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- Impact of Business Interruption Insurance on Short-time Work Compensation in Germany?
Impact of Business Interruption Insurance on Short-time Work Compensation in Germany?
May 20, 2020, Covington Alert
In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been significant recent developments in Germany with respect to business interruption insurance and short-time working compensation.
June 25, 2020, Covington Alert
The German Federal Government has adopted the draft of a German Associations Sanctions Act ("VerSanG-E") which now bears the name "Law to strengthen integrity in business". The Federal Government has thus adopted the draft bill of 22 April 2020 proposed by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) without any changes. Parliament ...
April 2, 2019, Covington Alert
The German Federal Employment Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) ruled on February 19, 2019 (Reference number 9 AZR 541/15) that annual vacation entitlement can only be forfeited at the end of a calendar year if the employer previously advised the employee of his/her accrued entitlement and of the deadline by which untaken vacation would be forfeited.
Covington Opens Frankfurt Office
March 28, 2018
LONDON—Covington will open an office in Frankfurt, Germany on April 3 led by eight partners. Frankfurt will be the firm’s third European office and will work closely with the firm’s five offices in the United States, its three offices in Asia, and its offices in the Middle East and Africa. “Covington will offer German companies a unique capability to help them ...