The Higher Regional Labour Court of Baden-Württemberg decided on 7 April, 2017 (docket number 7 TaBV 1/17) that the representative of severely disabled people has no right to be generally involved before a warning notice is issued to a disabled person. The representative of severely disabled people requested the determination of a general right to …
By judgment of 13 October 2016 (BAG, docket number 3 AZR 439/15), the Federal Labour Court ruled that a reduction of occupational pension payments due to prematurely claiming prior to reaching the fixed retirement age as provided for in the pension plan does not constitute discrimination on grounds of disability according to the German General …
On 26 January 2017, the Federal State Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) ruled that a disabled part-time employee may not claim damages for discrimination where his employer did not offer him an increase in weekly working hours, unlike his colleagues (docket number: 8 AZR 736/15). In the case at hand, the employer, a courier service provider, employed …
Employees who suffer from a severe disability may no longer have their employment contracts terminated by their employer unless such dismissal proposal saw participation by the Severely Disabled Employees Council. This strengthening of the rights of severely disabled employees became valid on 30 December 2016, as the German Social Security Code IX (SGB IX) saw …
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