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Unbezahlte/Unterbezahlte Mehrarbeit – Überstundenkompensation unklar
€2,500–€5,000 per wage claim (back-pay + interest + legal); typical 50-officer unit: 2-3 claims/year = €5,000–€15,000; for 1,000-officer regional command: €100,000–€300,000Unlike statutory minimum wage, German law leaves overtime compensation to contractual negotiation. Police/corrections typically use vague formulations like 'Überstunden werden wie folgt vergütet' without precise 125%/150% splits or weekend multipliers. Shift officers dispute calculations; union grievances escalate; wage litigation follows. Absence of real-time overtime limits (60h/week max per § 14 ArbZG) allows unauthorized overages that trigger wage claims + interest (5% p.a. §288 BGB).
Fehlende technische Spezifikationen für Datenminimierung und Retention
Estimated €20,000–€5,000,000. Typical manual data retention audit: 100–200 hours @ €150/hour = €15,000–€30,000 per state. Remediation (automated retention system implementation): €100,000–€500,000 per state × 9 states = €900,000–€4.5M. Penalty exposure: €5,000–€5,000,000 per state for Article 25 design-by-default violations.CJEU judgment (December 18, 2025) confirms enforcement pattern: regulators scrutinize actual system capabilities rather than accept general claims about data minimization. German authorities (June 2025) established enforcement coordination. Data Protection Board (September 2025) clarified that controllers must document technical specifications. Videomanager evidence management software (deployed with Thuringia cameras) manages retention only if configured; no evidence of automatic purge timers or technical enforcement at database layer.
Illegale Überstunden (>60h/Woche) – Arbeitsschutzverstoß & Schadensersatzrisiko
€5,000–€25,000 per labor inspection; injury claims: €50,000–€500,000+ (depending on severity); typical 200-officer unit with 6-month overage: €20,000–€100,000 aggregate exposureMany German police and corrections departments operate with chronic staffing shortages, forcing officers to work 65–70+ hours/week for months. While § 14 Abs. 1 ArbZG permits up to 10h daily (48h weekly baseline), the absolute ceiling is 60h/week averaged over 6 months. Exceeding this triggers: (a) Arbeitsschutzaufsicht fines (€5,000–€25,000 per inspection), (b) employee injury claims (worker compensation + Schmerzensgeld if overwork-related accident occurs), (c) BAG (Federal Labor Court) rulings holding agency liable for systemic violation.
DSGVO-Bußgelder für Body-Camera-Datenverarbeitung
Hard floor: €5,000–€20,000,000. Swedish precedent: €1.5 million for insufficient disclosure. GDPR Article 58 permits €20 million or 4% global annual turnover (whichever is higher) for information obligation violations. German federal police and 9 state police forces (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saxony, Thuringia) now subject to enforcement.The December 18, 2025 CJEU judgment establishes binding interpretation that body camera footage falls under GDPR Article 13 (information to be provided where data are collected from data subject). German authorities established unified fine procedures in June 2025. Swedish precedent: 16 million kronor (~€1.5 million) fine for body camera operator for GDPR violations, with 4 million kronor specifically allocated for inadequate information provision. German supervisory authorities have signaled enhanced enforcement of data protection by design and default, particularly for systems capturing facial biometric data.