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Can a salary be reduced?
My company is restructuring positions and salary ranges, and they are informing people about their new salaries (sometimes 20% lower than their current salaries).
Is it legal for the employer to lower ...
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What law governs shopping carts?
The title may sound a bit funny but it is something I spent a few hours thinking about during a recent car trip :)
In my country in order to get a shopping cart, you have to insert a coin. When ...
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When has a doctor fulfilled their contractual duty
Generally when getting a service from some provider it is implied that that provider has to provide the service they ask money for. If I buy a phone and that phone is broken they have to replace or ...
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Notice period of tenant to terminate apartment
I have a apartment with fixed term. (10 month). in Contract it mentioned that,
tenant can live in current month if noticed landlort before 15th of
each month. In this case no metter when tenant leave ...
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(Germany) Does a follow-up lease contract completely supersede the old one?
In the last three years or so I had to sign a new lease contract for the same place three times:
At the very beginning of the lease
When my girlfriend moved in
When I had to get an extension for 3 ...
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Is it considered a breach of confidentiality if data is uploaded to a website which only makes that data available to the uploader?
I'm a developer working at a company that handles sensitive banking information and recently, I've had troubles organising my code and thus posted it in a private repository on Github, which only I ...
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Can I sign a new contract before resigning from a job that has not yet started
I have accepted an offer and signed a contract that starts next month (from August).
However, now, I have a new job offer that I prefer. I would like to accept it and sign a contract for this new ...
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Living and working in Turkey and working remotely for a University in Germany
I'm an EU citizen, living and working full time in Turkey. Now, there is a possibility that I could also work remotely for a University in Germany. My question is: Should I pay taxes in Germany for my ...
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Meaning of "following the end of the month after next" on room contract?
My landlord has provided the following information to terminate the contract period on their website (under Accommodation FAQs at the bottom):
What are the notice periods?
As an exception, the ...
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Should I work more than the mentioned working days in my job contract?
I am working in German company and my job contract states following:
Der Arbeitnehmer erhält für die unter vorstehend Ziff. II. näher bezeichnete Tätigkeit ein Bruttogehalt in Höhe von X Euro bei 21 ...
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Do tenant need to sign damage documents after leaving their rented appartment?
when my landlord checked my room on my leaving day he claimed that my room wasn't clean (for example the mattress under the cover were dirty with black spots on them).
but the thing is they were ...
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Can a fitness studio extend a cancelled contract because of lockdown?
I cancelled my contract with a fitness studio in summer 2020. The 6 month cancellation period was due to end in March 2021.
In Germany, fitness studios had to close in November 20 because of Corona. ...
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Is a contract allowed to have illegal / unenforceable clauses?
My understand of contract law in general, is that an illegal or unenforceable clause does not render the whole contract void, but rather that specific clause is essentially stricken out, as if it did ...
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What if I don't pay the deposit of a rental contract?
Here is the situation:
I've just moved to a new flat in Germany, and my contract states that I need to pay a certain amount of deposit to my landlord. However, I really didn't like the flat from the ...
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Is an email legally binding for booking an apartment in Germany?
I am a visiting scientist in Heidelberg, Germany. I was unsuccessful in my search for a private apartment in town so I made a reservation request with the University guest house. They sent me a ...
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