Information on Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (the German law concerning academic fixed-term contracts)
The Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) has been regulating working conditions in academia in Germany since 2007. Now, a reform is planned and the debate is heated. The German Scholars Organization (GSO) has published WissZeitVG in a nutshell in its Facts and Tools section, with a summary of the current discussion and links to info in English and German.