international redundancy entitlement

[Deblique]

My sister (British and 45) living in Germany, was made redundant 18 mths ago by the US Govt. (USAF) when she was working as a secretary at a US comms base in Germany. There was a problem with the redundancy process followed at the time which means that no redundancy payment has yet been made. A case is being taken through the German court system, but the USAF is claiming that Germany has no jurisdiction over a US employment matter and the amount of redundancy due. The whole thing has stalled. My question is which countrys employment law has precedence in this case? Are German and American redundancy payments the same and what are the minimum in both cases? She has a solicitor in Germany, but is finding it difficult to understand the intricacies, and is prepared to agree terms, but under which country's minimum law? Any suggestions? Its complicated! Thanks

[buildersmate]

So you are asking on a UK website - that's pushing your luck.
As far as I know, redundancy is an unknown word within US employment law.
And most European continental countries have strong provision for those that lose their jobs in this manner.
She won't have a choice about this - her solicitor will have to resolve under whose terms this contract was set up. I can only say that German national employed by British Forces are employed on German contracts whereas civilian ex-pats are employed on UK terms. No idea what the Americans do.

[froggequene]

I think the problem here is that an American Airforce/Army Base based in another country is considered to be American territory & the issue may be which country's law the employees working on the base are subject to.