Managers in Germany’s Volkswagen Group have again failed in their attempts to force through bonus payments and salary increases by legal action, according to a ruling issued on Monday by a labour court sitting in the city of Braunschweig. The applications in two cases had been completely rejected, the court said. It had in mid-October thrown out 23 actions brought by former VW managers contesting the carmaker’s cutbacks. The managers, who are not covered by collective bargaining agreements, are demanding payment of a second tranche of an inflation compensation bonus to the amount of €1,000 ($1…