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Necessary contents of employment contracts – change in law as of August 1, 2022

The “Act on Proof of the Existence of an Employment Relationship” (Nachweisgesetz – NachwG) requires employers to set out the essential contractual terms of the employment in writing to their employees. The German legislature has now passed an amendment to the Nachweisgesetz, which comes into force on August 1, 2022, and has the effect of … Continue reading

Germany: Exclusion clauses put to the test

By Frank Weberndörfer and Jörn Twisselmann on June 24, 2021 Posted in Contracts, Europe, General, Germany

Regularly agreed in employment contracts, exclusion clauses shorten the statutory limitation period for claims arising in the employment relationship and ensure certainty between employer and employee especially with regards to claims that are years old. In a remarkable decision the German Federal Labour Court (BAG, 26.11.2020 – ref. 8 AZR 58/20) has fundamentally changed the … Continue reading

For your consideration: Varying BC employment agreements amid pandemic

By Piers Fibiger on June 12, 2020 Posted in Canada, Coronavirus

As employers prepare for the cautious reopening of the economy and the gradual return to the physical workplace, questions on altering the terms of an existing employment agreement could certainly arise for a number of legitimate reasons. Specifically, employers often ask under what circumstances they can make changes to existing employment agreements. Commonly, employers face … Continue reading

Information collected via Facebook cannot – always – be used as evidence against an employee

By Elodie Grangier on February 27, 2018 Posted in Europe, France

Technology is ever-changing, and while in the past evidence of an employee’s misconduct was based mainly on “physical” witnesses and observations, employers might now be tempted to use data obtained through social media as evidence against their employees. At the present time the French Supreme Court has not had many occasions to clarify the manner … Continue reading