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In this Blog we write about topics from the Workplace Law and HR world: We discuss important court decisions and planned legislations, give practical tips and share with you experiences from our daily working life…

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Your PWWL editorial team

Christine Wahlig
Attorney at law
Editorial Management

Alice Tanke
Marketing Manager

Equal Pay for Temporary Workers? No, but….

Federal Labor Court (BAG) dated May 31, 2023; press release in the case 5 AZR 143/19 What is it about? The plaintiff is seeking payment of a [...]

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The draft bill on the recording of working time: Nothing new from the BMAS.

The Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) ruled on 13 September 2022 (we reported on this earlier: “Obligation to record working hours in [...]

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Obligation to record working hours in Germany!

In its highly relevant decision of 13 September 2022 (Case No. 1 ABR 22/21), the Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht – BAG) ruled that employers [...]

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Update: Employment law aspects of the ongoing Ukraine war

Employers’ duty of care and employers’ options for action during the Ukraine crisis

Corona, football and compensations

On-call duty as working time according to the ECJ

Termination without notice due to racist insults – no encroachment on freedom of opinion