LAG Düsseldorf: Day of travel to a professional training is considered as first working day – fixed-term agreement invalid

An agreement according to which the employee travels to a professional training requested by the employer one day before the start of the first day of the training – which was initially also intended as the start of the contract for a fixed-term employment relationship – leads to the mutually agreed shifting of the start of the employment relationship to the day of travel, according to the Düsseldorf Regional Labour Court (LAG), decision of February 21, 2020 – 10 Sa 252/19.