The COVID-19 coronavirus crisis has proved to have caused great difficulties in the German labour market. We have previously written about how COVID-19 has interacted with employment law in Germany and with short-time working in Germany. In some fields, however, there have been shortages of employees. During the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis there were steps [...]
The spread of COVID-19 coronavirus is leading to unprecedented measures worldwide. This not only affects the personal sphere for now more than a billion people in the form of curfews, quarantines and social distancing measures, but companies in particular are also very much affected by the coronavirus crisis. Considerable losses in turnover, the loss [...]
The COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Germany is causing substantial difficulties for employees and companies around Germany and in some cases this is leading to job terminations. In Germany, employees are protected from unfair dismissal and these laws are in place even with the ongoing current crisis. Our page on unfair dismissal in Germany will [...]
The spread of COVID-19 coronavirus is making world headlines. Since its original outbreak in December 2019 in the Wuhan region of China the virus has gone global. In the almost two months since we wrote about the Coronavirus' impact on German visa applications from China, the virus has spread rapidly. There have been over 200,000 [...]
The EU Blue Card has made working in the European Union far easier for non-EU citizens. The primary purpose of the EU Blue Card is to ensure ease of access for highly qualified professionals looking to work in Europe. In this goal it has largely succeeded. Furthermore, it has aimed to bring workers from [...]
Coming from Hong Kong, there are many reasons to move to Germany. In fact coming from anywhere there are many reasons to move to Germany! Situated at the heart of Europe, in a geographical, economic and political sense, Germany is a country that offers a huge variety of opportunities. In this article, we will [...]
In case of conflict with the employer, employees generally first have a look into their employment contract. Should they realise that a provision is formulated to their disadvantage, they often give up any further action. However, this is often a mistake. Employment contracts regularly contain provisions that are invalid and therefore not enforceable. [...]