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Foreign employers frequently overlook the rights of severely disabled employees in Germany to receive additional annual leave …

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It will be commonly assumed that individual employees will have the right to give, or withhold, consent independent of the Works Council (WC) that represents them …

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How far may an employer go to discipline an employee who exhibits irresponsible public conduct during their own private time? The Labour Court in Osnabruck has accepted the graveness of any act that makes fun of the coronavirus risk …

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The use of independent contractors and subcontractors in the meat industry will become unlawful from 1st January 2021 …

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An important new interpretation has been made by the Federal Labour Court (BAG) concerning the law on the promotion of pay transparency between men and women (EntgTranspG) …

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Whilst countries, such as Lithuania, are taking active steps to encourage investment from outside the EU, Germany is working hard to block unwanted investments in its existing corporate sector …

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The seemingly innocent actions of an employee sending non-sensitive data to another organisation may fall foul of the law in Germany …

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With the global pandemic causing a sudden spike in the number of online seminars, presentations and meetings, it’s timely and important to point out that the term ‘webinar’ enjoys protected trademark status in Germany …

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As the lockdown eases, companies are having to face up to the fact that much demand has been lost for good …

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Although the evolution of laws in the employment sphere across most EU member states is towards the improvement of equal opportunities through “positive action”, there are far-right political forces at work that oppose such an approach …

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If any individual, or business, moves their address in Germany there is a lengthy manual bureaucratic procedure that has to be undertaken …

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How far can a court in one country determine a case on the basis of a foreign law, using only the evidence provided to it? A recent case in Germany has exposed the weakness of German civil law litigation – where it is up to the parties to establish the facts of a case, including whether a matter infringes another country’s laws …

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The Federal government is drawing up a draft law to oblige employers with 500+ employees to ensure that no abuses of human rights are taking place in their foreign operations, or supply chains …

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A payment system providing a 15% premium for regular shift workers at night does not constitute any valid “unequal treatment” if other employees who work exceptionally at night receive a 60% overtime premium for their working time …

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The State Labour Court in Cologne has ruled that a “qualified end-of-employment certificate” (i …

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