On 13 September 2022 the Erfurt Federal Labour Court (BAG) ruled that all hours worked in Germany should be recorded and since then all stakeholders have been eagerly waiting to learn how this is to come about both legislatively and in practice. The aim is to better ringfence excessive workloads and thus better protect workers’ health.
Daily recording
Until now mandatory recording has only applied to overtime work. However, in 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a Spa
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.