The coronavirus has arrived in Germany. This is the central statement of the press conference held by Chancellor Angela Merkel on March 12, 2020.

For all parties, the question arises at present as to what effects COVID-19 will have on existing contractual relationships – specifically, who will bear the economic burden of the pandemic.

German State Labor Court (Landesarbeitsgericht; LAG) of Cologne, decision dated April 9, 2019 – 4 Sa 242/18

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is providing EUR 50 million annually until 2023 to promote computer games in order to strengthen Germany...

Since the ECJ declared the EU-US Privacy Shield as an invalid legal basis for the transfer of personal data to the US, stipulating increased requirements for the use of the EU standard contractual clauses in July 2020 ...

The plaintiff is a union secretary at the ver.di trade union.

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.

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...

After a mere ministerial declaration more than three weeks ago, the German Federal Government has now also intro-duced a draft of an act which is intended to put recent and future virtual works council decisions on a legal basis.

On 13 March 2019, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg (LfDI BaWü) published the latest version of his guidebook ...

On October 30, 2019 Berlin's Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of 14.5 million Euros on the property company Deutsche Wohnen SE for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The international transfer of personal data is part of daily business for many companies.

In our March 17, 2020 article ("Restructuring in times of corona – What companies need to know now" LINK), we reported about the COVID-19 pandemic frequently causing extreme financial difficulties for

The FOPH has changed its previous case law on the accrual of the statutory leave entitlement in the granting of unpaid special leave. An employee who is continuously on unpaid special leave

The Regional Labor Court (LAG) of Baden-Württemberg, in its ruling of December 20, 2018 (Ref. 17 Sat 11/18), granted an employee a comprehensive right to information against his employer with regard to all personal data collected about his person.

So-called "late marriage clauses" in surviving dependants' pension commitments may constitute an unjustified age discrimination and can therefore be ineffective

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In the event of illness, employers must continue to pay employees their salary for a period of six weeks. In the event of dispute, employees who are signed off sick again with a different, ...

The Europe-wide spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is now also directly affecting the professional sports sector.

The coronavirus is currently causing a lot of uproar. Many companies are reviewing their risks in case of infection or are trying to mitigate damage caused by canceled events and trade shows.