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L&E Global’s Employment Law Overviews 2019-2020 Global Edition

Apr
03
2019

Even in the era of far-reaching international trade agreements and regional economic and political partnerships, the majority of laws and regulations governing the workplace are still determined by the individual countries where employees work.

Spanning 6 continents, L&E Global’s member firms are ideally situated to provide clients with pragmatic, commercial advice necessary to achieve their objectives. Our members work closely with corporate, legal, human resources departments and corporate executives across a variety of sectors and industries to address the strategic and tactical issues that arise in the workplace.

Discover the most important labour and employment rules, regulations and best practices specific to each jurisdiction, conveniently together in one place.

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Mar
27
2019

Germany: An employee’s entitlement to paid annual leave only expires at the end of the calendar year, if the employer has previously informed the employee of his specific holiday entitlement and the expiry periods, and the employee has still voluntarily not taken the holiday

The entitlement to paid annual leave generally lapses at the end of the respective calendar year. However, according to the latest ruling of the Federal Labor Court, the employer has to inform the employee about his paid annual leave entitlement and the expiry period in detail. Only when the employer has fulfilled his obligations and the employee has still voluntarily not taken the leave he is entitled to, will the outstanding leave entitlements lapse

Mar
27
2019

Germany: A hospital, which has institutional ties with the Catholic Church, may not dismiss its Catholic head physician due to his remarriage

A hospital, which has institutional ties with the Catholic Church, terminated the employment of its head physician, because he got married for a second time, which is not in line with Catholic ideals. The Federal Labor Court considered the termination invalid, as it disadvantaged the employee because of his religious affiliation. The Court did not consider the requirement to behave faithfully and genuinely according to Catholic ideals, necessary in regard to the employee’s profession

Feb
26
2019

Germany: If the employment relationship ends due to the employee’s death, his heirs may claim financial compensation for untaken holidays towards the employer

German law provides that an employee is entitled to payment of compensation for holidays that can no longer be granted either in full or in part due to the termination of the employment relationship. The German Federal Labour Court now ruled that this also applies in cases where the reason for the termination of the employment relationship is the employee’s death. In such case, the compensation claim is transferred to the employee’s heirs, who may assert it against the employer

Feb
26
2019

Germany: German Federal Labour Court changes its case law: the limitation of an employment agreement not based on objective grounds is generally invalid if the employee has ever been employed by the same employer before

The German Federal Labor Court has ruled that limiting the term of an employment agreement without objective grounds justifying such limitation is invalid in case of an employee who already worked for the same employer eight years earlier for a duration of one and a half years. Due to the invalidity of the fixed term, the employment agreement is deemed to have been concluded for an unlimited period

Jan
28
2019

Germany: The dismissal of a severely disabled person is not ineffective just because the representation of severely disabled persons was not immediately informed by the employer of the intention of termination

The dismissal of a severely disabled person is not ineffective just because the employer did not inform the representative body for severely disabled persons within the company of his intention to dismiss the disabled employee already before hearing the works council regarding the intended termination and before requesting the permission of the integration office for the termination

Jan
28
2019

Germany: Change in legal practice on overtime surcharges for part-time employees

The Federal Labour Court ruled that employees working part-time can be entitled to overtime surcharges under a collective bargaining agreement already for working time exceeding their individual part-time working time, and not only for the working time exceeding the working time of a full-time employee in the company. With this ruling, the 10th Senate of the Federal Labour Court has abandoned its contrary view expressed in previous rulings on the subject.

Dec
13
2018

Germany: The co-determination right of the works council regarding the use of a technical monitoring system also extends to the use of Microsoft Excel sheets documenting the employees’ presence times at work

Under German statutory law, the works council has a co-determination right when the employer introduces or amends technical devices designed to monitor the behavior or performance of the employees. Such right also extends to the use of regular Microsoft Excel sheets when they are used to document the employees’ presence times at work.