Germany: in keeping with the ECJ ruling, the government announced a quick amendment to the law on the notice period

Revising German labor law. On January 19, the ECJ ruled that the German Civil Code provision (§622 BGB) not taking into account years worked before the age of 25 for calculating the notice period was equal to age discrimination (see our dispatch No. 100051). Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen immediately announced that her Ministry was going to amend the law shortly, after an in-depth examination of the decree. Government representatives also announced a complete overhaul of German labor law. “We’re going to use the decree to make German law comply with Community law” explained Ingrid Fischbach, VP of the conservative Parliamentary group (CDU). She then added: “Meanwhile, we had to look at all of labor law to identify and defuse possible future conflicts with the EU’s discrimination bans.”
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for calculating the notice period was equal to age discrimination (see our dispatch No. 100051). Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen immediately announced that her Ministry was going to amend the law shortly, after an in-depth examination of the decree. Government representatives also announced a complete overhaul of German labor law. “We’re going to use the decree to make German law comply with Community law” explained Ingrid Fischbach, VP of the conservative Parliamentary group (CDU). She the

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