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In a decision announced yesterday, Wednesday, October 13, 2021 (file no. 5 AZR 211/21), the German Federal Labor Court overturned a decision of the Lower Saxony Regional Labor Court from March 2021 (file no. 11 SA 1062/20) …

Baker Tilly, together with Osborne Clarke, has advised Breeze Three Energy GmbH & Co. KG on the restructuring and sale of the Breeze Three wind portfolio.

According to the BAG’s latest decision, the evidentiary value of a certificate of incapacity for work is diminished if the certificate confirms an employee’s incapacity for work immediately after a notice of termination and …

The BAG declared an exclusion clause in an employment contract – also known as an "exclusion period regulation" or "forfeiture clause" – which limits liability due to intent contrary to Art. 202 Sec. 1 BGB (German Civil Code) …

As part of the status determination procedure it can be bindingly clarified upon application whether an employment is subject to social security contribution. The procedure is carried out by the Clearing Department of the …

Baker Tilly continues to expand its Frankfurt office with the hire of a team of five tax experts.

During the Corona pandemic, Article 129 German Works Council Constitution Act (BetrVG) allowed members of employee representative bodies to attend meetings by video and telephone conferences for the limited period until the …

Labor and data privacy law expert Dr. Jörg Buschbaum, LL.M. joins Baker Tilly's Frankfurt office with his team of five attorneys.

In 2017, the ECJ had already decided that an employer’s interest in a religiously “neutral” appearance of his employees with direct customer contact might prevail over religious freedom and, consequently, a headscarf ban …

Numerous employees have been working on short-time since the Corona pandemic. Now that the holiday season has started, employers are often faced with the question of how this affects the holiday entitlements of their …