19.08.2020

No Compensation after Holiday Trips to Risk Countries

In August 2020, in the middle of the summer holidays and the peak travel season, the authorities again extended the list of international risk areas. What does this mean from a labour law perspective? Is…

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18.08.2020

Please stay! How companies can support employee retention despite short-time work

Please stay! How companies can support employee retention despite short-time work The coronavirus crisis, and with it short-time work, are already entering their seventh month in some companies.…

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17.05.2020

Back to the Future - Returning from the Corona Lockdown

What have the last weeks and months really been bringing about since the beginning of the corona pandemic?  For me personally, more home office, lunch breaks without canteen, hardly any court hearings,…

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07.05.2020

Employment of Foreign Skilled Workers in Times of Corona

It was not until 1 March 2020 that the new German Immigration Act for Skilled Workers came into force, which was intended to expand and in some cases facilitate access to the labour market in Germany for…

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05.05.2020

Corona and No End in Sight - What if Staff Reductions Become Unavoidable?

Corona keeps the whole world in suspense. The repercussions of the pandemic and the measures adopted to manage the crisis are clearly felt by everyone every day. Many companies are keeping themselves…

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03.05.2020

coronavirus and staggered increase in short-time working allowance

The German Trade Secret Protection Act (Geschäftsgeheimnisschutzgesetz) is celebrating its first birthday these days. It entered into force on 26 April 2019. I had originally planned the title "Happy…

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03.05.2020

Holidays Against Your Will? – A stroll through German Holiday Law in times of the corona pandemic

The consequences of the global corona pandemic are also seriously affecting the German economy. Under the impression of the current crisis, many companies are faced with a lot of questions and new…

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29.04.2020

Digital Works Council Work on the Home Straight: German Parliament Passes Bill

At the end of April, the German Parliament (Bundestag) adopted the resolution recommendation and the report of the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs (BT Printed Matter 19/18753) for a law on the…

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21.04.2020

Current Occupational Health and Safety Standards in the Corona Crisis?

On 16 April 2020, German Minister Hubertus Heil and Dr Stefan Hussy, Managing Director of the German Social Accident Insurance, jointly presented measures for a uniform occupational health and safety…

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13.04.2020

Federal Government intends to make digital works council work possible

Calls for opening the Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz - BetrVG) towards digitalisation existed long before the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. Numerous voices so far declared themselves…

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13.04.2020

When day care centres are closed due to coronavirus – what applies to employees taking care of their relatives?

As far as working parents are concerned, the legislature reacted quickly and responded to the closing of schools throughout the country with a revision of s56(1)(a) of the German Protection Against…

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31.03.2020

Getting through the Corona Crisis by Short-Time Work

Many companies and their employees experience the repercussions of the corona pandemic on business operations and their options to work tightening every day. Consequently, the Federal Government has set…

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