Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election

An article by Thomas Schnee

Publication

28 October 2025 à 12h10

Reading time

2 minutes

Publication: 28 October 2025 à 12h10

Reading time: 2 minutes

An article by Thomas Schnee

Publication

28 October 2025 à 12h10

Reading time

2 minutes

Publication: 28 October 2025 à 12h10

Reading time: 2 minutes

Enjoy this article for free while you’re in your trial period

You have access to our content for 1 month.

Explore the mind HR subscription

The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the Grünheide factory of US car giant Tesla. In an unusual move, the union is calling for the dismissal of Schmitz – who has never made any secret of her anti-union stance, in line with that of the factory management and Elon Musk – for repeated rule breaches. It accuses her of repeatedly excluding IG...

Do you have information to share with us?

Article authors

Featured image of the article Thomas Schnee

Thomas Schnee Freelance

What you absolutely must read this week

The essential content of the week selected by the editorial team.

See all

Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month

On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...

4 November 2025

Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity

On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...

3 November 2025

mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators

In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...

31 October 2025

Germany: minimum wage to rise sharply in 2026

On 29 October, the German cabinet adopted the minimum wage hike proposed by the country’s independent minimum wage commission. The minimum wage will rise from €12.82 to €13.90...

30 October 2025

Most viewed articles of the month on mind HR

What readers clicked on the most last month.

In the category

What readers clicked on the most last month.

Veolia Environnement structure son dialogue social au niveau du groupe

L'accord instituant un CE européen prévoit une échelon intermédiaire de dialogue social au niveau des pays.

9 December 2005

Projet de mise en place d’un cadre optionnel pour les accords collectifs transnationaux.

L’agenda social 2005-2010, adopté par la Commission européenne, le 9 février 2005, prévoyait en effet l’idée de créer un cadre européen optionnel pour la négociation collective transnationale...

9 December 2005

Adoption du règlement créant un fonds pour aider les salariés victimes de la mondialisation

La proposition de règlement créant le fonds européen d'ajustement à la mondialisation (European Globalisation adjustment Fund - EGF) précise les critères d'éligibilité à une intervention du fonds...

9 December 2005

Regulation creating European Globalization adjustment fund is adopted

Helping employees, not companies (Article 1): for the Commission, the creation of this fund must make it possible to answer, at the European level, employees’ needs, given the consequences of...

9 December 2005

Le retour à l’emploi des seniors ne justifie pas de conclure des CDD sans limite

La Cour de justice des Communautés européennes a jugé contraire au droit communautaire une loi allemande qui autorisait, sans restriction, au nom de la lutte contre le chômage, la conclusion de...

12 December 2005