Kathrin Brügger: sparring partner for HR departments, who also has their backs.

Labor law can be a powerful lever for providing companies with flexibility and agility during transformation. For some, labor 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. As a labor law specialist, she advises companies ranging from global players to SMEs when it comes to developing a transformation strategy, attracting and retaining skilled employees in the long term or parting ways with them in a legally compliant manner if necessary.

Her mission

Kathrin helps companies to manage the balancing act between employer attractiveness, cost pressure and legal compliance. She does this with every stakeholder in mind – not only the management, but also the works council and the employees. She makes staff reduction measures as socially responsible as possible.

Her 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.

Her focus

Labor law, in particular

Consulting and negotiation of reconciliation of interests and social plans
Managing director and board topics
International employee assignments/EU Posted 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 KPMG Law colleagues across Germany. She can call on KPMG Law’s global network at any time when dealing with cross-border issues.

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 necessary, international support for her clients’ long-term transformation.

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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."

Publications

| Kathrin Brügger

ESG and labour law: what companies need to consider now

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

| Kathrin Brügger

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

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

| Kathrin Brügger

ESG and labour law: what companies can expect (in German)

How the duty of sustainability affects labour law practice.

| Kathrin Brügger

Guidelines on the topic of employee secondment

Zeitschrift Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht: How do companies deal with the issue of employee secondment? What legal requirements need to be complied with?

| Kathrin Brügger

What is the EU Posting of Workers Directive all about?

Guest article in Personalwirtschaft: The EU Posting of Workers Directive remains a directive with many unanswered questions.

Kathrin Brügger

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81671 München

Tel.: +49 89 5997606 1200
kbruegger@kpmg-law.com

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