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The Regional Court in Cologne has refused to allow an automotive supplier to make several permanent employees redundant in the face of reduced orders …

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The recent €35M fine on fashion retailer H&M – the second largest fine under the GDPR – imposed by the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information is a timely reminder that GDPR rules apply to everyday HR management practices and not just the processing of personal data and major data breaches …

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The existence of a special Works Council for disabled people has been a feature of German labour relations for many years …

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The Executive Board of Man Truck and Bus has announced that it is going to undergo a comprehensive restructuring of the business ahead of a programme for digitalisation and automation of operations …

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A parliamentary debate is taking place over the status of those undertaking “mini-jobs” in Germany …

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A case this summer involving a court worker who refused to complete work legitimately assigned to them illustrates the requirements necessary to issue an extraordinary termination without notice …

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The Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) has drawn up a draft “mobile working” law that would give German workers a right to request home-working for at least 24 days a year – and their employer would not be able to refuse unless it was totally impractical to do so …

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A re-examination of how teleworkers are affected by the statutory occupational accident insurance has resulted in the Federal Social Court upholding its original decision of 2013 (B 2 U 19/18 R, 30 …

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The COVID-19 pandemic has, without a doubt, accelerated the acceptance of a ‘working from home’ culture but does an employee have a general right to work from home? No …

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It remains uncertain in many countries whether annual leave that is untaken should expire at the end of the year it falls due, or should be carried over for a fixed or indefinite period …

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A new collective agreement between the ING bank and the Verdi trade union has established a new €500 (US$589) annual training budget for each employee over the next 3 years …

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A report on labour market and pay equality since reunification carried out by the Institute for Economic and Social Sciences (WSI) in the Hans Böckler Foundation has revealed some interesting facts …

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The reform of parental benefit has been on the cards for some time …

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May a company pension scheme that restricts those joining it to be aged 55 and under always exclude older workers from joining it? The Federal Labour Court recently considered the situation of a Norwegian process engineer who had initially joined a company when under age 55, but had been confirmed in a permanent position after several years, by which time they were over the normal limit …

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A Labour Court in Berlin has found that an employer may not legally force its general works council to hold meetings on a virtual basis …

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