englischThe exclusion of the reimbursement of costs is one of the central provisions of labour court proceedings. In deviation from the general principle of reimbursement of costs in the event of victory, Section 12a ArbGG makes a special provision for the parties to the first-instance labour court [...]
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englischThis book shows different mechanisms that can implement the principle of gender equality in the labour market. Chapters 1 to 4 are mainly concerned with the EU and the UK, including ex post legal protection; positive action as public procurement and gender quotas; family-friendly legislation [...]
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englischThe protection of temporary agency workers is commonly treated simply as the antithesis of corporate needs for flexibility. More important, however, is its role in the fragmenting effect of temporary agency work. On the basis of the legal and actual framework conditions, Paul Kolfhaus [...]
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englischThis paper addresses the question of whether crowd workers on microtask platforms should be classified as employees. For years, this has been disputed from the perspective of labor law, but with a certain tendency to deny it. However, the BAG ruled in December 2020 that a crowd worker can be [...]
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Betriebsübergänge sind im Wirtschaftsleben weit verbreitet. Inwiefern für den Erwerber eines Betriebs Kollektivverträge gelten, hängt von Faktoren wie der Tarifbindung oder der Auslegung von Bezugnahmeklauseln ab. Die Beurteilung der Rechtslage begegnet oft Schwierigkeiten. Nachdem sich der EuGH [...]
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englischFighting for a collective labour agreement continues to be the only lawful mode of collective industrial action under German Law. Scholars and Courts traditionally considered the freedom of collective action to be rooted in the freedom of collective bargaining in Art. 9 Sec. 3 GG. However, [...]
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englischThe change in meaning of on-site work contracts in business has long remained unnoticed. Once the provision of temporary workers has been regulated, such work contracts increasingly serve as an instrument of personnel recruitment, with the result that the boundaries between the use of work [...]
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