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
A recent ruling by the Siegburg Labor Court (ArbG) expressly emphasizes that employees may not behave in an assaultive manner towards female colleagues at a company party, even in a relaxed atmosphere. In the specific case, an employee had slapped a female colleague on her bottom and held her against her will. The extraordinary dismissal has now been upheld by the Siegburg Labor Court (judgement v.
