Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
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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Germany: Expectations for the coming wage round
The coming annual wage round will affect over twelve million workers in Germany …
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Germany: Relaxation of employee consent rules under the Federal Data Protection Act
In a recent ruling the German Federal Labour Court has held that employees may validly consent to the processing of their personal data within the scope of their employment relationship …
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Germany: Ministry of Labour proposes changes to temporary employment laws
On November 16th 2015, Germany’s Ministry of Labour submitted to the chancellery a draft law amending the Temporary Employment Act and other Acts …
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Germany: Upcoming gender quota requirements for supervisory boards
From January 1st 2016 many larger companies in Germany will be obliged to ensure that the under-represented gender on their supervisory board accounts for at least 30% of all board members …
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Germany: Preliminary data on gross earnings and hours of work
Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has published preliminary data on gross earnings and hours of work in Q2 2015 …
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Germany: Maximum stay for business visitors extended
On August 1st 2015 changes to Germany’s rules regarding business visitors took effect …
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Germany: Small employers may not dismiss employees on discriminatory grounds
According to a recent judgment by the German Federal Labour Court (BAG), small companies are not permitted to dismiss an employee because they benefit from a pension, despite their exclusion under the Employment Protection Act …
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Germany: Piracy may be lawful reason for termination with immediate effect
Germany’s Federal Labour Court (BAG) has held that an employee’s use of a work computer to download files and make pirated copies of DVDs during working time may be a lawful reason to immediately dismiss the employee …
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Germany: Law on Multi-Union Bargaining signed into law
The Law on Multi-Union Bargaining (Tarifeinheitsgesetz) is now in force in Germany having been signed by the country’s President, Joachim Gauck, on Monday July 6th …
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