Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Employment Germany has posted a new item, 'Holiday and Christmas Bonus - No
Crediting against Minimum Wage Entitlement'

On 2 October 2015 the Higher Court of Berlin-Brandenburg (Landesarbeitsgericht
Berlin-Brandenburg) decided that an employer must not credit the employee´s
entitlement to holiday and Christmas bonus against the obligation to meet the
legal requirements of the Minimum Wage Act (docket number: 9 Sa 570/15).

Since the Minimum Wage Act (Mindestlohngesetz) became effective of 1 January
2015 [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://blogs.dlapiper.com/employmentgermany/2015/10/22/holiday-and-christmas-bonus-no-crediting-against-minimum-wage-entitlement/