Category: Arbeitsrecht

In Germany, the Protection against Dismissal Act protects against unjustified and arbitrary dismissals. In principle, however, the Dismissal Protection Act only applies to companies with more than 10 employees. But even in smaller companies, employers do not always have the so-called „fool's freedom“ and dismissal protection lawsuits can be quite successful, as a recent ruling has once again proven. More on this later. First of all, a

Especially in times of the coronavirus pandemic, some actions that were previously only considered rude or unusual are presented in a completely different light. For example, the Regional Labor Court had to rule on a dismissal without notice based on the fact that the employee in question deliberately coughed at a colleague with the words „may you get corona“ (LRG Düsseldorf,

Fewer and fewer companies in Germany have a works council. A prerequisite for the establishment of a works council is the presence of five employees. According to the explanatory memorandum to the law, only one in ten companies that meet the requirements for setting up a works council have one. This is particularly the case in the building cleaning and construction sectors.

It is a tricky situation for employees. How should you react if your superior or the managing director appears to be behaving unlawfully? The Dessau-Roßlau Labor Court had to deal with this question in the context of an action for protection against dismissal. An employee had called the police due to apparently unlawful behavior and was subsequently dismissed - wrongly, as

The coronavirus crisis poses enormous challenges for many companies. The relationship between employees and employers is also under considerable strain in some cases. In addition, many new questions have arisen that have come to the fore as a result of the current situation. For example, the Offenbach Labor Court has now been confronted with the question of whether an employer may deny its employee access to the company,