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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21.04.2020

Overview of all support measures of the federal government and each individual federal state

This article provides an overview of existing and planned federal and state financial support measures. The article also contains direct links to the relevant authorities and banks and is updated…

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20.04.2020

Simplification of Migration Regulations for Foreign Citizens

On 18 April 2020 Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 274 “On Temporary Measures for Regulation of the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens and Stateless Persons in the Russian Federation in…

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20.04.2020

Overview of the support measures: 德国联邦政府及各联邦州提供的援助措施概览

本文首先在第1.1节中概述了根据不同的公司规模（小型企业、中小型企业和大型公司）可申请的国家援助措施，并在第1.1节至第1.3节中对此作出详细介绍。最后在第1.4节中列出了德国各联邦州的救济措施并附上相应申请机构的链接。 本文将定期更新。 若您对您的企业是否有资格申请德国（联邦或州）的援助措施以及是否具备政府参与的可能性需要支持或咨询，请您联系我们。 您可以在下文中的下载区域内下载全文。 …

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16.04.2020

Planned Enactment of SARS-CoV-2-Pharmaceuticals Supply Regulation and Medical Needs Supply Securing Regulation

With this article we would like to inform you about further facilitations concerning the marketing of medical products and personal protective equipment ("PPE"). See also our articles of 1.April 2020…

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16.04.2020

Pre-shift medical examinations for employees driving vehicles who are not employed as official drivers - mandatory or voluntary?

At the end of 2018, amendments were introduced to Federal Law No. 196-FZ dated 10 December 1995 “On Road Traffic Safety” (the Road Traffic Safety Law). The key amendment is that previously the general…

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15.04.2020

Risk of Fraud when Applying for Emergency State Aid in the Corona Crisis

The restrictions on public and economic life due to the coronavirus have led to a large number of companies drastically reducing or even completely suspending their business operations. To prevent the…

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15.04.2020

Strengthening of Investment Controls in Germany and Europe

Over the last two years, investment control rules were strengthened throughout Europe, or for the first time adopted, and a common framework for the assessment of foreign direct investments created by the…

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14.04.2020

Update on the Placing on the Market of Medical Devices and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as (Respiratory) Masks in the Context of the Coronavirus Crisis

In our posts dated 1 April 2020 (LINK) and dated 2 April 2020 (LINK) we informed about the placing on the market of medical devices and personal protective equipment in the context of the corona crisis.…

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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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13.04.2020

Commercial leasing law

As reaction to the corona crisis all State Governments - primarily in March 2020 - did take measures for slowing down the spread of the new corona virus on the basis of the Infection Protection Law. In…

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