Overview
- The Einigungsstelle approved a settlement with the works council that formally ends the months-long Berlin labor conflict.
- Around 150 trust-and-safety roles will be cut, chiefly from content moderation teams in the capital.
- The plan sets a minimum severance of €17,000 that increases with tenure, plus €3,000 per child and €5,000 for employees with severe disabilities.
- Employees who forgo wrongful-termination claims will receive an additional payment, and notice periods were extended for staff whose residence permits depend on their contracts.
- Termination letters went out last week, according to ver.di, which criticized the terms as below its demands, while TikTok says AI will support rather than replace human moderators under Project Beam.