Urgent need for action for companies Today (25 April 2019), following its promulgation in the Federal Law Gazette, the Law on the Protection of Trade Secrets came into force. After some changes to the government draft, the Bundestag passed the law on 21 March 2019, and the Bundesrat approved the draft on 12 April 2019. […]
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On May 25, 2018, the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new German data protection law are entering into force simultaneously. They are no grandfathering clauses; the new laws immediately apply as of the first day without any limitations. In order to enforce the new regulations in practice especially the GDPR establishes […]
On January 1st 2015 Germany’s first minimum wage law enters into force. Many (foreign) companies don’t see any reason for concern, since they are paying their employees working in Germany well above 8.50 Euro net per hour, the (in most industries) new minimum wage. The real danger – however – is hidden in the new […]
During the last week many travelers in Germany felt trapped. On Friday Cockpit, the union representing pilots, called for a warning strike at Lufthansa, following which some 280 mostly European and Intra German fights were cancelled. On Saturday morning GDL, the union representing train drivers at Deutsche Bahn, followed with a similar action, which brought […]