Germany: Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

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Germany is developing a new framework for organisational resilience, centred on the idea of the ‘resilience scenario’, a state between normal operations and a declared emergency.

The acquisition of assets or business operations out of insolvency proceedings presents distinct legal challenges under German law, particularly regarding the automatic transfer of employment relationships. The "acquirer concept" (Erwerberkonzept) offers a legally reliable solution that enables workforce restructuring while avoiding prohibited terminations based solely on the transfer of operations.

When deciding on the measures for the protection of confidential informaiton and assessing their proportionality, the Court must take into account the need to ensure the right to an effective...

The leaders of the CDU/CSU and SPD agreed on the conclusion of a coalition agreement. This must now be approved by the respective party committees...

As digitalization accelerates, the "Employer of Record" (EoR) model has become an attractive solution for hiring international talent. However, in October 2024, Germany's Federal...

On July 15, 2025, the German Federal Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht – BAG) further refined its case law on the lapse of annual leave where an employee is long term incapacitated for work due to illness.

The EU's planned reform of the EWC Directive is in its final stages. The draft of the Commission ("Commission Draft") has been available since the beginning of 2024.

Employees are entitled to continued payment of remuneration for up to six weeks per illness. For a recurrence of the same illness...