2013/36 A fixed term employment contract cannot be challenged where pregnancy was not disclosed in the application procedure (GE)
If pregnancy is not disclosed during the application procedure, the employment contract cannot be challenged even though the applicant is not able to render services because of the pregnancy for a significant time period. The Regional Labour Court of Cologne, as the appellate court gives its first statement on this situation and extends the case law of the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, the ‘BAG’).
Landesarbeitsgericht Köln (Labour Court of Appeal, Cologne), 2012-10-11