Volkswagen AG was ordered to re-hire an engineer fired amid the carmaker’s diesel scandal and told it cannot make her pay for some of the massive costs it incurred from the crisis.
The 52-year-old manager won her job back even though she worked on the controversial software used to cheat emission tests and later took part in destroying evidence, the Braunschweig labor court said in an emailed statement. While VW waited until 2018 before firing her, the company’s leadership already discussed her role in 2015 and in 2017 even gave her a promotion. Such a U-turn wasn’t fair, the court ...
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