If firefighters are put on alert, this also counts as working time. This was recently ruled by the OVG North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster. And retroactively awarded two firefighters compensation for overtime. The court also referred to considerations under European law. On-call duty as full working time? Whether on-call duty counts as working time, however, is probably
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:
