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Employers must comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and federal laws that protect applicants from unlawful discrimination when compiling background information. Most states have enacted some form of privacy legislation, most of which require notification of security breaches involving personal information. 8.1 How do employee data protection rights affect the employment relationship? Restrictive covenants

Under the Mitbestimmungsgesetz 1976, shareholders and employees elect the supervisory board in equal numbers, but the head of the supervisory board with a casting vote is a shareholder representative. However, German company law uses a split board system, in which a “supervisory board” appoints an “executive board”. In a majority of EU member states (for