Kathrin Brügger: sparring partner for HR departments, who also often becomes a back-up.

Employment law can be a powerful lever to provide companies with flexibility and agility during transformation. For some, employment law is more of an underdog in consulting. For Kathrin Brügger, it is the hidden champion. After all, human resources are an important factor if a company wants to continue to grow. The employment law specialist advises companies ranging from global players to SMEs when it comes to developing a transformation strategy, attracting and retaining specialists in the long term or parting with them in a legally compliant manner if necessary.

Your mission

Kathrin helps companies to manage the balancing act between employer attractiveness, cost pressure and legal compliance. In doing so, she keeps all stakeholders in mind – not only the management, but also the works council and the employees. She makes staff reduction measures as socially responsible as possible.

Your approach

As a sparring partner, Kathrin works hand in hand with HR departments, internal employment lawyers and the management and has their backs. In the case of relevant interfaces, such as social security or tax law, she consults experts from KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. In this way, she finds tailor-made solutions that contribute to her clients’ strategy and support their transformation towards flexibility and agility in the best possible way.

Your focus

Labor law, in particular

Consulting and negotiation of reconciliation of interests and social plans
Managing director and board topics
International employee assignments/EU Posting of Workers Directive

The "League of Law" series

Employment law is just one of the many topics that are the focus of our “League of Law” series. Kathrin Brügger has more than 340 colleagues at KPMG Law throughout Germany. For cross-border issues, she can draw on KPMG Law’s global network at any time.

As a legally independent commercial law firm, KPMG Law is associated and closely linked with KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft. This enables Kathrin Brügger, together with experts from KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft and its Audit, Tax, Deal Advisory and Consulting divisions, to offer comprehensive, holistic and, if required, international support in the long-term transformation of her clients.

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Kathrin Brügger

"With the right labor law measures, we can give companies a lot of flexibility, and flexibility means a competitive advantage in individual cases."

Current publications

| Kathrin Brügger

Focus on labor law - this is what the 2025 coalition agreement provides for

The CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on a coalition agreement on April 9, 2025. The overarching title of the paper is "Responsibility for Germany". On 146 pages, the CSU/CDU and SPD set out the relevant topics for the next legislative period.

| Kathrin Brügger

ESG and labor law: what companies need to consider now

Podcast: Sustainability reporting also concerns various labor law issues. In particular, the sustainability pillar "S" in ESG includes various personnel matters.

| Kathrin Brügger

CSRD and ESRS: These are the to-dos for HR and labor law

The majority of large companies are currently preparing for an important change: sustainability reporting in accordance with the CSRD. HR and employment law are also affected.

| Kathrin Brügger

ESG and labor law: What lies ahead for companies

How the duty of sustainability affects labor law practice.

| Kathrin Brügger

Equal pay is no longer negotiable

Why the BAG ruling on equal pay is also an opportunity for companies.

Kathrin Brügger

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