>Which part of Germany and which companies are these? VW currently. AFAIK ZF also announced something similar with their layoffs. >Even if there were, these p

>Which part of Germany and which companies are these? VW currently. AFAIK ZF also announced something similar with their layoffs. >Even if there were, these payments will get eaten up by taxes and will leave peanuts. Which is a German problem. The exact same goes for wages. Companies can't set taxes though. >I heard more stories of claw-backs(asking for refunds of paid salary because termination date was 7 days before the end of month or more or less…) I think it is unreasonable to expect compensation for time you weren't employed by that company.