NEU! German Works Constitution Act – Compact Course 2
Understanding and Exercising Key Participation and Co-Determination Rights
This compact seminar provides a clear overview of your participation and co-determination rights in social and economic matters — including the workplace data protection requirements you need to observe. You will learn how to exercise these rights effectively, assert them confidently and enforce them through the appropriate legal procedures when necessary.
Social matters – such as the introduction of new technologies and innovative work models –require the active participation of the works council. Your involvement in economic matters and in the design of new and existing workplaces is equally important. Solid understanding of the law is therefore essential for every works council member.
Your Participation Rights in Shaping Workplace Arrangements
- Workplace rules and employee conduct
- Holiday arrangements and scheduling – new challenges for works councils
- Occupational health and safety – including workplace integration management (BEM)
- Remuneration structures – shaping wages and salary systems
Your Participation Rights in Working Time Arrangements and New Forms of Work
- Scheduling and distribution of working time – including new recording requirements
- Overtime and short-time work – using co-determination effectively and complying with maximum working hours
- Mobile work, working from home and related models –co-determination in practical arrangements
Your Involvement in New Technologies and Data Protection
- Workplace data protection – scope and key areas
- Technical monitoring systems – a key focus of modern works council activities
- Use of artificial intelligence (AI): applications, benefits and risks
Designing Work Processes, Workplaces and the Working Environment
- Technical equipment, processes and workflows: what do these terms cover?
- The growing importance of AI in work processes and workplace design
- Making full use of information and consultation rights
Participation Rights in Economic Matters
- