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Secretly recording personnel interviews: risk of dismissal without notice!
GenerallySince almost everyone has a smartphone these days, anyone can secretly record conversations using its recording function. Sometimes this also happens in personnel discussions. The legal advisor is told more often than not…
What changes to labor law is the GroKo planning?
GenerallyThe parties CDU/CSU and the SPD recently started coalition negotiations. These negotiations are based on the results of the exploratory talks, which were recorded in the so-called results paper of January 12, 2018. Should…
Be careful when employees resign themselves
GenerallyMany employees now know that they must file a complaint with the labor court within three weeks of receiving notice of termination from their employer. Otherwise the effectiveness of the termination will be fictitious. In short, employees…
WSK recommended in the JUVE Handbook of Commercial Law Firms 2017/2018
AwardsFor the fifth time in a row since its founding, the labor law firm WOLFF SCHULTZE KIEFERLE has been listed in the JUVE publishing handbook as one of the leading specialist labor law firms in southern Germany. Rating in JUVE…
FOCUS special: Germany's top labor law lawyers 2017
AwardsIn the current FOCUS lawyer list 2017, the law firm WSK is mentioned again in the list of “Germany’s best labor law lawyers”. In 2015, 2014 and 2013, the WSK law firm was named one of Germany's best...
News about the AÜG – deviation from the equal pay principle also in mixed companies
GenerallyAs part of the commercial hiring-out of employees, the rental companies are fundamentally obliged in accordance with Section 8 Paragraph 1 AÜG to provide their temporary workers with a comparable salary in the hirer's company for the period of the hiring-out to the hirer.
Right to participate in company parties
GenerallyRight to participate in company parties The Cologne Labor Court decided a remarkable case with a recent judgment dated June 22, 2017 (ref.: 8 Ca 5233/16). The tenor of the judgment is that the employer is condemned to...
Joint operation as an alternative to temporary employment
GenerallyThe labor law risks of temporary employment are widely known. An interesting instrument that is often worth considering in legal advice to avoid these risks is the establishment of a so-called joint venture.…
Let's talk about money - or - The requirements of the Pay Transparency Act
GenerallyI. Introduction In October 2009, the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Labor Court decided that an employment contract clause that requires employees to treat the amount of their salaries confidentially and also to others...
Congratulations: Konrad Klier acquires the title of specialist lawyer in labor law
PressWe congratulate our colleague Konrad Klier on becoming a specialist lawyer in labor law! The board of the bar association for the Munich Higher Regional Court district has awarded our colleague, Mr. Konrad Klier, based on the proven…
Obligation of an unreasonable transfer order
GenerallyA dispute often arises between employer and employee over a transfer order. This is particularly the case when it is a local transfer. Because the employee may be in the city...
Holiday and Christmas bonuses do not lead to higher parental allowance
GenerallyThe parental allowance for employees is determined from the average of the current, usually monthly, wages in the assessment period (Section 2 Paragraph 1 Sentence 3 BEEG). Income that is classified as other for income tax…
