In Germany, every new year brings with it changes and updates in employment law. We have summarized below which new regulations may want to prepare for in the course of 2024....more
1/22/2024
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Data Protection ,
Disability ,
EU ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Germany ,
Highly-Skilled Workers Visa ,
Minimum Wage ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Sick Leave ,
Training ,
Wage and Hour ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
As early as December 2019, the European Union’s Directive (EU) RL 2019/1937 (colloquially called the “Whistleblower Directive”) was adopted at the European level. This directive aims to strengthen the protection of persons...more
Employees may have a claim against their employers for access to information about all personal data processed by the employers pursuant to Article 15 (3), Sentence 1, of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection...more
6/22/2021
/ Appeals ,
Data Subject Access Requests ,
Email ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employment Litigation ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
German Federal Data Protection Act (FDPA) ,
Germany ,
Labor Courts ,
Personal Data ,
Right-To-Access
At the beginning of 2021, extensive changes in German employment law came into effect, including some of particular significance to employers. In addition, on January 19, 2021, the German Federal Government implemented...more
2/25/2021
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
EU ,
Germany ,
Health and Safety ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Labor Code ,
New Legislation ,
Part-Time Employees ,
Remote Working ,
Sick Pay ,
Tax Relief ,
Time Extensions ,
UK Brexit ,
Wage and Hour
When the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced, one of the central topics in the media was the possibility of large fines for data protection violations. Art. 83 of GDPR set benchmarks with a maximum fine...more
On March 1, 2020, the Skilled Immigration Act came into force. The law is aimed at making it easier for qualified workers from countries that are not in the European Union (including skilled workers from occupations requiring...more