Employees’ Rights to Time Off for Job Interviews When Employment Contracts Expire

Employees’ Rights to Time Off for Job Interviews When Employment Contracts Expire

As the end of a fixed-term employment relationship approaches, employees often have numerous appointments to make. After all, they have to look for a new job and have to have discussions with the employment office or job interviews. But when is the time for this if employees have to continue working? Does your employer have … Read more

Know Your Rights: Christmas Gift Returns and Exchanges Explained

Know Your Rights: Christmas Gift Returns and Exchanges Explained

Were the Christmas presents not a hit this year? Then it makes sense to want to bring back what you bought and exchange it for something suitable. However, it is often not that simple. “It is a widespread misconception that you can easily return defective goods,” says Olesja Jäger from the Hesse Consumer Center. Especially … Read more

Berlin Court Rules Leaving Accident Scene Not Necessarily Fraudulent: Burden of Proof Lies with Insurer

Berlin Court Rules Leaving Accident Scene Not Necessarily Fraudulent: Burden of Proof Lies with Insurer

Anyone who leaves the scene of an accident without permission is not automatically committing a fraudulent breach of duty towards their motor vehicle insurance company. It depends on the individual case – and the burden of proof lies with the insurer. This is shown by a decision (ref.: 46 S 58/22) of the Berlin Regional … Read more

Is Legal Protection Insurance Worth It? What You Need to Know Before Signing a Contract

Is Legal Protection Insurance Worth It? What You Need to Know Before Signing a Contract

With legal protection insurance you always have an ace up your sleeve in legal disputes? That’s what many people probably want. But the policy is by no means an “all-round, worry-free package” for everything that has anything to do with a lawyer or court, says Claudia Frenz from the Association of Insured Persons (BdV). But … Read more

Navigating Personal Insolvency: Understanding the Process and Seeking Help Early

Navigating Personal Insolvency: Understanding the Process and Seeking Help Early

Illness, unemployment, divorce: There are many reasons why your own financial situation can suddenly change rapidly. Anyone who can no longer pay their bills is effectively over-indebted. Many people have settled into this situation. Some of them live with seizure protection accounts and visits from bailiffs until the end of their lives. Personal bankruptcy proceedings … Read more

Increasing risk of corruption in sports through betting

Vienna (dpa) – Due to the growing importance of betting, sport is more exposed than ever to the risk of manipulation, according to the United Nations. There are national and international networks “to manipulate competitions through bribery, coercion and threats to referees, players and club officials”, according to a study by the United Nations Office … Read more

The “Graz’n Nanni” from Schleching is 99 years old today

Nanni is mentally and physically incredibly fit, only her eyes have been bothering her for years. She is now almost blind, but still does her own housework, sometimes going shopping and going to church when accompanied. Her three grandchildren, including the Schlechingen local councilor Felix Laubhuber, and five great-grandchildren often visit grandma and great-grandchildren to … Read more

With music through the crisis

To do this, the experts questioned thousands of people from several countries during the first lockdown in the Corona crisis. Over half of people said they use music to better manage stress. advertisement — The researchers report: If you felt anxious and sad, listening to music helped you deal with these feelings. If you were … Read more

“Macbeth” film with Frances McDormand opens film festival

Los Angeles / New York (AP) – A remake of the Shakespeare classic “Macbeth” with the top-class Oscar winners Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”) and Denzel Washington (“Training Day”) will celebrate its world premiere in New York. display — According to the organizers, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is the opening film at the New York Film Festival … Read more

Suns defeat Clippers 130: 103 and are in finals

The Suns have never been champions in the best basketball league in the world and last played for the title in the 1992/1993 season. The Clippers still have to wait for their first participation in the finals. For the championship, the Suns play against either the Milwaukee Bucks or the Atlanta Hawks. display — The … Read more