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Pursuant to Art. 650f (1) BGB (German Civil Code), contractors in construction projects may demand from their customers a security deposit for the remuneration not yet paid in the amount of ten percent of the claim for …

Does a suspected working time fraud justify an ordinary termination? The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Regional Labor Court had to deal with this question in its decision of March 28, 2023 (case no. 5 Sa 128/22).

An employee who makes strongly insulting, racist, sexist and violent comments about superiors and other colleagues in a private chat group can only invoke a justified expectation of confidentiality against extraordinary …

Baker Tilly partner Dr. Alexander Fridgen advises Nelles Verlag GmbH on the ongoing sales process as provisional insolvency administrator.

Public-sector bodies must take climate protection into account in their procurement activities. We explain exactly what this entails and who is subject to the requirements of Art. 13 of the German Federal Climate Protection …

The coalition agreement already stipulated the parties’ intention to introduce a new bureaucracy reduction act. The cabinet’s closed meeting in Meseberg marked the “kickoff for a turnaround in bureaucracy”, as announced by …

From 2024, companies with at least 1,000 employees will also be covered by the direct scope of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz; “LkSG”). Whether or not this does also apply to …

In its decision of May 26, 2023 (12 TaBV 1/23), the Baden-Württemberg Regional Labor Court (“LAG”) ruled that the determination of the comparative remuneration for a released works council member does not constitute a grading …

In its decision VII ZR 881/21 of June 22, 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice (“BGH”) fundamentally changed its case law on the suspension of the limitation period in independent evidentiary proceedings. From now on, a …