Half days of leave granted by the employer may be claimed again by the employee due to inadmissible fulfillment of the vacation entitlement.

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.

The State Labor Court (LAG) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern strengthens employee rights in the issuing of job references

The unfounded limitation of the term of an employment contract, when an employee is employed again by the same employer, is only permissible when and if the application

On 28 May 2020 the Federal High Court (Bundesgerichtshof ("BGH") handed down its judgment in the Planet49 case after a long legal dispute.

In its July 24, 2019 judgment (Case: 5 Sa 676/19), Hamm State Labor Court issued a ruling as to whether employers are obligated to also notify employees...

The topic of "joint controllers" according to Art. 26 GDPR continues to gain momentum. The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg

In its decision of 9 April 2019 (ref. no.: 1 ABR 51/17), the German Federal Labor Court (BAG) took position on the right of the works council to request information from the employer according to

In its judgment of 4 May 2023 (Case C-487/21), the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") specified the scope of the right to obtain a "copy" of personal data in the context of the right of access.

Criminal justice and public prosecution offices are also impacted by the protective measures taken nationwide to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) must currently clarify whether and how website operators can legally integrate the so-called "Like" button of Facebook on their website (Case C-40/17).

The statutory leave entitlement according to Sec. 1, 3 Federal Leave Act (BUrlG) also exists for the period of parental leave, but may be reduced by the employer pursuant to Sec.

The appeal before the LAG Schleswig-Holstein was equally unsuccessful.

The labour and employment sector has once again seen many changes – both in terms of the initiatives of the legislator as well as changes in the way the sector works.

According to Section 14(2) sentence 2 German Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act, the limitation of the term of an employment contract not based on objective grounds ...

In order to make Germany more appealing to skilled international workers and meet the increasing demand for skilled workers by way of labor-based migration, the German Parliament (Bundestag) adopted...

Working times recorded on signed time recording sheets are considered approved and – for the time being – undisputed.

In a recently published judgment by the Higher Regional Court of Thuringia dated 14 September 2021 (case no. 7 U 521/21), it ruled that employees' email communications are subject to telecommunications secrecy if the employer permits the use of telecommunications for private purposes.

After Brexit has already been postponed several times, the next deadline will now expire on October 31, 2019. With the new Prime Minister at the helm, it is becoming more likely every day ...

The use of the Internet without the use of search engines, which list links to Internet pages after keywords have been entered, is almost unthinkable. In the context of the search results,