Hello, my son had a sports accident and had to undergo surgery twice on his collarbone. Since the doctor said that this area of the bone (plate and screws) will remain a sensitive point for the rest of his life, we have approached the accident insur...
Our employees receive a supplement for Sunday and night work; these are social security and tax-free. According to a ruling by the Federal Labour Court (BAG), this supplement should also be paid in case of illness. Does this apply in general? Is ther...
Hello, I urgently need your advice. I am permanently employed and my company is paying for my MBA studies for the next 2 years. For the past year, I have been systematically bullied by my supervisor. Unfortunately, there is no works council in my de...
Dear Sir or Madam Lawyer, In 1991, I was hired as a workshop manager of an agricultural cooperative with a regular employment contract. In 1996, I was appointed to the board by the supervisory board through a service contract without a fixed term, b...
Dear Sir or Madam, our daughter was born on 13.03.2011. Therefore, we applied for parental leave benefits for my wife until the 8th month of our daughter's life (13.10.11-12.11.11). At the same time, we informed the parental leave office that my wif...
Dear Sir or Madam, I am 53 years old and have been employed in a small nursing home for 21 years, including 10 years as head of nursing. The facility is run by the municipality and a charitable organization, with the umbrella organization being the ...
Hello, I have an important question. I work as an accountant through a temporary employment agency, and I am now pregnant. I was sick for 4 weeks and now they have underpaid me by 600 euros. My basic salary would have been 173.36 hours starting from...
Please let me know as soon as possible if I am allowed to spend a hiking weekend in a hotel in the Sauerland with my husband during a period of incapacity for work due to depression. I would personally like to cancel the booked hotel, but my husband ...
On 01.02.2011, I started a new job at Caritas as a qualified social worker. On 28.02.2011, I did not receive my salary. I was informed that the employee in the personnel department was on extended sick leave, which is why my data was not processed as...
I work in shift work with a regular duty roster in which I do not reach my weekly target working hours when completing the regular shift sequence. In order to reach them, I work additional shifts for holiday replacements, sick leave replacements, or ...
I, 64 years old, retired, married for 10 years in my second marriage, have a question regarding the calculation of the amount I may have to contribute for the nursing home stay of my sick husband. Will the Social Welfare Office also take into account...
Hello, we have been living separately in our 3-family house for 8 months (50:50 ownership). We have 3 full floors with separate entrances, which were 95% paid for by me. The house is divided into condominiums, with my wife on the lower floor in the ...
Hello, I will turn 60 years old in October and I am currently looking for work. On December 31, 2004, I was terminated after 31 years of employment at the same company. I must mention that I have been continuously ill since October 2002, and was then...
Dear Mr. Lawyer, I would like to request legal advice regarding the termination of my freelance contract. Thank you in advance! Best regards, About me: Sebastian J. 32 years old, pianist Freelance contract for 4 years at the Palucca School Dresde...
I had my former employee observed by a detective agency. They found on 09 and 10.02.2010 that the employee was engaging in self-employment despite being on sick leave, had rented a workshop, and worked there for several hours on those days. As I had ...
Dear Lawyers, Yesterday, after a short shopping trip, I returned to the parking lot where I had parked my car in reverse. Next to me, a woman had parked her slightly older vehicle in forward, she was already sitting in the car, but I had not noticed...
I am living in separation and receiving spousal support. I worked in our joint business during my marriage, but was not registered and did not receive a salary (household expenses for 5 people were 1,000 DM per month for rent, clothing, food, and all...
I am in my mid-50s, severely disabled, and have been working for a large trading company for almost 40 years. I have been unable to work for some time now. Last year, I agreed to a termination agreement with a severance payment (due to the financial ...
Hello! I am a civil servant and currently expected to be unable to work for several months (due to depression), which may lead to early retirement. Since my only relative is my daughter, I would like to visit her as soon as possible, as my family doc...
Dear Sir or Madam, I work as an emergency medical technician for a large German aid organization. This organization operates the transport service for the emergency medical service. The resulting shift work is predominantly done at night. The workin...
On 25.09.2009, my three-year period of child-rearing leave, or parental leave, ended and I would have had to resume work with my employer. However, at that time I was pregnant again and was medically certified by my doctor due to premature labor unti...
I am employed under TVöD and have now requested a reduction in working hours. During the working phase, periods of incapacity to work are taken into account, half of the sick days are added if it goes on for more than 6 weeks. I was sick for 4 weeks ...
I have cancelled a telephone appointment for a meeting at a recording studio three times with valid reasons. The first time because my son got sick, the second time because I lost my voice. The third time, because I was embarrassed for personal reaso...
Hello, my husband had a severe stroke on 20.11.2008 - he received sickness benefits from the private health insurance until 07.09.2009. Now he is receiving retroactively the disability pension from the statutory pension insurance. Does he have to re...
Subject: Review of my lawyer's invoice: Fee No. 2400 Business fee in social law matters (§3RVG): €240 net Fee No. 7002 Lump sum charges for postal and telecommunications services: €20 net Total: €260 excluding VAT I was only informed over the phone t...
