Bernd Waas is Professor of Labour Law and Civil Law at Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is the author and co-author of several books on individual as well as collective labour law, and he has written more than 100 articles on German, European and comparative labour and civil law. Bernd Waas is coordinator of the European Labour Law Network which comprises labour law experts from 31 jurisdictions in Europe (ranging from Portugal to Russia).