The German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs had announced a draft bill for the first quarter to implement the requirements of the European Court of Justice and the German Federal Labor Court on the recording of...more
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers transitioned millions of employees to remote work. In many industries, the transition back to the office has been slow or nonexistent, drastically reducing the number of...more
In separate developments, the UK government announced two potentially significant changes for employers. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill could mean that at least some EU-derived employment law will expire on...more
Every player interested or already active in the German market needs to have a working knowledge of the key principles of German employment law which offers a good level of protection to employees. This is especially true for...more
The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a landmark ruling in 2019 that obligated EU Member States to require employers to establish an objective, reliable, and accessible system for recording the hours worked each day by...more
The European Court of Justice recently held that EU member states must require employers to set up an “objective, reliable, and accessible system” to measure each worker’s daily working hours in order to satisfy the Working...more
The Situation: On May 14, 2019, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") issued a Judgment mandating that EU Member States require employers to register the daily working time of their employees. The...more