Germany: bill presented to protect employees against AI and surveillance

Hubertus Heil and Nancy Faeser, respectively Germany’s labour and interior ministers, both of the Social Democratic Party, presented in Berlin the broad outline of a jointly drafted bill, which is now in the inter-ministerial consultation phase. The agreement uniting the current governing coalition refers to the need to regulate employee data protection to achieve “legal clarity for employers and employees and effectively protect personal rights”. According to the ministers, the cabinet should adopt the bill before the end of the year. The end of the parliamentary procedure is scheduled for the first half of next year,…