Questions tagged [germany]
Jurisdiction of Germany.
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German employee works in UK home office - does this create a permanent establishment? [closed]
Under which circumstances does working remotely in the UK create a "permanent establishment" for an EU (German) employer?
If a German employee moves to the UK for personal reasons, but ...
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Under German tax law, is an integrated masters a "first degree"?
Say someone had a loan for an integrated masters degree, such as the description from UCL here. In basic language, it's a bachelor's and masters together, often 4 or 5 years of study, and the student ...
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What are the legal consequences of Tesla Germany holding back sick employees' pay?
It is currently in the news in Germany that the Tesla factory in Grünheide, Brandenburg, Germany is sending out emails to employees who are currently on sick leave that they are going to hold back ...
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Can a landlord (in Germany) refuse to renew a fixed-term lease based solely on unverified claims by another tenant?
In Germany, if a tenant has a fixed-term rental contract in a shared apartment (WG) that is set to expire soon, and they have always paid rent on time and followed the contract, can the landlord ...
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Is it legal for a party to buy votes in German elections?
As part of a university social studies project (an unspecified number of years ago) some students tried to prove that promising to buy votes in an election was legal under German law. They founded a ...
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Can I be charged for calling the police in Germany and then realising it’s not an emergency afterwards?
I am often home alone and live on the ground floor. I sleep on the second floor and sometimes I hear noises downstairs. Someone has once tried to break in. I would call 110 but I’m scared that if it’s ...
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In the context of jurisprudence, what is the equivalent of "Nachflucht" in English?
I came across a page on the German Wiktionary that gives information on the term "Nachflucht". The following is the definition of the term in German and English.
Rechtswissenschaft: das ...
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To whom does the German federal government pay court-issued penalty fees / fines?
In September 2024, a German court ruled that the federal government must immediately issue a plan for meeting climate targets in agriculture and forestry. In January 2025, the German NGO Deutsche ...
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Foundation of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
When did the Federal Diet (i.e. national legislature of Germany) pass the respective Federal Law and Constitutional Amendment that established the Bundesverfassungsgericht (federal constitutional ...
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What is the precise meaning of 'best tariff' in the German Telekommunikationsgesetz (TKG)?
If you as an individual customer have a contract with for example a mobile phone operator, some details of the contract are governed by the telecommunicatin law Telekommunikationsgesetz (TKG). Mobile ...
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Was there ever a Ziffer 5 of §61 StPO read around 1977, and if yes, what did it read?
In an answer by Peter, the following statement appears:
An interesting detail is that at that time (1977, probably) apparently the court could refrain from demanding an oath if the defendants agreed. ...
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What are the legal consequences of publishing in massacre denial or hate speech according to paragraph 130 (5)?
Let's say a publication, especially a German publication, makes about five or six articles, denying for example a certain massacre, like let's say the Armenian massacre?
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Copyright on photographic reproductions of old paintings
If someone makes a photographic reproduction of a painting, and the painter died a hundred years ago, what rights does the photographer have?
Generally, making a photo of something is in itself a ...
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Forward costs without taxing it?
Alice does private gigs with a crew in Germany and usually issues a "Honorar Rechnung" (fee invoice) for doing so. These are usually below the allowed amount (600-750€/year) where no tax ...
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Compensation for wrong worktime calculation
Tom works at a company in Germany. His regular work time is 8 hours daily, which is recorded via punch clock. He can collect overtime up to 40 hours and use it, for example, to leave early or to take ...
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