Michael Schreier analyzes the protection against dismissal by employers as well as against discrimination in the employer-employee relationship in British Columbia and Germany.

Protection against dismissal is one of the main topics which repeatedly sparks discussions in politics and academia. Whereas on the one hand many people advocate maintaining the current protection against dismissals, there is on the other hand a discussion in Germany about relaxing or even abolishing this protection. There are similar controversial discussions pertaining to the anti-discrimination law. Based on comparative law, Michael Schreier studies the conflicting approaches, focusing on the protection against arbitrary and discriminatory dismissals. The author shows the differences and similarities between Canada, using British Columbia as an example, and Germany and, based on this, provides recommendations for the law pertaining to the protection against dismissal and the general anti-discrimination law for German lawmakers.

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Geboren 1979; Studium der Rechtswissenschaft in Hamburg und Vancouver; Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für ausländisches und internationales Privat- und Prozessrecht an der Universität Hamburg; 2009 Promotion; derzeit Rechtsanwalt in Hamburg.