03.03.2022

German Cabinet adopts 12 euro minimum wage from October 2022

From 1 October 2022, the statutory minimum wage will increase to twelve euro per hour, and the mini-job threshold will increase to EUR 520. The German Cabinet adopted the bill presented by Federal Labour…

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28.02.2022

Strengthened rights for (severely) disabled employees during the first six months of employment

Judgment of the European Court of Justice of 10 February 2022 in Case No. C-485/20 Most employees don’t feel entirely secure in their employment relationship during the first six months – rightly so.…

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27.02.2022

Fairplay and cancellation agreements – Time to think or sign immediately?

Judgment of the Federal Labour Court of 24 February 2022 in Case No. 6 AZR 333/21 In 2019, the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) established for the first time that a cancellation…

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23.02.2022

Regional Labour Court in Cologne: Burden of proof for access to an email

The sender of an email has the burden of proof and must produce evidence to show that an email was received by the recipient (in accordance with § 130 of the German Civil Code, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch,…

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23.02.2022

Federal Labour Court: Cancellation agreement and the principle of fair negotiations

A cancellation agreement can be concluded despite a violation of the principle of fair negotiations. Whether this is the case needs to be assessed on a case-by-case basis taking into account the overall…

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15.02.2022

Enforcing the rule of law in the EU – the European Court of Justice upholds the conditionality regarding the budget

The European Court of Justice approves the conditionality mechanism Today, the European Court of Justice upheld the conditionality mechanism which makes the receipt of financing from the Union budget…

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15.02.2022

Leave can be cut while on short-time work

Judgment of the Federal Labour Court of 30 November 2021 in Case No. 9 AZR 225/21 The Federal Labour Court (BAG) recently decided that annual leave can be cut proportionately when whole workdays are not…

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10.02.2022

Three partners of ADVANT Beiten in Russia were recommended by the Russian Pravo.ru-300 rating

A list of recommended lawyers was published on 11 February 2022 based on the research of the Russian legal rating company Pravo.ru-300 for 2021. The list includes three partners of the Moscow Office of…

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09.02.2022

Ekaterina Leonova moderates the discussion on current trends in external brand promotion at the Conference of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce

The Conference “Brand 2022: Key Trends in External and Internal Communications”, organised by the Corporate Communications Committee of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce in hybrid format, was held for…

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09.02.2022

"The new German government has legislative projects that will pose challenges for companies"

"Germany’s new coalition government was sworn in on December 8th last. The substance of the agreement between the Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals contained several labor law proposals that are of…

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08.02.2022

Who is Mister X? The anonymous claim for performance of a collective agreement

Judgment of the Federal Labour Court of 13 October 2021 in Case No. 4 AZR 403/20 If a workers’ union brings an action for the implementation of a collective agreement, the affected union members do not…

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08.02.2022

Start-Ups offer a “young team”: no discrimination based on age

Judgment of the District Labour Court of Berlin-Brandenburg of 1 July 2021 in Case No. 5 Sa 1573/20 A job advertisement referring to a “young team” could indicate discrimination against older…

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