Bernd Weller
Partner
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek
Germany
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Professional Associations
- American Bar Association
- International Bar Association
Deutsch-Italienische Juristenvereinigung e.V. (DAIJV)
European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
Gesellschaft für Datenschutz und Datensicherung e.V. (GDD)
ELSA Lawyers Society (els)
Deutscher Anwaltsverein e.V. (DAV)
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Arbeitsrecht im DAV
Professional Activities and Experience
Associate / Senior Associate with Lovells LLP, Frankfurt (2003-2009Employment: Trends & Developments
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, October 2019
The labour and employment sector has once again seen many changes – both in terms of the initiatives of the legislator as well as changes in the way the sector works. One important change has been the implementation of the Law on Protection of Business Secrets (Gesetz zum Schutz von Geschäftsgeheimnissen – GeschGehG). The economic relevance of business secrets is very high...
Employment: Law & Practice
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, October 2019
1. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT 1.1 STATUS OF EMPLOYEE In Germany, an employee (Arbeitnehmer) enjoys a special status that is described as the personal obligation to perform work upon the employer’s instructions, without entrepreneurial risks and in a situation of economic dependence (to a certain degree) on the employer...
The Works Council’s Right to Inspect Payroll with Gross Salaries Broken Down by Employee Names
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, September 2019
The works council may demand access to the employees’ payroll. Considerations under data protection law do not require anonymization or pseudonymization. Federal Labor Court, May 7, 2019 – 1 ABR 53/17 FACTS OF THE CASE A company granted the works council access to its electronic employee salary file – the payroll showing gross salaries, while stripping employees’ names from the list, thus in anonymized (more correctly: pseudonymized) form...
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