@Ms Immanuel
Honduran expat in Germany
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Honduran
Speaks English.
Registration: 27 April 2013
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50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
Sorry, Tom, but unlike USA there is no mass-action suit in Germany. If you sue, you sue on your own (even if others sue the same employer for the same issue). Other than that, your reply is an excellent description of the situation in reality. The ... Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
Beppi covered the legalities well. There are some good laws to protect workers in Germany but the enforcement of such laws is not dependable. Sometimes there are loopholes and tricks or simply bad employers who make a business model out of misusing ... Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
The explanation is very clear. Thank you very much for your kindly help. I will tell my colleague all the above-mentioned information because it will save his ass. And it explains everything - 9.9 out of 10 people who had worked in this company ... Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
So I think he'd better get back his 20 mins break each working day because it's very probably this matter has never been mentioned in his contract. Now I know better how to bargain with my boss. Thank you very much! Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
One other point; it's down to the Boss to decide if he/she uses any non-working time to offset the Directive, the worker can not stop them doing it. ==> OMG XD Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
He told me his job title in his contract was Lagerist (storekeeper??). However, I can see that he does many tasks other than the jobs of a storekeeper. He needs to do the delivery together with the driver as well. The mother of the boss called him ... Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal? by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ...
Thank you very much for your fast and helpful reply, Cynic. The job title of my colleague is "Lagerist". Is he so-called "a mobile worker"? If yes, I must be careful of what title the boss will give me....thank you very much ^^ Read More
50 working hours per week. Is it legal?
Hi everybody, My full-time colleague works 8.5 hours five days + 7.5 hours one day per week. It's totally 50 hours working hours per week. He has only 5 minutes break every working day. I told him it might be illegal because the maximum hours ... Read More
Questions about Rehabilitation Services in Stuttgart by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, I have received a letter from Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit). In short it requires me to apply for the rehabilitation services and if I do not cooperate(mitwirken), it will reject my application for the benefits. Of ...
Yes, you're right. And I will try to ask my doctor in the next appointment. Thank you very much! Read More
Questions about Rehabilitation Services in Stuttgart by Ms Immanuel
Hi everybody, I have received a letter from Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit). In short it requires me to apply for the rehabilitation services and if I do not cooperate(mitwirken), it will reject my application for the benefits. Of ...
Hello beppi, Thank you very much for your lovely reply. I really need somebody to help me, thank you. I have not being contacted by any rehabilitation provider or pension insurance yet. It is just my worry that I will be "advised" to ... Read More
Questions about Rehabilitation Services in Stuttgart
Hi everybody, I have received a letter from Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit). In short it requires me to apply for the rehabilitation services and if I do not cooperate(mitwirken), it will reject my application for the benefits. Of ... Read More
Sick pay after 78 weeks (Knowledge of health insurance) by Ms Immanuel
"You receive sick pay (from the health insurance company) until the end of the medically certified period of unfitness for work. But for the same illness, the sick pay is paid out for a maximum of 78 weeks over a period of three years. At the ...
Again, thank you very much for your valuable information and advice! Thank you! :heart: Read More
Sick pay after 78 weeks (Knowledge of health insurance) by Ms Immanuel
"You receive sick pay (from the health insurance company) until the end of the medically certified period of unfitness for work. But for the same illness, the sick pay is paid out for a maximum of 78 weeks over a period of three years. At the ...
Thank you very much for your kindly reply, beppi. Before I go to my insurer, I'd like to ask you one more question. But first of all, here is my case. 1) Yes. I am still employed. 2) Yes. My doctor keeps giving me sick notes. 3) Now it's ... Read More
Sick pay after 78 weeks (Knowledge of health insurance)
"You receive sick pay (from the health insurance company) until the end of the medically certified period of unfitness for work. But for the same illness, the sick pay is paid out for a maximum of 78 weeks over a period of three years. At the ... Read More
Absence from work due to transport strike (legal questions) by Ms Immanuel
Hello, I will move and live quite far away from my workplace. I have not car. I would like to ask 1) if I tell my boss I cannot go to work due to the transport strike, can he make a deduction from my salary? 2) if I tell him I will be late for a ...
Wow, thank you very much for all of you! Read More