Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Partner Christian Schröder wrote about the impact of the German Federal Labor Court’s ruling on claims for damages related to a recruitment procedure, which found an applicant to a university position failed to establish a casual connection between being rejected for a job based on information about a non-final criminal conviction and material harm. However, the court did find the university collected the applicant’s criminal history without a legal basis under the EU General Data Protection Regulation and awarded 1,000 euros in compensation.
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