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Re:Ask HN: What are the biggest challenges preventing startu... by germanier on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @03:14AM (#17027952)
As soon as you start working on German soil, German employment laws apply fully. Citizenship, prior residence, etc. are almost completely irrelevant. There is a social security agreement between the US and Germany which might exempt the person from German pension contributions but nothing more.

(If the spouse is working for the US military there are NATO agreements which might make German employment law inapplicable but I know almost nothing about that.)

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Re:Ask HN: What are the biggest challenges preventing startu... by myrle on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:20AM (#17028191)
Make sure and include a "Gerichtsstand" in the employment contract. This is basically the name of the city in Germany where legal processes related to the contract will be conducted. This will save you a good deal of unpleasantness later, should any employment issue come before a court of law in Germany.
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