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The mask scandal involving Fynn Kliemann dominates social media in Germany. What the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act has to do with this and what effects the regulations will have directly and indirectly, you can read in our article below.

Following the groundbreaking working time decision of the ECJ in 2019 (Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras [CCOO] / Deutsche Bank SAE), the Federal Labor Court now addressed for the first time the question of whether employers are obliged (contrary to German law) to comprehensively record the working time of their employees in connection with the burden of proof in legal disputes regarding overtime pay.

On February 23, 2022, the German Federal Cabinet approved the draft legislation by Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil to raise the minimum wage, thus giving the green light to a key election promise of the Social Democratic Party (SPD). From October 1, 2022, the minimum wage is to be €12.00.