Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: First female co-CEO at DAX company, SAP’s Jennifer Morgan, leaves within months
With Jennifer Morgan having moved out of her CO-CEO role with SAP Germany on the 30th of April 2020, CEOs at DAX30 companies are now back to being all male …
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Germany: Fake email being sent to employers on short-time working allowance
Employers in Germany should be mindful that short-time working allowance can only be granted if employers report short-time working arrangements by phone or online …
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Germany: Outlook for the pay market
It will be difficult to predict what will happen to the pay market after the current crisis; although, because of its sophisticated short-time working system and reserves already held for a downturn, jobs and pay may well be more heavily protected in Germany than in other EU States …
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Germany: Systemically important occupations: Skilled hospital staff had average gross earnings of €3,502 per month in 2019
Latest available data from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has revealed that in 2019, average earnings of skilled personnel in the whole economy (industry and services) amounted to €3,327 (US$3,602) …
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Germany: Tax-free special benefits
On the 9th of April 2020, the Federal Ministry of Finance introduced a facility to aid employees through a one-off “grant or benefit-in-kind” up to the value of €1,500 …
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Germany: Parental allowance: number of recipients up 2% in 2019
Parental allowance has proven to be a much greater benefit for men than for women …
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Germany: The legality of virtual meetings
Company works councils are currently often meeting on a weekly basis to approve all the measures that a company wishes to take, such as introducing short-time working, temperature checks amongst personnel, and access to company washrooms for visitors …
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Germany: Trade dumping
The German government is very worried that its indigenous, major companies will be vulnerable to a hostile takeover by Chinese investors during the period they are weakened by the current lockdown …
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Germany: Despite Corona, no packages deliveries on Sundays and public holidays
The Berlin Administrative Court has ruled that there can be no exception made to working on Sundays and public holidays for parcel delivery personnel, in spite of the high volume due to the current crisis and the greater incidence of sick leave amongst deliverers …
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Germany: Deadline for the submission of notices for the employment of disabled persons extended
Employers with an average of 20+ employees should note that the deadline for the return of notices for the employment of disabled persons has now been extended until the 30th of June 2020 …
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Germany: 27,000 Porsche employees receive profit-sharing bonus
27,000 German employees working for the car manufacturer Porsche will be receiving a bonus of €9,000 (US$9,778) in their April 2020 pay remittance …
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Germany: Crowdworkers are not employees under German Employment Law
According to the Munich High Court (LAG München 04/12/2019 – 146/19), those completing “crowdwork” by accepting short-term jobs through an online platform or app must be regarded as self-employed and not employees of the agency providing the work …
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Germany: Business activity plummets in March 2020
Commerzbank has predicted that Germany could slightly recover in the second half of the year, provided the virus is contained during the next few months …
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Germany: Nearly one in ten foreign-controlled enterprises came from the United Kingdom in 2017
In the context of Brexit, it is useful to note that 9% of the foreign-controlled enterprises in Germany have parent companies in the United Kingdom …
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Germany: More foreign apprentices
The total number of new apprenticeship contracts fell over the decade to 2018 by 14 …
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