CORONA, PROBLEMS WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS SHOULD ALL EMPLOYEES BE FIRED? WHAT TO DO? Many companies feel compelled to prepare urgent labour law measures due to economic difficulties and bottlenecks caused by the CORONAVIRUS. If your company does not “run well” because customers stay away because of the coronavirus, if you cannot deploy your […]
Since 11.03.2020 the WHO (World Health Organisation) considers the crisis caused by CORONAVIRUS as PANDEMY. Companies, employers as well as employees, are insecure. What is supposed to be done now with regard to the obligations of care under the employment contract? – GUIDANCE FOR EMPLOYERS There is no proven case of corona in the […]
CORONA, PROBLEMS WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF WORKERS SHOULD ALL EMPLOYEES BE FIRED? WHAT TO DO? Many companies feel compelled to prepare urgent labour law measures due to economic difficulties and bottlenecks caused by the CORONAVIRUS. If your company does not “run well” because customers stay away because of the coronavirus, if you cannot deploy your […]
A draft law affects companies based in other EU countries that send their employees to Germany to process orders. The EU directive on the posting of workers stipulates that the working conditions of posted EU foreigners should be brought into line with German working conditions. This directive will now be implemented in German law. This […]
The judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of 14 May 2019 (Case C-55/18) continues to cause unrest and uncertainty: it requires employers to establish an objective, reliable and accessible system for measuring the daily working time of each employee. The judgment is based on the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), the observance of which […]
BFH doubts the constitutionality of additional payment interest If the tax assessment leads to additional tax claims or tax refunds, the law requires interest of 6% p.a. after a certain period. Interest is paid regardless of whether the tax office or the taxpayer is to blame. In tax audits alone, the tax authorities have collected […]
The BTU Group offers the following seminars and events: Seminars by Susanne Schröder and Dr. Berit Kochanowski WKO Austrian Federal Economic Chamber – Foreign Trade Austria Field service or sales agency in Germany – Best Choice – Best Practice (Außendienst oder Handelsvertretung in Deutschland – Best Choice – Best Practice) Date: 26. April 2018, Rosenheim […]
On 25 May 2018, the transition period for the applicability of the already valid EU data protection basic regulation (EU-DSGVO) ends and this EU-wide uniform legal norm completely replaces the previous national Federal Data Protection Act from this date. At the same time, a new Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG new) comes into force, which […]
Exchange of information in tax matters On 30 September 2017, the first automatic exchange of information on financial accounts between Germany and 49 countries and territories for the reporting period 2016 began on the basis of the new Common Reporting Standard (CRS). 100 countries and territories have already committed themselves to introducing the common reporting […]
The Cash Register Review from 1.1.2018 Due to the repeated manipulations of cash registers detected during external audits, the legislator has also implemented a so-called cash register review in the form of the “Act on Protection against Manipulation of Digital Basic Records”. From 1.1.2018, this can be carried out on the business premises of taxpayers […]