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Hotel-TV charges: First victory in court
11.8.2006

Berlin. In the proceedings of Rheinhotel Dreesen against the collecting society VG Media initiated by the German Hotel and Guest House Association and the German Hotel Association, a clear step forward has been made.

The new act on equal treatment in practice - the difficulties
Employers will probably (have to) pay more
21.7.2006

Augsburg. When the new law on equal treatment takes effect on August 1, hardly anything will be as it previously was for employers. Even simple formulations of job advertisements, disputes among employees, salary scales or "normal" looking applications may turn into pitfalls. Hans-Joachim Jungbluth, labour lawyer and expert for hospitalityInside.com, points out details in practice.

German Equal Treatment Law enters into force
14.7.2006

Offenbach. On the 1 August 2006, the General Equal Treatment Act enters into force. Under the provisions of the new Act, companies are obliged to inform their employees of what constitutes discrimination and to provide appropriate training on its contents.

New Equal Treatment Law to combat discrimination
A playing field for disputes
2.6.2006

Berlin. A new bill for an equal treatment law is set to improve protection against discrimination in Germany. What may at first sound quite uncontroversial contains important consequences for employers, opening the floodgates to a whole range of legal disputes. The multinational orientated hotel industry will do well to prepare itself.

The new English "Manslaughter Law": Consequences for other countries?
Employer's liability insurance instead of judge
26.5.2006

Offenbach. What are the ramifications of the new British corporate manslaughter statute - the law covering the death of employees through company negligence - for other internationally operating hotel groups? Our Offenbach employment law expert, Hans-Joachim Jungbluth, explains.

The new LAW column: About placing a time limit on employment contracts
When cause or calendar decide
5.5.2006

Offenbach. Although the regulations concerning limited employment contracts were already introduced five years ago in practice, hoteliers and staff managers still stumble across tricky details. hospitalityInside.com takes up this issue to start its new column about law issues. At least once a month or, in case of current events, more often, you will be able to read issues related to practice as well as precise news about labour law and later on, EU law.

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