Aggravation allowance for wearing a simple surgical mask
Employers do not have to pay their employees a collectively agreed hardship allowance if they are required to wear a simple surgical mask. This was decided by the Stuttgart Regional Labor Court in a ruling on March 23, 2022 (2 Sa 31/21). In the specific case, the employee of a glass and building cleaning company had sued for several hundred euros in aggravation pay. An appeal to the Federal Labor Court is
