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bleistift2@feddit.de 6 months agoAre there any rights you think should supersede contracts? If so, how do you draw the line between rights that do and don’t?
(I’ll answer your question in a comment side-chain, just because you asked.)
Germans have the right to continued wage payments if they need to take care of family members (§616 BGB). However, that right can be voided in the employment contract.
(§618 BGB) essentially states that the work environment must be reasonably safe. This cannot be voided by contract, as is codified in (§619 BGB).
These are just instances. I do not know any general rules for the precedence of contracts over the law or vice versa.
HauntedCupcake@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Sorry, but why do you think that (§616 BGB) should be able to be voided by an employment contract?
bleistift2@feddit.de 6 months ago
I’m not sure which meaning of ‘should be voided’ you’re using. Do you mean ‘Why do think it’s legal to void it’ or ‘Why do you think it’s legitimate to be able to void it’?
In the first case: My employment contract does exactly this. It’s become kind of a default clause in contracts.
In the second case: I didn’t say I thought it legitimate, and I don’t have a strong opinion on this.