In a decision announced yesterday, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (file no. 5 AZR 211/21), the German Federal Labor Court overturned a decision of the …
According to the BAG’s latest decision, the evidentiary value of a certificate of incapacity for work is diminished if the certificate confirms an …
The BAG declared an exclusion clause in an employment contract – also known as an "exclusion period regulation" or "forfeiture clause" – which limits …
As part of the status determination procedure it can be bindingly clarified upon application whether an employment is subject to social security …
During the Corona pandemic, Article 129 German Works Council Constitution Act (BetrVG) allowed members of employee representative bodies to attend …
Labor and data privacy law expert Dr. Jörg Buschbaum, LL.M. joins Baker Tilly's Frankfurt office with his team of five attorneys.
In 2017, the ECJ had already decided that an employer’s interest in a religiously “neutral” appearance of his employees with direct customer contact …
Numerous employees have been working on short-time since the Corona pandemic. Now that the holiday season has started, employers are often faced with …
On 18 June 2021 the Works Council Modernisation Act has come into force. Just before the end of the legislative period, an important part of the …
In an employer subject to the provisions of the German collective agreement for the public sector (“TVöD”) transfers tasks to a third party, such …