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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) strengthens the entitlement of employees to paid annual leave or holiday compensation in a ruling on 6 November 2018. There is now a need for action on the part of employers.

In the last legislative period, the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth committed to nothing less than closing the so-called “Gender Pay Gap”. According to the evaluation of the Ministry, this gap would amount to up to 21% with regard to the gross hourly salary (BT-Drs. 18/11133, 18). For this purpose,…

In a recent ruling, the Federal Labour Court has proposed ways for employers of preventing part-time employees from increasing their working hours. However, despite the apparent success for employers, the ruling should be treated with caution.

On 26 January 2017, the Bundesarbeitsgericht (federal labour court) effected a significant aggravation of the burden of proof for employees as regards the burden of proof regulation of Section 22 Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) (General Equal Treatment Act).

Surfing the internet for private purposes on the office computer during working hours? This is not unusual, but may have serious consequences for the employee according to a current ruling of the local labour court Berlin-Brandenburg, since employers may analyse the browsing history without a need for the employee’s consent.

In a very interesting issue for employers, namely the offsetting of special payments against the minimum wage rate, the local labour court Berlin-Brandenburg has issued a first ruling. The ruling was quite in favour of employers, i.e. if certain requirements are met, payments with the character of special payments also qualify for…