Health problems following a COVID-19 vaccination are generally not recognized as an accident at work. This was decided by the Social Court in Constance in a ruling on December 9, 2022 (S 1 U 1276/22). A social worker was struggling with health problems following the vaccination and made the claim based on emails from her employer in which the employer referred to the vaccination against the
Our client letter is sent out monthly via our newsletter and contains upcoming tax dates as well as all kinds of tax tips and news. For our interested readers, we offer this information as a free download here. Topics in January 2023 For all taxpayers: On the power of disposition of the first beneficiary in the case of a chain gift For all taxpayers: On the continued validity of a reserved usufruct
Shortly before Christmas, the Federal Labor Court made a landmark decision regarding employees' vacation entitlements. According to this ruling, vacation only expires if the employer has notified the employee of their vacation entitlement in advance (9 AZR 266/20). Vacation also does not expire if an employee falls ill. With this ruling, the Erfurt judges are implementing the requirements of the ECJ, which had already ruled in the
The European Court of Justice has strengthened the rights of employees in a ruling from September 22, 2022 (Ref. C-120/21). If employers do not ask their employees to take their legally guaranteed leave, the statute of limitations is excluded. This means that employees may be able to assert vacation entitlements years later. Employee wants financial compensation for vacation days from the past five years
Heirs and testators of real estate will be hit hard from 2023! An increase in inheritance and gift tax of up to 30 to 40 percent is possible due to a change in the value figures for houses and properties. Now is the time to act quickly: Recognized experts advise bringing forward the inheritance and, if possible, to have the contracts
