Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: Information about equal pay
The German coalition government has agreed to put forward legislation that would increase women workers’ rights to information about equal pay …
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Germany: Exploiting a loophole
Concern is growing in the German government about the number of company takeovers that are in the pipeline concerning Chinese enterprises, many of whom are state owned, or partly state-owned …
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Germany: Fears over class actions
Class action lawsuits are not currently permitted under German law …
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Germany: Rise in real wages
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) German real wages climbed by 2 …
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Germany: Modest deal as power demand stalls
GERMANY: A two-year deal has been reached between the German utility company RWE and the trade union IG BCE which reflects the low level of electricity demand in Germany’s sluggish economy …
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Germany: Few jobs for refugees
Over a million refugees have poured into Germany in the last year and now the German government is becoming deeply concerned about their job prospects …
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Germany: Foreign supervisory authority has no status
Frankfurt’s Higher Labour Court has ruled that the dismissal of several employees by Commerzbank in Germany was not lawful, even though it was ordered by the New York State Department of Financial Services in response to a misdemeanor …
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Germany: Pay deal for Lufthansa cabin crew
The German Airline Lufthansa has concluded an agreement with the cabin crew union UFO that will help to secure the company’s future …
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Germany: VW Pay Deal
The automaker Volkswagen AG has concluded a 20-month pay agreement with the trade union IG Metall covering 120,000 employees in its German operations (Volkswagen Financial Services …
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Germany: First engineering pay deal
Engineering industry employers in North Rhine-Westphalia — Germany’s most populous state — have concluded a sectoral wage agreement with the IG Metall trade union …
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Germany: New rules for agency workers
Agreement has been reached amongst the German coalition partners on proposals for a revision of the labour leasing law …
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Germany: Tighter rules for agency workers
Agreement has been reached amongst the German coalition partners on proposals for a revision of the labour leasing law …
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Germany: Company prevented from encouraging employees to end union membership
A labour court in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has issued a preliminary injunction against a company that offered a financial incentive to employees to end their union membership and even posted an example of a resignation letter for them to copy …
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Germany: Agreement reached on integration of immigrants
The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has achieved an agreement within her ruling coalition about how to integrate the recent influx of immigrants, principally from the Middle East …
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Germany: Guidance issued on employer rights to monitor email and internet use
The German data protection authorities have issued helpful guidance for private-sector employers explaining how and when it is permissible to monitor employees’ email and internet use at work …
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