Dr. Michael Witteler

  • Dr. Michael Witteler
  • Dr. Michael Witteler

Partner
witteler@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 30 20 62 95 3-0
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Dr. Michael Witteler has particular expertise in the areas of corporate data protection law, pension law and canon labor law.

He advises companies with regard to personal employee data, for example in connection with compliance investigations. He also supports companies in drafting and negotiating works agreements with respect to the implementation of data processing equipment and software.

Apart from individual matters of pension law, Dr. Michael Witteler is widely experienced in restructuring company pension schemes and in dealing with entitlements to company pension schemes in connection with transactions.

Furthermore, Dr. Witteler has special knowledge in the field of canon labor law. He has years of experience in advising religious institutions in all matters of individual and collective labor law.

He is a regular speaker on topics related to labor law and data protection. In May 2013 Dr. Michael Witteler was appointed as an honorary judge at the Labor Court in Berlin.

Language skills: German, English
Location: Berlin

  • Career

    born in Hindelang

    1990-1992
    Graduate Studies at the University of Passau

    1992-1994
    Graduate Studies at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster

    1996-1998
    Compulsory legal training in Dortmund

    1998
    Admission to the German Bar Association

    1999
    PhD thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Birk at the Institute for Fiscal Law, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster

    1998-2002
    Own law firm in Münster/Westfalen

    2003
    Certified labor law specialist

    2003-2005
    Lawyer at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main

    2006-2010
    Counsel at Salans LLP, Berlin

    2010
    Counsel at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law

    2011
    Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Berlin

  • Publications

    § 615 S. 2 BGB – Neue Handlungsmöglichkeiten für Arbeitgeber?, Neue Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (NZA), 12/2020, S. 1689 - 1693

    Anrechnung von einschlägig erworbener Berufserfahrung innerhalb der EU?, Der Betrieb, 12/2018

    E-Mail an den Aus­ge­schie­denen, Legal Tribune Online

    Risiken und Aufwand verringern – Entgeltumwandlung, Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht 07/2014

    Betriebliche Praxis und Konfliktsituationen – der Umgang mit dem Betriebsrat, Arbeit und Arbeitsrecht 09/2014

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Letzte Beiträge

16. November 2021

Employer subsidy for deferred compensation as of 2022

According to § 1a para. 1 BetrAVG, every employee who is compulsorily insured under the statutory pension insurance scheme is entitled to an occupational [...]

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7. October 2021

Will the transposition of the Whistleblower Directive in Germany be further delayed?

Since 2019, the aim at European level has been to provide more protection for whistleblowers. The EU Directive for the protection of persons who report [...]

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23. March 2021

Brexit and Data Protection – Adequacy decision of the EU Commission

What about the transfer of personal data between the United Kingdom and the European Member States after Brexit? In the following blog post, we will provide an [...]

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Dr. Michael Witteler

Partner
witteler@pwwl.de
+49 (0) 30 20 62 95 3-0

Dr. Michael Witteler has particular expertise in the areas of corporate data protection law, pension law and canon labor law.

He advises companies with regard to personal employee data, for example in connection with compliance investigations. He also supports companies in drafting and negotiating works agreements with respect to the implementation of data processing equipment and software.

Apart from individual matters of pension law, Dr. Michael Witteler is widely experienced in restructuring company pension schemes and in dealing with entitlements to company pension schemes in connection with transactions.

Furthermore, Dr. Witteler has special knowledge in the field of canon labor law. He has years of experience in advising religious institutions in all matters of individual and collective labor law.

He is a regular speaker on topics related to labor law and data protection. In May 2013 Dr. Michael Witteler was appointed as an honorary judge at the Labor Court in Berlin.

Language skills: German, English
Location: Berlin

Dr. Michael Witteler

Career

born in Hindelang

1990-1992
Graduate Studies at the University of Passau

1992-1994
Graduate Studies at the Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster

1996-1998
Compulsory legal training in Dortmund

1998
Admission to the German Bar Association

1999
PhD thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Birk at the Institute for Fiscal Law, Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Münster

1998-2002
Own law firm in Münster/Westfalen

2003
Certified labor law specialist

2003-2005
Lawyer at Haarmann, Hemmelrath & Partner, Berlin and Frankfurt am Main

2006-2010
Counsel at Salans LLP, Berlin

2010
Counsel at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law

2011
Partner at Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law, Berlin