Claudiu Bender stood up for his colleagues for ten years. Now he is supposed to pay back 112,000 euros to the company. Since a BGH ruling, it has been unclear how exempt works council members should be paid.
Claudiu Bender is supposed to pay back almost 112,000 euros if his employer has his way. Money he received as wages. Bender looks ahead, not once averting his gaze from the wooden podium behind which the judge is reading out the complaint. 112,000 euros. The demands have barely let him sleep for weeks.