Beiträge zum Stichwort ‘employee’

• Objective Criticism by Employees Doesn’t Justify Dismissal in Germany

  Sep 29, 17 • Employment Law • No Comments • Dr. Eric Uftring
  

  Critical or unfriendly remarks made by an employee to his employer are protected by the freedom of opinion. They are no justification for dismissal, as long as the argument is objective. This is what the Higher Labor Court (Landesarbeitsgericht, LAG) of […]

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• Employer entitled to check browsing history

  Mar 31, 16 • Employment Law • No Comments • Dr. Eric Uftring
  

  The Regional Labor Court of Berlin-Brandenburg ruled that an employer may be entitled to analyze the browsing history of a work computer even without the employee’s consent to ascertain facts for a dismissal. Private use of a work computer permitted The […]

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• No retention of salary as a result of negative hours

  Sep 23, 15 • Employment Law • No Comments • Dr. Eric Uftring
  

  If an employer and employee agree that overtime will be paid, the employer cannot simply bypass this agreement if less work was performed in the previous month as a result of a lower workload. A German court clarified this. German employer […]

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• Strike fever in Germany: Also parents face consequences

  Jul 21, 15 • Employment Law • No Comments • Dr. Eric Uftring
  

  Employees are in principle obligated to work at the agreed times. But what is the legal situation when working parents watch their children at home because staff at the day care center goes on strike? Employee has to notify employer in […]

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