Remuneration and pay transparency

News

• 28.07.2026: Right to informationunder the Pay Transparency Act: Federal Labour Court provides clarity. By Isabel Hexel and Lisa Striegler. Article.
• 12.06.2026: Germany has missed the EU deadline for pay transparency and Brussels has refused to extend the implementation deadline: now what? By Isabel Hexel. Article.
• 18.11.2025: Final report on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive. By Jörn Kuhn, Isabel Hexel, Johannes Kaesbach, and Katharina Schäffer. Article. 
• 29.10.2025: Pay discrimination based on pair comparison – consequences of the BAG decision. By Jörn Kuhn and Katharina Schäffer. Article.
• 2.9.2025: FAQ on the Pay Transparency Directive. By Isabel Hexel and Katharina Schäffer. Article.
• 29.6.2023: Entry into force of the European Pay Transparency Directive. By Jörn Kuhn. Article.
• 20.3.2023:Equal pay: negotiating skills do not justify unequal treatment. By Johannes Kaesbach. Article.

Press articles & publications

• The new Pay Transparency Directive, Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel / SustainableValue, 24.02.2025 (Isabel Hexel)
• Will the new pay transparency directive lead to a turning point?, Deutscher Anwaltsspiegel, 17/2024  (Isabel Hexel, Johannes Kaesbach, Jörn Kuhn)

News

• 17.7.2024: Bundestag passes new regulation on works council remuneration. (Isabel Hexel & Johannes Kaesbach) Article.
• 18.12.2024: The grouping or regrouping of works council members released from their work duties does not establish a right of co-determination pursuant to Section 99 BetrVG (Isabel Hexel) Article. 
• 25.3.2024: No recourse to the works council member for costs of works council work (Isabel Hexel) Article.
• 13.12.2023: Draft of a second law amending the Shop Constitution Act with regard to works council remuneration (Isabel Hexel) Article.
• 29.6.2023: Salary reduction of a works council chairperson is not subject to co-determination (Johannes Kaesbach) Article.
• 23.8.2022: Compliance risk: excessive remuneration of works council members constitutes a criminal act of breach of trust (Isabel Hexel & Annabelle Marceau) Article.

Press articles & publications

• Remuneration of the works council chairperson – violation of the prohibition of discrimination or preferential treatment, ArbRAktuell 2023 (Katharina Schäffer)

• Works council remuneration under (criminal) scrutiny – Federal Court of Justice overturns acquittals of VW managers, RAW 2023 (Isabel Hexel)

News

• 26.3.2025: Damages for late target setting. (Katharina Schäffer & Fatoumata Kaba) Article.
• 21.3.2025: Newsflash: Virtual option rights – expiry clauses under scrutiny (Alexandra Groth) Artcile. 
• 18.12.2024: Same procedure as every year - target agreement or target stipulation?  (Dr. Johannes Kaesbach) Artcile.
• 24.6.2024: Employee participation programmes - forfeiture of virtual options (Alexandra Groth) Article. 
• 24.6.2024: Damages for late target specification (Lisa Striegler) Article. 
• 13.9.2023: Calculation of commission and target bonus for works council members exempted from work Article.

Press articles & publications

• Every year again – case law on targets and target agreements through the ages, ArbRAktuell 2025 (Katharina Schäffer & Lisa Striegler)

News

• 7.2.2025: Overview of regulated remuneration systemsr. Article.

News

• 5.8.2025: Job architecture: the key to modern HR work and legally compliant remuneration (Jörn Kuhn & Johannes Kaesbach) Article.
• 27.6.2025: Default interest (1): remuneration claims in the event of grouping (Jörn Kuhn) Article.
• 18.12.2024: Passive phase of partial retirement - entitlement to the inflation adjustment bonus? (Lisa Striegler) Article.
• 26.9.2024: Overtime bonuses - no discrimination for part-time employees (Fatoumata Kaba) Article. 
• 26.9.2024: Growth Opportunities Act - amendment to the one-fifth rule (Jörn Kuhn) Article. 
• 24.6.2024: No circumvention of German GTC check possible through a choice of law (Kathrin Vossen) Article.
• 24.6.2024: Company co-determination in the event of changes in special payments (Fatoumata Kaba) Article. 
• 13.12.2023: Consequences of the acquirer's remuneration structure on continuing final-salary related pension commitments (Moritz Coché) Article. 
• 29.6.2023: (No) equal pay for temporary agency workers - deviation by collective agreement still possible (Fatoumata Kaba) Article.
• 29.6.2023: No risk of default of acceptance in case of a company’s contradictory behaviour after extraordinary termination (Cornelia-Christina Scupra) Article. 

Press articles & publications

• The works council must neither look nor touch, LTO.de, 29.7.2020 (Isabel Hexel)