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Update on German Regulations on Occupational Safety – Loosened Obligations for Employers

As of March 20, 2022, the German legislator updated the German SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (SARS-CoV-2-Arbeitsschutzverordnung) and loosed the obligations of German employers for implementing measures...more

Updated German Regulations on Occupational Safety due to Increase of COVID-19 Infections – What Employers Now Need to Know

Due to a significant increase in Covid-19 infections over the past weeks, the German legislator updated and extended the applicable occupational safety regulations in connection with the pandemic. ...more

Corona-Matching-Facility Builds on Well-Established Structures

Corona-Matching-Facility Builds on Well-Established Structures In its recent statement, the German government recognized the innovative power that startups and young technology companies have and how important these...more

Germany to Tighten Rules on Foreign Investment…Again

Germany’s cabinet has approved draft legislation designed to tighten the country’s foreign investment control (“FDI”) regime. The draft bill pre-dates the coronavirus crisis but comes amid growing fears that non-EU investors...more

COVID-19 Coronavirus: German Government Stimulus Package for Private Equity and Venture Capital-financed Companies

Both the German Federal Government and the German Federal States have enacted a variety of new financial support programs aimed at mitigating the economic consequences that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the German economy....more

COVID-19 Coronavirus: Employment Law Developments Q&A

The coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous impact on how businesses operate around the world. To help you navigate the different labor laws and regulations that governments have enacted during this critical time, Dechert’s...more

Critical Questions in Times of Increasing Home Office Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic – a German Law Perspective

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is currently forcing employers to rethink their usual working practices and adjust those practices to challenging circumstances. As a result, the number of employees working from home has...more

Impacts of COVID-19 on the Performance of Contracts Under German Law

Key Messages - COVID-19 constitutes a Force Majeure event - if epidemics or pandemics are expressly provided for in the agreement as qualified Force Majeure circumstances and - if acts or orders of the German...more

Covid-19 Coronavirus: Protective Shields to Mitigate Impact for Companies and Employees

An Overview of Measures Enacted or Envisaged by the German Government - The current outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus, recognized by the World Health Organization as a global pandemic, has already had a material impact on...more

Preview of Automated Vehicle Regulations in Germany

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure formally presented last week ethical guidelines that affirm that governments are focusing on similar themes in designing their regulatory approach to the...more

Changes to EU Privacy Law: the General Data Protection Regulation

On 27 April 2016, following a prolonged legislative process over some four years, the European Council and Parliament finally adopted a new data protection law: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR was...more

Germany: Monitoring and/or Reading of Employees' Emails

Although there is no German law specifically prohibiting monitoring or reading of employee emails, the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – hereinafter “BDSG”) as well as the German Telecommunication...more

International Employment Law Review - March 2014 - Issue 5

Welcome to the latest edition of the International Employment Law Review, presented by Dechert’s Labor and Employment Practice. In this issue, we examine the most significant employment law developments in Belgium, England...more

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