Recent news

Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.

Germany: Tesla German factory workers to set up union works council

Although the new Tesla plant in Brandenburg is only up to a sixth of its full personnel capacity, the Union IG Metall is already planning formation of its Works Council …

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Germany: Access rule for a works council meeting

The Labour Court in Bonn has ruled that a Works Council member may participate in meetings purely on the basis of a negative PCR test …

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Germany: Shorter vacation time with short-time work

If an employee is required to go onto short-time working, their vacation entitlement may be reduced …

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Germany: Electronic notification of sickness

From 1st July next year, employees taking sick leave will no longer have to give a yellow slip to their employer, but the health insurer will send it to the employer in digital form …

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Germany: Nearly 9 in 10 employees covered by collective agreements will receive a Christmas bonus in 2021

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Germany: Special representative for disabled workers

When the number of disabled workers falls below 5, the office of special representative ends …

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Germany: Employer payments for old-age provision are not attachable income – BAG

An employer that established a new and separate pension plan which allowed their employee partially to sidestep a salary order from a divorced husband was found not to be obliged to include the pension contribution in payments under a seizure and transfer order …

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Germany: Deutsche Bank unveils hybrid model

Agreement has been reached between Deutsche Bank and its Works Council on rules relating to hybrid working …

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Germany: Volkswagen extends already expansive work-from-home proposal

A new collective agreement has been signed between VW and its central works council concerning remote working arrangements …

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Germany: Tougher penalties for driving offences

Tough new penalties now apply for a wide range of driving offences …

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Germany: Nearly 2 million workers set for 25% pay rise

Minimum wage set to rise by 25% when new coalition takes power …

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Germany: No effective time limit due to electronic signature

Where an employee is engaged by means of an email communication using the integral signature facility in the email system itself then the employee is automatically entitled to a permanent contract …

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Germany: Sectoral agreements (2022)

The coming bargaining round will reveal just how strongly trade unions are as we emerge from the pandemic …

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Germany: Mini jobs cul de sac

Research suggests that mini-jobs are not a pathway to higher level, full-time jobs …

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Germany: Bavaria introduces workplace Covid status ‘3G’ rule

Employers in the State of Bavaria must now determine that employees are vaccinated against COVID-19, fully recovered from it or can show a negative test result (3G) …

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