Can employers prevent their employees from engaging in dangerous sports? And if they get injured are they entitled to sick pay? Are any sports completely off limits? How about skiing...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on the conclusion of a coalition agreement. This must now be approved by the respective party committees...

In this episode, we talk about a proposal for a new law in Germany to support ‘mobile working' – in other words, allowing employees to work from home or anywhere else.

Dr. Fritz's interview explores the potential synergistic effects that companies can receive from combining an "Agile" approach to generating output with "Matrix" organizational structures.

We invited Stijn Broecke, senior economist at the AI Observatory in the OECD, to have a chat with Burkard Göpfert partner at our German law firm and give his view on what the data is telling us now...

The Regional Labour Court of Hessen ruled by judgement of 24 January 2012 (docket no. 19 SaGa 1480/11) that an employer must delete any data concerning an employee.

The past two years created a significant shift in working conditions, and with that, a new avenue of employment arrangements. The normalization of flexible working paired with talent scarcity...

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.

As digitalization accelerates, the "Employer of Record" (EoR) model has become an attractive solution for hiring international talent. However, in October 2024, Germany's Federal...

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.

Against the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine and fundamentally shifting geopolitical alliances, Germany's defense sector is experiencing unprecedented growth – with the Bundeswehr special fund and recent spending reforms set to create around 200,000 new jobs.

What are the biggest misconceptions lawyers have about legal tech? What key trends are we seeing right now? Martin Kammandel, legal tech engineer at Kliemt.HR, breaks down these questions...

Collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) are commonly used across the world to regulate employee terms and conditions and often enhance them compared to minimum legal standards.

Pursuant to Sec. 111 sentence 1 BetrVG, in the event of changes in the operational business of an enterprise which regularly has more than 20 employees with voting rights, employers must consult with the works council on a compromise of interests.

In this episode, Alexander Ulrich of our German firm, Kliemt HR Lawyers, explains all about our new digital tool, which enables employers to find what legal obligations they have based on their employee headcount.

In this episode, Alexander Ulrich of our German firm, Kliemt HR Lawyers, explains all about our new digital tool, which enables employers to find what legal obligations they have based on their employee headcount.

The 6 main parties taking part in the German Federal elections have set out their ideas and in this episode, we take a look at their plans for employment.

A discussion on the intention of planning a reform of the German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act [Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetzes, TzBfG].

Our Beyond Borders podcast series is designed to help you manage your international workforce and navigate the quirks of international employment law. In this episode, we focus on Germany.

The second stage of the new Immigration Act for Skilled Workers came into force on 1 March 2024. The new regulations make it easier to employ skilled workers with professional experience...