Germany: labor court grants works council full access to recruitment software

A ruling by the Cologne Regional Labor Court has upheld a decision handed down in the first instance court against a company which believed it had informed its works council, and in full compliance with legal provisions, about a recruitment procedure that was being supported by specialized software. The judges in the second instance court considered that the software provides new opportunities for comments and exchanges within the recruitment teams, and as such can also comprise important elements that should be provided to the works council.