A curious case from Schleswig-Holstein is currently before the Federal Labor Court and could possibly make legal history. A district administration there actually just wanted to fill the position of an equal opportunities officer. After all, Schleswig-Holstein even has its own law on equal opportunities for women in the public sector. And so everything seemed to be in order at first, as the position could also be filled with a
The case at TESLA in Brandenburg caused a nationwide stir: In connection with Elon Musk's Gigafactory, supervisors apparently spied on their employees who had reported sick in order to check whether the employees were actually unfit for work. And this may even be permissible. A spontaneous visit by ringing the doorbell or even a kind of covert observation by professional detectives:
The extraordinary dismissal of a nursing assistant was dealt with by the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Regional Labor Court (LAG) in the spring (judgment of 26.3.2024 - 5 Sa89/23). The employee of a nursing service was alleged to have worked for a competing service, to have passed on sensitive patient data and to have caused economic damage to the company. The judges at the regional labor court have now declared the dismissal invalid. Sufficient evidence of serious misconduct
