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L&E Global
In a court proceeding concerning a compensation claim raised under Section 15 (2) of the German General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz – AGG)...
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
A provision allowing employees to obtain, via telephone, medical certificates for sick leave has been permanently reintroduced in Germany as of December 7, 2023.
WTW
Tamsin Sridhara and Florian Frank focus on Germany and discuss the results of our latest pay transparency pulse survey in Germany. They also talk through the current context...
Mayer Brown
PE transactions are special in many ways, including deal structuring and financing, tax-optimization as well as entrepreneurial and operational concepts post-closing.
Littler Mendelson
If a court finds an employee was unjustly dismissed in Germany, the employer can be liable for remuneration no longer paid after the end of the notice period.
Littler Mendelson
In Germany there are currently more job vacancies than ever before. The shortage of skilled workers has arguably become the biggest brake on the economy. This is reason enough to take a look at possible solutions...
L&E Global
An employer and an employee were in dispute over a claim for payment of outstanding annual leave after termination of employment. This is because, upon termination, existing annual leave...
Littler Mendelson
The simplified crisis regulations governing short-time working in Germany introduced in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic expired at the end of June 2023.
L&E Global
The plaintiff, a temporary agency worker in the retail sector, was seeking payment of a difference in wages compared to the remuneration of regular employees.
L&E Global
When setting up a business in Germany, the relatively high standard of employee rights provided by the German labour and employment law needs to be taken into consideration.
Mayer Brown
O n 18 April 18 2023, the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) presented the long-awaited draft amendment to the Working Time Act and other regulations.
Mayer Brown
German Federal Ministries have published the draft Financing for the Future Act ("FFA"; Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz), which aims at strengthening the performance of the German capital market...
CONVINUS
A Swiss company wants to deploy employees from Switzerland for a project in Germany. However, the best-qualified employees have neither EU nor EEA citizenship but are so-called "third-country nationals".
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Mitarbeiterbeteiligungsprogramme gehören seit vielen Jahren zu den unternehmerischen Maßnahmen zur Gewinnung und Förderung von Mitarbeitern.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
The vast majority of employers in Germany are aware by now that caution is required when formulating job advertisements in order to avoid being confronted with accusations of discrimination...
Oppenhoff & Partner
The decision of the German Federal Labour Court [Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG] on the recording of working hours has caused quite a stir and raised questions for company practice.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart
In the past, the argument was often made that a female employee might not be entitled to a differential compensation claim due to lower pay compared to a male colleague...
Mayer Brown
Employers are legally prohibited from discriminating on the basis of gender (as well as on the basis of other forbidden criteria) when it comes to remuneration.
European Union
Altenburger
The global COVID-19 pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation. As working from home seems not to cause any loss of productivity...
Ius Laboris
AI is already transforming the way we do business, and offers huge potential for companies to restructure and move towards a radically different cost-base. Here, we ask what changes are likely, and what the role of HR will be.
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