If an employee persistently refuses to work, this can justify dismissal with notice. The Cologne Regional Labour Court (LAG) made a fundamental ruling on this in the case of a forwarding agent who repeatedly failed to follow instructions from his superior (judgement of 09.07.2015 - 7 Sa 144/15). If an employee is absent from work without an excuse and refuses to follow the lawful instructions of his superior,
Can companies use video recordings to prove working time fraud? This is possible under certain circumstances, the Federal Labor Court ruled in a much-noticed judgment (judgment of 29 June 2023, ref. 2 AZR 296/22). As the recordings in this case documented working time fraud, there was no prohibition on exploitation. For an employee who has been working in a large metalworking company since 1995
The Federal Social Court has clarified that Parental Allowance Plus can also be claimed if one parent falls ill for a longer period of time during the partnership bonus months and no longer receives continued pay (judgment of 07.09.2023, ref. B 10 EG 2/22 R). In a recent ruling, the 10th Senate of the Federal Social Court (BSG) made it clear that the entitlement to parental allowance
A drinking session in the company's own winery ended with a sales representative and a colleague being dismissed without notice. The judges at the Düsseldorf Regional Labor Court (LAG) have now ruled that the dismissal was lawful. There had been a „serious breach of duty“ by the employees (judgment of 12.09.2023, ref. 3 Sa 284/23). After the Christmas party of a winegrowers' cooperative, a sales representative
