Hello
Does anyone know the law if you work for a German firm and that firm respects only the public holidays of another country. Must the firm legally give you the German public holidays off in addition or pay you instead?
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Working during a German public holiday
Holiday rights and employment law
Depends on the companies work policy. Contact your works council.
Company is too small there is no works council and the policy is that they will follow the other countries public holidays even though they are a 100% German company
Sounds very questionable.. If there is no works council (with 10 or more Employees it's required), you should talk to a lawyer that deals with work laws..
Does the company have its HQ in another country, with your office being the German office?
Does the company have its HQ in another country, with your office being the German office?
What does your contract say about this?
I work for an American firm that observes the holidays of the country where the office is located. So I get all the German holidays - paid - but not the US ones. London gets the UK ones, etc.
EDIT: I suppose you could take non-paid vacation for German legal holidays.
I work for an American firm that observes the holidays of the country where the office is located. So I get all the German holidays - paid - but not the US ones. London gets the UK ones, etc.
EDIT: I suppose you could take non-paid vacation for German legal holidays.
Company is registered in Germany?
They have to respect Germany's public holidays.
I'm similar to Sarabyrd, get the holidays of where you work.
They have to respect Germany's public holidays.
I'm similar to Sarabyrd, get the holidays of where you work.
It's a sole German owned company with its headoffice in Germany but all their customers are overseas
Tricky one if all the customers are abroad.
Legally you should be getting the German holidays.
You might try cutting a deal, say you'll work some German public holidays in return for getting those days +X off at a time of your choice.
Legally you should be getting the German holidays.
You might try cutting a deal, say you'll work some German public holidays in return for getting those days +X off at a time of your choice.
Ta Monkstown any idea where I would find the law to back this up?
play dumb. don't come in on monday and tuesday. if the boss complains, oh well. we work with americans, indians, israelis... we respect all holidays, but only get the german ones. but we cannot make meetings with any israelis on friday cause they have fridays off. and the indians we worked with asked which "german" holidays they could take off even though they're in india (cause those indians work too much, i'm glad they asked for vacation!).
the law is in the Arbeitszeitgesetz
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