A European Works Council (EWC) cannot prevent an operational measure by an employer, in this case a business closure, by way of a forbearance order.

This article addresses the German Federal Labour Court's (Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG)) July 3, 2019 decision (file no. 8 AZN 233/19) that determined "lawyers ...

The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) ruled by judgement dated 21 July 2011 (docket no. 28274/08) that employees who publicly disclose deficiencies within the enterprise of their employer cannot be terminated without notice.

The German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) ("BAG") held, on August 14, 2018, that it is permissible for an employer to promise employees a premium if they refuse to participate in a strike.

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The Federal Labour Court ruled by judgement dated 23 March 2011 (docket no. 4 AZR 366/09) that qualified differentiation clauses in collective agreements in the form of so-called "adjustment clauses" (Spannklausel) are invalid.

The Labour Court Mainz is currently creating quite a stir in German professional sports.

According to a decision of the Regional Labour Court of Düsseldorf dated 7 March 2012 (docket no. 4 TaBV 11/12), an employer may not arbitrarily access data stored on the works council's drive of the EDP system.

The Higher Labor Court of Hamm decided in its judgment of 10 October 2012 that a trainee was effectively dismissed without notice for good cause since he called his instructor a "slave driver and exploiter".

Recently, the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Labor Court ruled on the rights of an employer to check browsing history without the employee's consent.

At the present time, labour law jurisdiction already strives even more than other jurisdictions to resolve disputes by trying to procure a settlement between the parties.

European courts continue to clarify the right of employers to review their employees' emails.

Die Geltendmachung des Anspruchs auf Entgeltfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall gemäß § 3 Abs.

A recent ruling of the Federal Labor Court will invalidate thousands of forfeiture clauses in employment contracts in Germany.

On August 3, 2016, Germany's Federal Labor Court ruled that while the payment of employee bonuses and their amounts are at the discretion of the employer, they are subject to full judicial review.

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If the workplace of a severely disabled person is no longer available, the claim to employment under Section 81(4) SGB IX Social Code old version (now Section 164(4) SGB IX) will not come into effect.

In our article Update on AGG Hopping, we provided an overview of the existing case law on “AGG hopping,” which is the practice of filing fake job applications for the sole purpose of rejection in order to file a discrimination under the General Act on Equal Treatment (“AGG”). In its judgment of May 7, 2026 (2 Ca 6536/25), the Düsseldorf Labor Court has now taken a firm stance against a “classic AGG hopper,” expressly departing from the established case law of the German Federal Labor Court.

An employer can demand compensation from the employee concerned for the costs of compliance activities.

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