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The German Federal Labor Court (“BAG”) has clarified that employees who belong to several establishments of a company may elect the works council in all of these establishments.

Thanks to a transitional regulation, the social security obligation for freelance teachers will not apply until 2027. However, there are legal pitfalls. Educational institutions should therefore act now and check their …

If an employee who is unfit for work submits, after having received a notice of termination, one or several (follow-up) certificates of incapacity for work which perfectly match the term of the notice period, and if he starts …

In recent years, the German Federal Social Court (“BSG”) has already increasingly subjected shareholder-managing directors and working shareholders to compulsory pension and unemployment insurance through its case law. A …

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has passed a landmark decision that lets public employers breathe a sigh of relief: Permanent staff provision after outsourcing to a service GmbH is not subject to the Temporary Agency Work …

The year 2021 is slowly but surely drawing to a close. During this time of year, employers and employees alike often wonder what happens with vacation days which have not yet been taken.

Due to the pandemic, many employees are still subject to short-time work arrangements. The simplified short-time work regulations which had been passed by the federal government in spring 2020 in order to mitigate the …