When the employment relationship becomes unreasonable - judgment of the Cologne Higher Labor Court (file no. 4 SLa 97/25)
The judgment of the Cologne Higher Labor Court of July 9, 2025 (case no. 4 SLa 97/25) marks an important precedent in German labor law, which makes it clear how far employers' duties to protect go, especially when managers burden the employment relationship with insulting, derogatory and sexist statements to such an extent that it is no longer psychologically reasonable for the person concerned. This
