Workplace Blog

Welcome to the Workplace Blog!

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

10. November 2023

Lawfulness of Pre-Employment Screenings under Data Protection Law

Introduction It is becoming increasingly common for employers to carry out their own pre-employment screenings or background checks before selecting [...]

16. November 2021

Employer subsidy for deferred compensation as of 2022

According to § 1a para. 1 BetrAVG, every employee who is compulsorily insured under the statutory pension insurance scheme is entitled to an occupational [...]

7. October 2021

Will the transposition of the Whistleblower Directive in Germany be further delayed?

Since 2019, the aim at European level has been to provide more protection for whistleblowers. The EU Directive for the protection of persons who report [...]

23. March 2021

Brexit and Data Protection – Adequacy decision of the EU Commission

2. February 2021

May the employer order vaccinations against the coronavirus?

20. July 2020

News from the data protection: Data transfer to the US – Effects of the European Court of Justice’s Schrems II ruling

6. May 2020

BYOD in Times of a Pandemic

12. April 2020

Tracking App for employees?

31. January 2020