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Absence due to illness does not result in the forfeiture of holiday entitlements

  • Bird & Bird
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 19 2009

The current position under German law is that every employee has the right to a minimum of 24 days' paid holiday each year (although agreements can be made to enhance this statutory minimum

German workers gear up to work for longer

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 27 2007

The statutory retirement age in Germany is set to increase from 65 to 67 years of age

Snail mail - jobs fail

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • December 18 2007

In our October 2007 issue, the Insider pointed out that the EU intends to end mail monopoly

Mandatory disclosure to unsuccessful job applicants in Germany?

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • October 14 2010

Germany's anti-discrimination law may be on the brink of change following a referral by Germany's Federal Labor Court to the European Court of Justice (the ECJ

German compulsory retirement age is lawful, says ECJ

  • Squire Sanders
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • October 22 2010

Earlier this month the ECJ gave a welcome boost to employers looking to retain a contractual retirement age when it confirmed that a provision in a collective agreement requiring employees to retire at 65 was lawful

Justifying age discrimination

  • Morton Fraser
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • January 18 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has given rulings in relation to two German cases on age discrimination, holding that the relevant policies were justified in both cases

Hit the “friends only” button for now: Germany considers ban on using Facebook for recruitment decisions

  • Nabarro LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, United Kingdom
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  • August 31 2010

Germany is considering a law that would ban employers from looking for information about job candidates from social network sites such as Facebook

ECJ decisions on justifying age discrimination

  • Morton Fraser
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 11 2010

Heard the one about the fireman and the dentist?

Age limit of 30 for recruits to German fire service was lawful

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 11 2010

The ECJ has held that a German law, which prevented individuals over the age of 30 applying to the fire service, was lawful

Compulsory retirement clause in a collective agreement is justified

  • Kennedys
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • November 2 2010

In the recent case of Rosenbladt v Ollerking Gebaudereinigungsges mbH the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") has held that a German law allowing for compulsory retirement of workers entitled to a pension, if agreed as part of a collective agreement, is, on the face of it, age discrimination