Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Germany: Recommendation for more formalised preparation of in-company trainers
A Study undertaken by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training has given rise to a recommendation for more formalised preparation of in-company trainers …
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Germany: Mass dismissal notification
Employers are obliged to report mass dismissals to the employment agency, even if they are on grounds of prolonged illness rather than redundancy …
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Germany: Porsche site in Leipzig to adopt 35-hour week from 2025
Porsche and the IG Metall trade union have reached a collective agreement that will reduce the hours at the company’s Leipzig factory from 38 to 35 pw by 2025, without any pay reduction …
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Germany: Vodafone employees can now work wherever they want
Vodafone has now launched its new “Full Flex Office” programme for German employees …
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