Labor law
Non-denominational in the church?
ECJ: Church employers may only require applicants to be members of the respective religious community in certain cases.
Florian Wagenknecht
17. April 2018
Blog posts
Category: Labor law
Labor law
Private internet use at the workplace: monitoring permitted within limits
ECtHR: If an employee uses the internet at work for private purposes, the employer may only monitor this use to a limited extent.
Florian Wagenknecht
10. April 2018
Labor law
BAG: Surveillance of an employee by a detective permissible
Federal data protection: In the event of a serious breach of duty, an employee can be monitored by a detective to clarify the facts of the case.
Florian Wagenknecht
15. March 2018
Labor law
Hate posts in WhatsApp group – threat of dismissal?
Mainz Labor Court: An employee may not be dismissed for comments made in a small private WhatsApp group.
Florian Wagenknecht
20. February 2018
Data protection law
BAG – Use of a keylogger in the employment relationship inadmissible
Employers are not allowed to secretly and permanently monitor their employees with keyloggers.
This is not permitted under the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
Florian Wagenknecht
27. July 2017
Labor law
Unauthorized retrieval of registration data justifies termination
LAG Berlin: Even after 34 years of employment and collective bargaining agreements, the unauthorized retrieval of registration data justifies an extraordinary dismissal.
Florian Wagenknecht
7. June 2017
Labor law
New draft law: equal pay for men and women
Bundestag holds final debate on draft law to create more pay equality between men and women.
What you should know:
Florian Wagenknecht
31. March 2017
Labor law
What employers should know about notice periods
The notice periods vary from case to case.
Calculating the correct notice period can be complicated in individual cases.
All important information at a glance:
Florian Wagenknecht
30. March 2017
Labor law
Employment law: Discrimination due to a (severe) disability
Employee receives compensation for failure to increase his weekly working hours as a (severely) disabled person.
Florian Wagenknecht
14. March 2017
Labor law
Extraordinary termination in the event of repeated refusal to undergo a medical examination
If an employee refuses to be examined by the company doctor after a long period of incapacity for work, this may justify extraordinary dismissal.
Florian Wagenknecht
8. March 2017