As the new year begins, it is a good time to look at key developments in German labor and employment law in 2019 and look ahead in 2020. With respect to 2019, corporate legal and human resources departments should be aware of...more
The Situation: The German Federal Labor Court had to decide on the question whether a seemingly fixed-term employment is actually an indefinite employment. Prior to the latest hire, the same employee was already employed for...more
The Background: In an effort to benefit from Brexit, Germany is looking at ways to attract financial institutions and reduce their fears of excessive employee termination protections in Germany.
The Situation: The German...more
In this edition, we report from around Europe on some interesting case law developments that affect the way employers manage their employees. The range of issues covered shows that, despite the breadth of directives issued by...more
9/28/2017
/ Appeals ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Employee Representatives ,
Employee Rights ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
France ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Germany ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Insolvency ,
International Labor Laws ,
Maternity Leave ,
Netherlands ,
New Legislation ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Paid Leave ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Gap ,
Popular ,
President Macron ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Spain ,
Supreme Court of Spain ,
UK ,
Wage and Hour
Almost parallel to the new Gender Pay Gap Regulations in the United Kingdom, Germany also implemented a new law targeting unequal pay of men and women. The Pay Transparency Act (Entgelttransparenzgesetz or "PTA") aims at...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") required Commerzbank to terminate the employment of a Germany-based employee on the basis that he played "a central role" in the breaching of US sanctions...more
3/21/2017
/ Audits ,
Banks ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Banks ,
Germany ,
Hiring & Firing ,
International Labor Laws ,
Labour Tribunal ,
NYDFS ,
Sanction Violations ,
Subsidiaries