Germany: court reclassifies the contract of 1. FSV Mainz 05 goalkeeper Müller as permanent

Heinz Müller, 36, a goalkeeper for 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Bundesliga) from 2009 to 2014, had his contract with the club reclassified as permanent instead of fixed-term by a German employment court, on 24/03/2015.

The judge chose to apply German common law, which states that any employee is entitled to a permanent contract after two years of working...