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Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht – BAG): Unfounded fixed term after 22 years of pre-employment is admissible

As expected, in a recent ruling (dated 21.08.2019 – 7 AZR 452/17) the BAG allowed an exception to the prohibition of an unfounded fixed term after pre-employment, if there is a very long period between the previous termination and the restart of the employment relationship (in this case 22 years).

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FEDERAL LABOUR COURT (BAG – BUNDESARBEITSGERICHT): IS THE WORKS COUNCIL A CONTROLLING BODY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION?, DECISION OF 09.04.2019 – 1 ABR 51/17

Is the works council an independent data processing body within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? So far, this question was answered with a simple “no”.

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Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH): Temporary Agency Workers are to be counted in for the composition of the Supervisory Board

On 20.08.2019, the Second Civil Senate responsible for Corporate Law published the reasons for a resolution of 25.06.2019. (file no. II ZB 21/18). Accordingly, temporary agency workers who are employed on a permanent basis must also be counted when determining the threshold value of employees for a supervisory board with equal representation of shareholders and employees.

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