workplace monitoring

A German labor court in Düsseldorf ruled on February 11, 2026, that an employer could not impose a blanket four-day office mandate without a concrete justification, even though German workers still have no general right to a fixed home-office quota. The decision lands at an awkward moment for...

On February 11, 2026, the Düsseldorf Labour Court invalidated an employer’s order requiring an IT employee to work in the office four days a week, finding that the company had not shown why physical presence would actually fix its alleged workflow problems. The ruling is not a German...