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Federal Labor Court: First Decision on Statutory Minimum Wage

May 27, 2016

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Overview

Thomas Gennert wrote this bylined article about a German Federal Labor Court decision which confirmed that special payments such as vacation pay and Christmas bonuses can be credited when an employer pays its workers the legal minimum wage, a decision which Mr. Gennert wrote “comes as no surprise, since it is in line with the general view on this in the legal literature.”

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Dr. Thomas Gennert

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Düsseldorf

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