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EIOPA Releases 2024 Annual Report – Key Developments, Regulatory Initiatives And Strategic Priorities

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its 2024 Annual Report in June 2025 (the Report), providing a comprehensive...

Germany Finance

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PwC Legal Germany

Employment Law Aspects Of The Coalition Agreement At A Glance

The coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and the SPD, titled "Responsibility for Germany," was announced on April 9, 2025.

Germany Employment

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A&O Shearman

Coalition Agreement 2025: New German Government's Plans For Labor And Employment Laws

A new coalition agreement between Germany's Christian Democratic Union and the Social Democratic Party contains several labor and employment law proposals.

Germany Employment

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Littler Mendelson

The EU's 2025 Savings And Investments Union Strategy

On 19 March 2025, the European Commission (the Commission) unveiled its long-awaited Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy.

European Union Strategy

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PwC Legal Germany

Gender Discrimination In Company Pension Schemes: Need For Action And Cost Risks

Germany Employment

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Littler

Gender Discrimination In Company Pension Schemes In Germany: Need For Action And Cost Risks

Germany Employment

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Littler Mendelson

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Germany Employment

Hangarter Legal

Amendment To German Investment Ordinance – Additional Flexibility For Alternative Investments

Germany Employment

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POELLATH

Labour & Employment Law Newsletter Issue 1 2024

Germany Employment

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Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Labour & Employment Law Newsletter Issue 2 2024

Germany Employment

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Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Fünf Fragen an…..

Germany Employment

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Mayer Brown

Germany: Proposals To Expand Occupational Pension Participation

Germany Employment

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WTW

Proposed Amendment To German Investment Ordinance - Additional Flexibility For Alternative Investments Of Regulated Pension Schemes

Germany Employment

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POELLATH

From Transition To Transformation: The Real Energy Challenge Today (Video)

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Arcadis

LD Munich, June 20, 2025, Order On Preliminary Objection, UPC_CFI_149/2024, UPC_CFI_127/2024

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Bardehle Pagenberg

Datenschutz im Unternehmen: Betriebsrat darf nicht mitbestimmen

Germany Privacy

MB

Mayer Brown

EU AI Act: Key Compliance Considerations Ahead Of August 2025

European Union Technology

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

IP Quick Tip: How To Protect UPC Patent Litigation With An Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction (2025) (Video)

BP

Bardehle Pagenberg

Focus On Labor Law – 4th Quarter 2023

In our last issue of this year's Focus on Labour Law you will find the usual overview of the most important labour court decisions of recent months...

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

Private Equity Investments In Germany | How To Manage HR Related Risks And Optimize Deal Value

PE transactions are special in many ways, including deal structuring and financing, tax-optimization as well as entrepreneurial and operational concepts post-closing.

Germany Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

Betriebsrentenanpassung In Der Inflation

Die Inflationsrate in Deutschland erreicht immer wieder neue Höchststände. Zuletzt lag der für die Bemessung der Inflationsrate heranzuziehende Verbraucherpreisindex im August 2023 bei 6,1%.

Germany Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

AI As A Driver Of Business Transformations And Restructurings

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.

Worldwide Employment

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Ius Laboris

Focus On Labour Law 1st Quarter 2023

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

Optimizing Severance Pay To Finance Early Retirement

Germany Employment

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Littler Mendelson

German Federal Fiscal Court Deciding On Unjustified Discrimination Of Non-EU Pension Funds

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

EU ESG Requirements: Actions HR Managers In Germany Should Take

European Union Commercial

MB

Mayer Brown

Securing Liquidity In The Energy Crisis: Short-term Savings On Personnel Costs

Germany Employment

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Oppenhoff

Back To The Future? Germany Travels Back In Time While Digitalization Occurs Elsewhere

Germany Employment

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RIMON FALKENFORT Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwalten & Steuerberatern mbB

Final Administrative Decree On Crypto Assets & Decision In ECJ Case C-641/17 & "CPP" & Federal Tax Court On Cum-/ex-transactions

Germany Technology

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WTS Global

Änderung Des Nachweisgesetzes Erfordert Anpassung Von Arbeitsverträgen Bis Zum 1. August 2022

