Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: 1&1 hit with million-euro GDPR fine
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) has imposed a €9 …
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Germany: Minimum salary level to increase for EU Blue Card applicants
Effective January 1st, 2020, the minimum annual gross salary for EU Blue Card applicants in Germany will rise by 2 …
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Germany: Berlin declares International Women’s Day a public holiday
From next year, International Women’s Day (8th March) will become a regular public holiday in Berlin …
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Germany: Regional German bar ‘wins ban’ on contract platforms
A case brought by a German Bar Association against an online contract drafting service owned by the leading legal publishers Wolters Kluwer opens up the whole issue of automation of “professional” service provision …
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Germany: Reported cases of alleged sexual assault increased by 30%
Reported cases of alleged sexual assault in Germany have risen by 30% since the law changed three years ago …
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Germany: Sharp rise in the number of commuters
There has been a sharp rise in the number of commuters in recent years across many regions of Germany, such as Lower Saxony and Bremen …
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Germany: A push to prohibit all business on Sundays and holidays
The German Basic Law bans all shopping on Sundays, apart from four Sundays a year …
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Germany: Real gross monthly earnings rose by 3.0%
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), over the year to Q2 2019, the real gross monthly earnings across Germany rose by 3 …
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Germany: Combat absenteeism
Employers could find a recent Frankfurt court ruling in the consumer field affecting their ability to combat absenteeism …
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Germany: Draft law to protect parcel delivery drivers
The German Cabinet has approved a draft law that places a strict obligation on companies operating in the logistics sector to require contractors and subcontractors to pay social security contributions …
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Germany: Labour costs in the Q1 2019 up 2.5% on the Q1 of 2018
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), over the year to Q1 2019, hourly labour costs increased by 2 …
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Germany: Automaker Opel to cut workers’ hours and pay
The carmaker PSA Opel is considering the introduction of short-time working at its Russelsheim headquarters …
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Germany: Law on internal investigations
The absence in many jurisdictions of any consistent body of law concerning the conduct of internal investigations in a company through independent attorneys can lead to much complexity when cross-border investigations are required …
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Germany: 50 billion euros stimulus plan as contingency for deep recession
A huge fiscal stimulus package of up to 50 billion euros (US$55 billion) has been set aside by the German government to help alleviate the next recession …
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Germany: Deliveroo says goodbye to Germany
An illustration of how quickly an international company can abandon operations in a particular country was well illustrated earlier this month when Deliveroo’s 1100 administrative and delivery staff were informed that the company would cease trading in less than a week …
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