The State Social Court in Baden-Württemberg has issued a potentially groundbreaking ruling on accidents in the workplace that occur during breaks and while catching air (case no. L 1 U 2032/22). In the specific case, the employee of a company was hit by a forklift truck during a break. The judges in Stuttgart have now ruled that this should be considered an accident at work. The appeal to the
Employers are obliged to pay women and men the same salary. This also applies if male colleagues have negotiated a higher salary. The Federal Labor Court recently issued a groundbreaking ruling on this (8 AZR 450/21). Are you female, employed in a company and earn less than your male colleagues for the same work? Then you should
If you have an important job, you always have to be available. Or not? The regional labor court in Schleswig-Holstein has now ruled that an employee does not have to read work-related text messages in their free time. The right not to be reachable also serves to protect the health of employees, according to the judges responsible. Many employees will be familiar with this: Even in the
A forged vaccination certificate can lead to dismissal without notice. The decision of the Düsseldorf Regional Labor Court underlines this emphatically (3 Sa 374/22). The ruling is of fundamental importance and is likely to have a major influence on future case law. Whether the dismissal is effective in the specific cases nevertheless depends on the individual case. If employees falsify their vaccination certificate and
If a temporary worker receives less pay under a collective agreement than colleagues employed directly by the company, the employer must compensate them. This was decided by the European Court of Justice in a landmark ruling in December 2022, strengthening the rights of temporary workers. At the same time, the ruling could have consequences for collective agreements. While the core workforce of companies
