Jörn Kuhn advises German and international enterprises on all issues of employment and company pension law. A focus of his activities is the counselling and representation of clients during restructurings and reorganisations at the company and business level. In this connection, Jörn advises enterprises on questions concerning collective bargaining and shop constitution law as well on corporate co-determination. This includes representation during negotiations with unions and works councils. He also regularly advises on the employment and company pension aspects of M&A transactions. Jörn Kuhn also advises enterprises on questions concerning the utilisation of outside labour, above all personnel leasing and industrial services on the basis of contracts for services and works. Jörn Kuhn is head of the French Desk.
Jörn Kuhn is a Partner of the firm Oppenhoff. He began his career as a lawyer in 2007 at Linklaters LLP. Mr. Kuhn studied law at the Universities of Rostock and Göttingen.
Jörn Kuhn is a member of the German Bar Association (Deutscher Anwaltverein, DAV), the Cologne Bar Association (Kölner Anwaltverein, KAV) and the DAV’s Employment Law Working Group.
PartnerAttorneySpecialized Attorney for Employment Law
Languages
German, English
Bockenheimer Landstraße 2-4
60306 Frankfurt am Main
T +49 69 707968 140
F +49 69 707968 111
"Social Media und Internet im Arbeitsverhältnis – Mitbestimmung des Betriebsrats bei der Umsetzung von Social Media Guidelines" [Social media and internet at the workplace – codetermination of the works council in the implementation of social media guidelines]
Social Media und Compliance, CH Beck 2015, (in collaboration with Dr. Gilbert Wurth)
"Weniger betriebliche Altersvorsorge für Teilzeitkräfte" [Less company pension for part-time employees]
Legal Tribune Online dated 24 March 2021
"Keine arbeitszeitrechtlichen Vorgaben für Sitzungen der Einigungsstelle" [No working time regulations for meetings of the conciliation body]
DER BETRIEB dated 12 October 2020, pp. 2185-2189 (in collaboration with Cornelia-Cristina Scupra)
"Zur Auslegung des Begriffs „Überschussanteile“ i.S.d. § 16 Abs. 3 Nr. 2 BetrAVG” [Interpretation of the term “profit shares” within the meaning of Sec. 16 (3) No. 2 German Company Pensions Act]
DER BETRIEB dated 12 October 2020, p. 2192 (in collaboration with Annabelle Marceau)
"Führungskräfte: Ausweitung der Betriebsratsbeteiligung bei Einstellungen und Versetzungen in Matrixstrukturen“ [Managers: Expansion of works council participation in case of recruitment and transfers in matrix structures]
DER BETRIEB dated 30 September 2019, p. 2192
"Mitbestimmung bei Nutzung fremder IT” [Co-determination when using third-party IT]
NJW-aktuell 2019, Issue 17, p. 17 (in collaboration with Annabelle Marceau)
"Aufwändige Regeln für wenig mehr Gerechtigkeit" [Complex rules for little more justice]
Legal Tribune Online dated 19 July 2019 (in collaboration with Alexandra Groth)
"Mehr Geld bei Dienstreisen" [More money for business trips]
Legal Tribune Online dated 28 June 2019
"Entwurf des Gesetzes gegen illegale Beschäftigung und Sozialleistungsmissbrauch" [Draft bill against illegal employment social benefit abuse]
DER BETRIEB dated 12 April 2019, p. 856
"Business Continuity Management: Störfälle und Handlungsoptionen für Arbeitgeber“ [Business continuity management: incidents and courses of action open to the employer]
DER BETRIEB dated 15 February 2019, pp. 367-372, (in collaboration with Cornelia-Cristina Scupra)
"Verfahrensregelungen sind mitbestimmungsfrei“ [Procedural regulations are not subject to co-determination]
DER BETRIEB dated 8 February 2019, p. 313
