Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: Rise in cross-border commuters
According to the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, the proportion of foreign cross-border commuters working in Switzerland rose by 3 …
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Germany: Largest increase in real earnings since 2008
The Federal Statistics Office of Germany has reported that the index of real earnings in the country grew by 1 …
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Germany: Holiday and bonuses do not count towards the minimum wage
The Berlin Labour Court in Germany has confirmed that additional annual leave pay and bonuses should not be included in the calculation of the minimum wage …
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Germany: Court imposes restrictions on employee monitoring
In a recent ruling, the German Federal Labour Court (BAG) established limits to the accepted monitoring of employees who are believed by their employer to be feigning sickness …
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Germany: Employers and unions agree on 3.4% pay hike
IG Metall, Germany’s Industrial Union of Metalworkers, has negotiated a 3 …
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Germany: Summary dismissal of a trainee possible for suspected breach of duty
Germany’s Federal Labour Court has decided for the first time that a trainee may be summarily dismissed if there is a strong suspicion that they committed a fundamental breach of duty …
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Germany: Work council has no say in Facebook page
The Higher Labour Court of Düsseldorf in Germany recently found that a works council had no right to influence the setup of an employer’s social media page …
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Germany: Wage deal agreed
German airline Lufthansa has reached an agreement with Eurowings that will affect the wages of approximately 300 pilots …
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Germany: Decision on unused leave when changing employers
Germany’s Federal Labour Court has clarified that an employee who changes employers in the middle of the year must be able to demonstrate that they still have outstanding annual leave if they wish to claim it from their new employer …
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Germany: Important ruling on references
The German Federal Labour Court (BAG) has held that an employee cannot automatically claim for a ‘good’ overall assessment of their performance in employment references …
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Germany: Quotas for supervisory boards to be introduced in 2016
The government of Germany has agreed to a new law that would oblige the country’s largest companies to ensure that 30% of supervisory board positions are held by woman by 2016 …
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Germany: may ask about trade union membership
In a recent case, the German Federal Labour Court has stated that employers may, in some circumstances, be entitled to ask their employees about their trade union membership …
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Germany: Reforms make parental leave more flexible
Reforms to the German law on parental leave have now been endorsed by the Bundestag …
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Germany: New Bill on collective bargaining
Germany’s Minister of Labour, Andrea Nahles, has presented a draft law regarding collective bargaining to its Ministries for review …
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Germany: Green light for new industry health and safety regulation
Germany’s Federal Government has approved a new Regulation on Industrial Health and Safety …
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