Newsblog | Law firm Haas and colleagues

In its ruling of October 23, 2025 (Ref. 8 AZR 300/24), the Federal Labour Court (BAG) clarified that a single colleague with a higher salary can be sufficient as a benchmark in the context of equal pay/equal pay law. This decision has considerable practical significance - both for employers and employees. In the following, we explain the decision and what is important

In its judgment of 30.05.2025 (case no. 10 GLa 337/25), the Hessian Higher Labor Court made important clarifications regarding the protection of whistleblowers in the employment relationship. Facts The plaintiff in the injunction proceedings objected to measures that disadvantaged her as a whistleblower vis-à-vis her employer. The issue in dispute was whether the claim for injunctive relief of a whistleblower could already be enforced by way of a preliminary injunction.