Germany Employment

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

EU Working Conditions Directive: The Reform Of The German Act On Proof Of Working Conditions Has Significant Implications For The Contract Management Of HR Departments

European Union Employment

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Oppenhoff

On Your Mark! Get Set! Vacation! FAQs On German Vacation Law (Part 3)

Germany Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Final Administrative Decree On Crypto Assets & Decision In ECJ Case C-641/17 & "CPP" & Federal Tax Court On Cum-/ex-transactions

On 10 May 2022, the German Ministry of Finance published its final administrative guidance on the income taxation of crypto assets, esp. crypto currencies.

Germany Technology

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WTS Global

Änderung Des Nachweisgesetzes Erfordert Anpassung Von Arbeitsverträgen Bis Zum 1. August 2022

Der deutsche Gesetzgeber hat das Nachweisgesetz überarbeitet, das die inhaltlichen Vorgaben für Arbeitsverträge regelt.

Germany Employment

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Morrison & Foerster LLP

EU Working Conditions Directive: The Reform Of The German Act On Proof Of Working Conditions Has Significant Implications For The Contract Management Of HR Departments

The EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions in the European Union of 20 June 2019 ("Working Conditions Directive") ...

European Union Employment

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Oppenhoff

On Your Mark! Get Set! Vacation! FAQs On German Vacation Law (Part 3)

In the midst of the vacation season, many employers in Germany are prompted to address old and new questions surrounding the issue of vacation. This Insight series "On your mark! Get set! Vacation!"...

Germany Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

New Hurdles For Employers In Germany – The Sharpening Of The Law On Proof Of Essential Working Conditions And Its Consequences

Germany Employment

LM

Littler Mendelson

Silence Is Golden: Employers' Information Obligations In Germany

A recent judgment in Germany clarifies employers the extent of and circumstances in which employers' have an information obligation towards employees on matters that affect their financial...

Germany Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

COVID-19 In Germany: Short-Time Work Implemented – What Now?

In light of COVID-19, by now more than half a million businesses in Germany have implemented short-time work (Kurzarbeit).

Germany Coronavirus

MB

Mayer Brown

Personalpartnerschaften - Unternehmensübergreifender Personaleinsatz Zur Vorübergehenden Unterstützung In Der Krise

Die Ausbreitung des Corona-Virus belastet die Wirtschaft in erheblichem Maße. Viele Unternehmen in Deutschland sind gezwungen, ihren Geschäftsbetrieb zu reduzieren...

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Social Insurance Obligation For Minority Shareholder-Managing Directors Of A GmbH (German Limited Liability Company)

BSG (Bundessozialgericht - German Federal Social Court) dated September 19, 2019 – B 12 R 25 / 18 R

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Reversal Of An (Allegedly) Freelance Relationship

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

No Vacation In The Passive Phase In Partial Retirement

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Age Limits For Occupational Pensions Not Discriminatory Against Women

Germany Employment

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SKW Schwarz

No General Prohibition Of Deterioration For Retirement Benefits In Cases Of Transfer Of Businesses

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Workplace Pensions In Germany: What You Need To Know

Germany Employment

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Hogan Lovells

Surviving Dependants' Pensions – So-Called Late Marriage Clauses May Be Discriminating, Depending On Their Design

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Sozialversicherungspflicht bei Honorarärzten

Germany Employment

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SKW Schwarz

Social Security Obligation For Fee-Based Physicians

Germany Employment

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SKW Schwarz

Survivors' Benefits - Minimum Duration Of Marriage

Germany Employment

HK

HEUKING

Zum Begriff Des Aushandels Bei Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen

Germany Employment

SS

SKW Schwarz

Increased Burden On German Employers

Germany Insurance

MB

Mayer Brown

German Regulator Has Published New Investment Circluar For Pension Funds

Germany Employment

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POELLATH

Germany Set For Massive Reform Of Occupational Pension Landscape

Germany Employment

MB

Mayer Brown

Expected Labour Law Changes in Germany

Germany Employment

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iGlobal Law

Draft Circular On Investments Of German Pension Funds

Germany Finance

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POELLATH

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