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Legal Insights
17. August 2026
No duty to disclose a severe disability during the hiring process
As a general rule, applicants for a job in Germany are not required to disclose a severe disability on their own initiative during the hiring process. For this reason, the Cologne Higher Labor Court held that four terminations issued without the consent of the Integration Office, as well as an attempted rescission of the employment...
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Employment law
30. July 2026
When is the works council’s consent required for the engagement of managers in matrix organizations?
Where managers are employed by one group company but perform their duties in the organization of another group company, their engagement in the receiving organization may be subject to co-determination under section 99(1) sentence 1 of the German Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz – “BetrVG”). In a decision dated January 27, 2026 (Federal Labor Court, 27.01.2026...
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