Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Germany as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Germany: Significant ruling for shift workers
The rights of shift workers in Germany have been significantly strengthened following a landmark judgment of the Federal Labour Court (BAG) on April 9th 2014 …
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Germany: Dismissal for frequent sickness absence justified
In a recent case, the Court of Appeal of Cologne in Germany confirmed that a dismissal for frequent sickness absence was legitimate …
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Germany: Cabinet approves national minimum wage
The German Cabinet has approved Germany’s first national minimum wage of 8 …
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Germany: No legal duty to inform employees about occupational pension rights
The German Federal Labour Court (BAG) has ruled that employers do not have to inform their employees of their legal right to ask their employer to pay part of their future earnings (up to 4%) into an occupation pension scheme …
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Germany: Employees’ rights to privacy vs employers’ need for evidence
The Federal Labour Court of Germany (BAG) has recently made rulings on two issues concerning employees’ rights to privacy …
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Germany: Draft pension law approved
Germany’s Federal Cabinet has approved a draft law to reform statutory pensions …
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Germany: New judgment on bonus arrangements
Employers should be careful regarding their bonus arrangements following a recent decision by the German Federal Labour Court (BAG) on bonus cut-off dates …
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Germany: Court rules symptom-free HIV is a disability
The German Federal Labour Court has recently held that symptom-free HIV constitutes a disability …
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Germany: Upcoming works council elections
In 2010, over 87,000 businesses elected works councils in Germany …
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Germany: Long-term use of agency workers acceptable
The German Federal Labour Court (BAG) has recently reversed a ruling of a lower court by deciding that no direct employment relationship exists between an employer and an agency worker, even when the agency worker carries out their duties on a long-term basis rather than for a short, defined time span …
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Germany: Work email no facility for spreading a call to strike
In a recent decision, the Federal Labour Court of Germany has ruled that employees may not use its company email account to spread a call for strike against the employer …
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Germany: Implementation of national minimum wage
The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, has agreed to introduce a national minimum wage …
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Germany: Bank forced to retract gross misconduct findings
The German Deutsche Bank has launched an appeal against a court order to reinstate four traders accused of inappropriately communicating with other traders over benchmark inter-bank lending rates …
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Germany: Calculation of minimum wage rates for posted workers
Following a request for a preliminary ruling from Germany, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed that, when calculating the minimum rates of pay for a posted worker, other elements of remuneration may be included in the calculation …
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Germany: Fighting against abuse of contracts for work
A draft Bill “to fight the misuse of contracts for work (Werkvertrag) and to prevent evasion of labour law obligations” has been put before the federal government of Germany …
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