
Individual & collective employment law
- Review of dismissals and negotiation of severance payments
- Drafting and review of employment, termination and service agreements
- Representation in matters of formal warnings, transfers and fixed-term contracts
- Advice on works constitution and co-determination
- Conducting negotiations with works councils and trade unions
Church employment law
- Advice on staff representation law (MAVO, MVG)
- Application and interpretation of church employment regulations (AVR, ABD, etc.)
- Advice for church institutions and their staff
- Representation before church labour courts
Tenancy law
- Drafting and review of commercial leases
- Advice for landlords and tenants on residential tenancy law
- Support with rent increase demands
- Review of service charge statements
- Enforcement of and defence against notices to quit, and representation in eviction proceedings
Articles
Parental leave in instalments: protection against dismissal applies before each instalment
Anyone taking parental leave in several instalments enjoys special protection against dismissal before each instalment – even if all instalments were requested in a single letter.
SRDr. Stefan RiegerDiscrimination in recruitment: damages without a cap – but not without an end
Anyone who suffers discrimination in a job application can claim compensation for material damage in addition to an indemnity. The Federal Labour Court has clarified how far this liability extends.
SRDr. Stefan RiegerChurch membership as a hiring requirement: the Federal Labour Court concludes the Egenberger case
After more than ten years, a judgment of the European Court of Justice and a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court, the Federal Labour Court ruled in May 2026: church employers may require church membership if it is a justified occupational requirement for the specific position.
SRDr. Stefan RiegerCurriculum vitae
Personal details
- Born
- 1997 in Munich
- Languages
- German, English, Italian
- Contact
- Gewürzmühlstraße 5, 80538 Munich
089 55 26 26 0 · rieger@copyroth.de
