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Archiv für die Kategorie ‘Employment Law’
Employee Leasing in Germany: The Employer Can Issue Directives by Virtue of The Contract
Employers seeking to assign their employees to customers who intend to employ them within the framework of a service contract must make all contractual agreements clear in advance in order to avoid unintentionally slipping into unauthorized employee leasing. As it is, […]
Sunday, Public Holiday And Night Bonuses Are Subject to Social Security Contributions in Germany
The German Social Security Act provides that remuneration for work is “all current or non-recurring income from employment, regardless of whether there is a legal entitlement to the income, under what name or in what form it is paid, and whether […]
Inflation Premium in Germany: Tax-Free Payments to Employees of up to EUR 3,000 Possible
The German population has noticed and felt the effects of the rising prices for gas and food. In order to contain the burdens stemming from the currently high inflation, the German government has initiated an inflation compensation premium. This is part […]
German Employment Contracts: These Contents Should Be Included
Amendment to employment law forces employers to act The Act on Proof of the Existence of an Employment Relationship obliges employers in Germany to record and hand over essential terms of an employment contract. As of August 1, 2022, this law […]
German Companies Can Permanently Fill Individual Positions With Temporary Workers
Temporary employment is the temporary transfer of a temporary worker from a lender to a hirer. The German Temporary Employment Act (Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetz, AÜG) assumes a maximum assignment period for the respective temporary worker to the same hirer of generally 18 months […]
3G at Work in Germany: Employees May Lose Entitlement to Remuneration
The corona pandemic is still resulting in many restrictions in Germany. New questions are also constantly being raised in employment law due to the frequently changing regulations. In our consulting work, we are also seeing time and again that the introduction […]
Coronavirus: Mask Mandate in The Workplace in Germany
Due to the corona pandemic, employers in Germany may order the wearing of medical face masks in their establishments if this is required within the scope of their hygiene concept (§ 2 Para. 2 of the German Corona Occupational Health and […]
Insurance For Work-Related Accident at Home in Germany
If an employee in Germany suffers an accident during his or her work, this is an occupational accident and therefore the employer’s statutory accident insurance must pay for any damages incurred by the employee as a result. Commuting accidents are also […]
Temporary Employment in Germany Automatically Leads to Employment Contract After 18 Months
Temporary employment is a popular means companies in Germany take advantage of to cover short-term peaks in demand without having to hire new staff on a long-term basis. However, in practice there are also risks for the hiring companies (hirers) which […]
Equal Pay Claim in Germany
In addition to the public law licensing regulations, employee leasing (also referred to as temporary employment) involves a number of special features that regulate the contractual relationship between the parties of the employment contract (employer/leasing party and employee/temporary worker). The most […]