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BGH: Interest in Bringing Proceedings to Challenge the Election of the Supervisory Board

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover, Bremen, Nuremberg, Essen and London grprainer.com/en explain: It emerged from the judgment that an interest in bringing proceedings against an election of the supervisory board of a stock corporation possibly does not lapse in the event of the supervisory board resigning. On the contrary, such an interest ought only to be absent if an election challenge has been brought.

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Retirement Age Limits in Work Agreements Are Effective

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, Nuremberg and London grprainer.com/en explain: In its judgment of 5 March 2013 (Az. 1 AZR 417/12), the Federal Labour Court (BAG) decided that age limits stipulated in work agreements, according to which the employment relationship shall cease after the end of the calendar month in which the employee reaches the retirement age for the statutory pension fund, are not discriminatory and thus fully effective.

Very Tight Deadlines in the Field of Labour Law

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover, Bremen, Nuremberg, Essen and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: In recent years, the BAG has stated that holiday entitlements can accrue even in the case of an employment relationship that has been dormant for many years. It is, however, important to note that these entitlements will already have lapsed 15 months after the end of the year of leave.

Claim for Damages Arising out of Company Deleting Data from an Email Account of the Employee

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, Nuremberg and London explains: After the withdrawal from a continuing obligation, data from an account that was created as an email account for a party may not be deleted until it is certain that the user no longer has any use for the data created, if the company has permitted its employees to private use of emails and the internet. In its judgment of 5 September 2012 (Az. 4 W 961/12), the Dresden Higher Regional Court decided that breaching this duty could trigger a claim for damages.

Maintaining a Residence Can Be Exacerbated by an Employee Being Posted Abroad

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, Nuremberg and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: It is not uncommon at corporate groups and firms that are active in Europe and globally, for qualified workers to be posted to subsidiaries of the company abroad.

Temporary Workers Are to Be Taken Into Consideration for the Employment Protection Act

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover, Bremen, Nuremberg, Essen and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: In its judgment of 24 January 2013 (Az.: 2 AZR 140/12), the Federal Labour Court (BAG) decided that posted temporary workers can be relevant for the application of the KSchG, if they work for the company because they cover a “generally” existing demand for staff. It therefore makes no difference when calculating the size of the business in terms of the KSchG whether the employee is the company’s own employee or a borrowed employee, especially since the staff costs are the same. The crucial factor is likely that the temporary workers are engaged in a business in the same way as the regular employees.

Claims to Supplement a Compulsory Portion in Business Succession

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover, Essen, Nuremberg Bremen and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: First, it must be considered whether the beneficiaries of a compulsory portion are able to generally assert claims for a compulsory portion or to supplement a compulsory portion in the respective cases.

Potential Hidden Profit Distributions in the Form of Inflated Salaries for Managing Directors

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Bremen, Nuremberg and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: Within the framework of the salaries margin for managing directors of a GmbH, there are serious disparities. For this reason, it is not uncommon for remunerations for this position in a company of this legal form to be disproportionately high in comparison to comparable companies.

Bad Faith in Selling Real Estate

LogoGRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Hanover, Bremen, Nuremberg, Essen and London www.grprainer.com/en explain: The Koblenz Higher Regional Court (OLG) (judgment of 15 January 2013, Az.: 4 U 874/12) recently decided in favour of the purchaser of a house with marten infestation in the roof. The sellers had declared at the time of purchasing that they were not aware of any hidden defect in the house. Nevertheless, the purchaser discovered damage to the roof insulation a few months later caused by marten feeding and faeces.