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Under a new labour agreement between the IG Metall union and Volkswagen, around 120,000 Volkswagen employees at six plants in western German states will see their salaries rise by 2 …

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Under a recent regulation (SARS-CoV-ArbschV), employers must now ensure that all employees, except those who are purely home-based, are tested for COVID-19 at least once per week …

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Although payments for unemployment, bad weather and “short-time working” are tax free, they can be used for the calculation of total tax liability through a curious rule called the “progression proviso” …

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The high demand for home delivery services during the lockdown is encouraging logistics workers to take advantage of their strategic situation and seek higher pay …

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A collective bargaining agreement has now been signed for North Rhine-Westphalia covering 3 …

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PepsiCo has just signed an agreement with its works council on distance working …

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If an employer ignores a works council when undertaking a risk assessment, may the council block the commissioning of a new plant through an injunction under codetermination rules? According to a local labour court, the works council actually only serves to ensure that a system exists for risk assessments to be carried out and that the correct regulations are followed, it is not within its powers to undertake the assessment or block the commissioning of a particular process in the absence of a final agreement [Decision of the Schleswig-Holstein State Labor Court of January 12, 2021, Az 1 TaBVGa 4/20] …

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The carmaker Volkswagen is now opening up partial retirement to those born in 1964, whilst offering early retirement to those born from 1956 to 1960 …

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The automaker Audi is currently rolling out a policy to improve the gender-sensitive language used in company communications …

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The multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer employed 99,538 people on 31st December 2020, 23 …

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The life sciences company Sartorius has reported that 2020 sales revenues grew by 30 …

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Negotiations are suspended in the Metal Industry and the union IG Metall is now undertaking a series of short warning strikes until the end of March 2021, after which a longer strike could begin …

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The Commercial vehicle manufacturer “Man Group” has ended its dispute with its works council …

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The Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has produced a revised online 611 page manual (in German) on the conduct of risk assessments …

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The regular Ifo Skilled Labour Barometer compiled by the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (The World’s largest development bank) points to a continuing shortage of skilled workers …

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