If work teams in a company are changed, this may constitute a transfer subject to co-determination despite the tasks remaining the same. This was decided by the Higher Labor Court in Thuringia, pointing out that a possible change in the „work regime“ for the employee is decisive in determining whether or not a transfer has taken place. If changes are made to the team assignment in a larger company, this may
If offensive content is posted against superiors or colleagues in a private chat group, this can justify extraordinary dismissal. This was recently decided by the Federal Labor Court in Erfurt in a case involving seven colleagues who were employed by an airline and were discussing their work in a WhatsApp group. This included vile insults against one of the
The establishment of a one-person company does not exempt nursing staff and other professional groups from their own social security obligations. This was decided by the judges of the Federal Social Court (BSG) in three appeal proceedings at the end of July (Ref.: B 12 BA 1/23 R, B 12 R 15/21 R and B 12 BA 4/22 R) and referred to the fact that the contractual agreements and their implementation in the
The statutory minimum wage was raised in several stages in 2022. The first increase took place on January 1 to 9.82 euros, followed by the last increase to date on October 1, 2022 to 12.00 euros. Further increases are already planned. The Minimum Wage Commission has proposed the following values for this: next increase on January 1, 2024 to an expected 12.41 euros; a further increase on January 1, 2025 to an expected 12.82
Was a worker (in the lawsuit as a defendant) first subject to compulsory insurance for health, long-term care and pension insurance as well as under employment promotion law due to his work for a company (in the lawsuit as the plaintiff) in the period from March 2012 to April 30, 2014? This question was dealt with at the beginning of the year by the Berlin-Brandenburg Regional Social Court (judgment of 26.01.2023, L 4 KR
