Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: Real collectively agreed wages fell by 4.7% in 2022
Last year, new and revised collective agreements were concluded for 7 …
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Germany: Employees are not obliged to accept or read work messages outside their working time
The State Labour Court (LAG) in Schleswig-Holstein has ruled that employees do not have to receive messages from employers, read an SMS or consult changes to work rosters except when they arrive during their working time …
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Germany: New electronic sickness notification rules come into force
The days of the old “yellow slip” have gone – although not quite …
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Germany: Does your company rely on federal government contracts?
Does your company rely on federal government contracts? If so, do you follow applicable sectoral agreements? Although it is common practice for individual German States to require private sector contractors to comply with collective agreements that are in force in their sector, the federal government has only tended to make such a requirement when an agreement has been declared as generally binding under the Collective Bargaining Agreement Act, or the Posted Workers Act …
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Germany: What public holidays apply when employees are deployed away from their normal (contractual) workplace?
Germany has a number of national public holidays, but also a number of public holidays too that are only celebrated locally …
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Germany: Christmas bonus rises by 2.6% – 2022
According to the Federal statistical office, 86% of employees will receive a Christmas bonus this year …
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Germany: The social selection of employees for redundancy may take into account how close an employee is to retirement
The Federal Labour Court (BAG) has confirmed that age is a factor that may not be used in social selection until such time as an individual nears the age of retirement and there is a replacement income, in the form of a pension without deductions due to old age, payable within two years of the end of the employment relationship (Az: 6 AZR 31/22) …
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Germany: Overtime thresholds
Federal Labour Court (BAG) applies European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in respect to overtime thresholds …
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Germany: Dismissal due to allegations of anti-Semitic statements at Deutsche Welle
Racial slurs and comments made before a contract began do not justify later dismissal for gross misconduct …
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Germany: Video recordings cannot prove working time fraud
Company rules compound bizarre anti-monitoring rights …
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Germany: Laptop for works council work
Works council should be entitled to a laptop supplied by their company …
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Germany: Remuneration paid by the employer for license plate advertising is wages
A fee paid to employees for placing company advertising on their car registration mounting plate does constitute salary and must be taxed …
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Germany: Online works council voting
No decision yet on the introduction of online works council voting …
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Germany: Declining interest in Internships from amongst students
A survey conducted by the consulting and market research company Trendence has found that interest in Internships has fallen from 72 …
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Germany: Environmental elements strengthened in Corporate Governance Code
Many companies are struggling to extend their existing corporate codes to meet the new requirements to take on board sustainability issues …
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