With the so-called active pension, the legislator created a new option on January 1, 2026 to make the transition from working life to retirement more flexible. Employees who have reached the standard retirement age can continue to work and receive a significant portion of their income tax-free. This opens up new opportunities for employees and employers - but also
The ECJ had to clarify the consequences of an employer making redundancies as part of a collective redundancy without first submitting the legally required collective redundancy notification to the competent authority (in Germany, typically the employment agency). The background to this is the EU Collective Redundancies Directive 98/59/EC, which is intended to ensure that authorities and employee representatives are involved in good time in order to mitigate the consequences and
The Social Court of Dortmund (SG Dortmund) has ruled that a fall over the leash of one's own dog on the way to work is not an accident at work within the meaning of statutory accident insurance (judgment of 07.07.2025, ref. S 18 U 347/24). The decisive factor was that carrying the dog had no significant operational connection and therefore did not fall within the insured area.
