Questions and answers about the health risks of hemp-containing foods.
Publication of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) - July 16, 2021. Since in many cases Austrian authorities also rely on assessments by German authorities and institutions, we would like to draw your attention to the publication "Questions and Answers on the Health Risks of Foods Containing Hemp" by the German BfR. The document contains many important questions. Here you can find the treated questionnaire: [...]
Eligibility Requirement for Voluntary Severance Pay in a Social Plan
OGH 29.4.2021, 9 ObA 9/21w - Entitlement Requirement of a Voluntary Severance Payment in a Social Plan. The granting of a voluntary severance payment in a social plan can be effectively made dependent on the waiver of a termination challenge. It is therefore permissible to agree in a social plan that a voluntary severance payment will only be granted to those employees who have accepted the dismissal carried out on the basis of the [...]
Prohibition of the Marketing of a Hemp Seed Oil containing cannabidiol Hemp Aroma Extract
OVG Lüneburg, decision of 4.2.2021, 13 ME 545/20 - Prohibition of the marketing of a hemp seed oil with cannabidiol-containing hemp flavor extract. "A product is not to be regarded as an "aroma" or "aroma extract" if it itself has a particular odor and/or flavor, or if it can impart or modify a particular odor and/or flavor to food. Rather, what is required is that the [...]
Labor Law UPDATES
There are some interesting decisions in the category of labor law that we do not want to withhold from you. 1. OGH, 25.2.2021, 8 ObA 2/21h - Termination agreement of an employment relationship after threat of dismissal "A termination agreement concluded under threat of dismissal is legally effective if the employer had plausible and objectively sufficient reasons for its pronouncement."