The preconditions for limiting the term of an employment contract and the legal consequences of an
invalid term limitation are governed by the Act on Part-Time Work and Fixed-Term Employment Contracts
(Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz). Limited-term employment contracts terminate without notice when the
contract period expires or on achievement of a specified purpose. A limited-term employment contract
may be terminated with the agreed period of notice but before the contract period expires if the possibility
of termination is agreed in the employment contract or the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
There is a three week limitation of action if an employee wishes to contest the validity of a term limitation
in his or her employment contract.