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Das Arbeitsgericht erklärte die Kündigung für unwirksam, das LAG hat die dagegen gerichtete Berufung zurückgewiesen.

We wanted to let you know that effective 1 August 2022 the German Act on the Notification of Conditions Governing the Employment Relationship (Nachweisgesetz - NachwG) will be updated.

Just as the year draws to a close, there is one more piece of good news for employers: it was often the case to date that employees registered with the employment agency...

The Regional Labour Court of Hamm has established clear guidelines for employers offering continued employment to dismissed employees during unfair dismissal proceedings. The court examined whether an employer's job offer was sufficiently specific and whether employment during litigation was reasonable when the dismissal was based on misconduct, addressing the critical question of when an employee's refusal to accept such an offer constitutes bad faith.

Eine mündlich ausgesprochene Eigenkündigung des Arbeitnehmers ist formnichtig; die Berufung auf die Formnichtigkeit ist selbst dann möglich, wenn während eines Zeitraums von 2 ...

The Hamburg Higher Labor Court and Federal Labor Court have fundamentally altered the legal landscape for serving employment-related notices in Germany, ruling that registered letterbox delivery no longer constitutes a legally secure method of service. This decision arose from a case examining whether an employer properly fulfilled its obligation to conduct company integration management before terminating an employee for illness-related reasons, with the court finding that the digitized delivery process la

In a December 13, 2007, decision, the Federal Labor Court opined on how to treat information that an employer had obtained illegally as part of a wrongful-termination action.

The time of receipt of a termination notice may be a deciding factor in the success of an action for unfair dismissal. In the event that the termination letter is not handed personally to the...

Das BAG betont erneut die Wichtigkeit einer Anhörung des betroffenen Arbeitnehmers als Wirksamkeitsvoraussetzung für den Ausspruch einer außerordentlichen Verdachtskündigung.

It has been a lingering problem in Germany to terminate an employee based on an employee’s poor performance. German law sets forth that an employee must only provide work of an average kind and quality.

Technological progress offers employees and employers increasing opportunities for flexible employment arrangements.

In past years, case law has increasingly dealt with a special form of termination that is largely unknown to the wider public and seldom considered by human resources departments: dismissal on grounds of suspicion.

Nachdem die Pflicht zur Arbeitszeiterfassung bestimmt worden ist, werden sich Arbeitgeber zukünftig womöglich vermehrt dem Problem des Arbeitszeitbetrugs...

On November 20, 2018, the German Ministry of Finance sent the draft of the Brexit Tax Accompanying Act (the Act) to other ministries and industry associations for their review and input.

If an employee in Germany is the subject of an internal investigation and the suspicion of misconduct is substantiated, his or her employers often faces a ...

Die Verpflichtung zur Rücksichtnahme auf Interessen des Arbeitgebers gilt nicht nur während des Dienstes, sondern auch für außerdienstliches Verhalten von Arbeitnehmern, hier im Rahmen einer politischen Betätigung.

The Senior Vice President is working in New York, your peer with whom you are collaborating on a new project has his office in London, and the business partner at the other end of the line

In a very helpful decision for the practice, the FOPH has commented on the procedure for consulting with the representative body for severely disabled persons before dismissals.