The existing employment law does not aim to protect Jewish employees; therefore dismissed Jewish employees, bringing action against employers, cannot claim protection under the law, today’s Juristisches Wochenblatt, published by Minister of Justice Frank, declared. The statement was issued in order to clarify the confusion existing in the courts as to whether Jewish employees could be dismissed without any notice, the paper declared.
Although after the order issued on May 15, Jewish employees could not be dismissed without notice, a difference should nevertheless be made by the courts, Minister Frank’s paper stated, between Jewish employers and Aryan employers. The latter are entitled to dismiss their Jewish employees, if the Aryan employees demand the dismissals or if customers boycott the firm for employing Jews.
Generally, the paper explains, the anti-Jewish boycott justifies the dismissal of Jews without notice and without compensation. But Jewish firms are not entitled to dismiss their Jewish employees without notice on the excuse of the boycott and must pay the dismissed employees compensation.
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