On 25 April 2023, Thomas Klein received the nomination as Professor of Law in Social Work(Civil, Labour and Social Law) at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Saarland University of Applied Sciences (htw saar) from the Saarland Minister of Finance and Science, Jakob von Weizsäcker
Thomas Klein studied law at the University of Trier and already worked as a research assistant at the IAAEU during his studies. After his legal clerkship at the Saarland Higher Regional Court, he returned to the IAAEU's legal working group as a research assistant in November 2015. He was awarded his doctorate in 2017 with a thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Monika Schlachter on the collective agreement and strike law for civil servants in privatised companies.
During his more than seven years at the IAAEU, Thomas Klein conducted research in the field of German and European labour law, including on collective agreements and industrial action law, European law on the posting of workers, and employment protection and fixed-term employment law. Another focus of his research activities was international and European fundamental and human rights protection and its impact on national civil and labour law. Since 2017, Thomas Klein has also been a lecturer in labour and civil law at the Department of Law at the University of Trier.
The IAAEU congratulates Thomas Klein on his appointment, would like to thank him for his successful work at the institute and wishes him all the best for his new position at the htw saar.
Miriam Gabriel, Ministry of Finance and Science of Saarland
Thomas Klein studied law at the University of Trier and already worked as a research assistant at the IAAEU during his studies. After his legal clerkship at the Saarland Higher Regional Court, he returned to the IAAEU's legal working group as a research assistant in November 2015. He was awarded his doctorate in 2017 with a thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Monika Schlachter on the collective agreement and strike law for civil servants in privatised companies.
During his more than seven years at the IAAEU, Thomas Klein conducted research in the field of German and European labour law, including on collective agreements and industrial action law, European law on the posting of workers, and employment protection and fixed-term employment law. Another focus of his research activities was international and European fundamental and human rights protection and its impact on national civil and labour law. Since 2017, Thomas Klein has also been a lecturer in labour and civil law at the Department of Law at the University of Trier.
The IAAEU congratulates Thomas Klein on his appointment, would like to thank him for his successful work at the institute and wishes him all the best for his new position at the htw saar.
Miriam Gabriel, Ministry of Finance and Science of Saarland
