As part of the transposition of the 2019 European Union Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions, Germany's Bundestag passed a law on 23 June 2022 that imposes new obligations on employers when it comes to drawing up employment contracts. Contracts are required to contain new information on working conditions and must be in paper form. Digital versions of employment contracts are no longer allowed, which has provoked anger from companies towards a government that had promised to speed up the digitisation of administrative procedures.
More detailed contracts, in paper form. Company admin and HR departments are to have plenty of paperwork to deal with this summer. A part of the transposition of EU Directive 2019/1152 on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions (see article n°10999) into German legislation, the Bundestag adopted a law on Thursday 23 June that – with effect from 1 August 2022 – will require employers to provide a written employment contract containing much more detailed provisions than before. The contrac
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