"Auslandsentsendungen innerhalb der EU – Praxisfragen zur A1-Bescheinigung” [International assignments within the EU – practical questions concerning the A1 certification]
DER BETRIEB dated 24 August 2018, (in collaboration with Cornelia-Cristina Scupra) pp. 2054-2055
"Fiktion des § 10 Abs. 1 Satz 1 AÜG wirkt auch 1,5 Jahre nach Einsatzende“ [Legal fiction of Sec. 10 para. 1 sentence 1 German Temporary Employment Act (Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz, AÜG) still applies 1 ½ years after the assignment has ended]
DER BETRIEB dated 27 July 2018, p. 1797
"Fußball-WM in Russland: Das dürfen Sie am Arbeitsplatz” [Football World Cup in Russia: what is allowed at the workplace]
DER BETRIEB dated 21 June 2018
"Zulässigkeit von WM-Übertragungen am Arbeitsplatz” [Permissibility of World Cup broadcasts at the workplace]
RTL Aktuell dated 13 June 2018
"Fußball-WM im Betrieb – Fragen und Antworten” [Football World Cup at work – questions and answers]
Interview with Jörn Kuhn/Alexander Willemsen, DER BETRIEB dated 8 June 2018 page M28
"Tarifliche Mehrarbeitszuschläge: Keine Diskriminierung von Teilzeitbeschäftigten” [Collectively bargained overtime bonuses: no discrimination of part-time workers]
DB kompakt dated 26 April 2018, DB1268984 (in collaboration with Cornelia-Cristina Scupra)
"Rechtliche Aspekte der Entsendung von Geschäftsführern zu ausländischen Konzerngesellschaften (insb. in nicht EU-Mitgliedsstaaten)“ [Legal aspects of seconding managing directors to foreign group companies (in particular in non-EU Member States)]
E-BOOK FÜR GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER 2018 dated 22 March 2018, pp. 109-112
"Beweisverwertungsverbot bei verdecktem Keylogger-Einsatz” [Prohibited appraisal of evidence in case of an undisclosed use of keyloggers]
DB Arbeitsrecht dated 13 October 2017, p. 118
"Betriebsrentenstärkungsgesetz: Arbeitsrechtliche Änderungen" [German Act Strengthening Company Pensions: employment law changes]
DER BETRIEB dated 9 June 2017 (together with Alexander Heider)
"Deutscher Entleiher haftet bei illegaler Arbeitnehmerüberlassung durch den ausländischen Verleiher" [German hiring enterprise liable in case of the illegal provision of temporary employees by the foreign temporary employment agency]
DER BETRIEB dated 9 March 2017, p. 913
"WM-Tippspiele im Betrieb – Fragen und Antworten” [World Cup sweepstakes at work – questions and answers]
Interview with Jörn Kuhn/Alexander Willemsen, DER BETRIEB dated 22 June 2016 page M26
"Arbeits- und sozialversicherungsrechtliche Aspekte bei Aufhebungsverträgen" [Aspects of Employment Law and Social Insurance Law in Severance Agreements]
Der Betrieb (Operations) 2016, p. 1994
"Arbeitsrechtliche Aspekte von Social Engineering Audits" [Employment law aspects of social engineering audits]
DER BETRIEB 2016, p. 111 (in collaboration with Dr. Alexander Willemsen)
"Betriebsänderung: Schaffung arbeitgeberseitiger Planungssicherheit durch Abschluss einer freiwilligen Betriebsvereinbarung neben einem Sozialplan” [Change of business: creation of planning certainty for the employer by concluding a voluntary shop agreement in addition to a social plan]
DB 2016, p. 477 (in collaboration with Nils-Frederik Wiehmann)
"Keine Separaten Anschlüsse für Telefonie sowie Internet und E-Mail für den Betriebsrat” [No separate connections for telephone, internet and e-mail for the works council]
DB 2016, p. 1201
"Burnout – Gemeinsam gegen höhere Kosten" [Burnout – working together to combat higher costs]
Personalmagazin dated March 2012, p. 23
"Gestaltungsspielräume bei Tarifsozialplänen" [Scope for structuring collective social plans]
NZA 2012, p. 593 (in collaboration with Dr. Alexander Willemsen)
