Contracts & Termination

Aufhebungsvertrag

mutual termination agreement

What it means

A negotiated agreement ending employment by mutual consent, often used instead of a formal Kündigung and sometimes including a severance payment.

In practice

An Aufhebungsvertrag can shorten a long Kündigungsfrist if both sides agree to the terms.

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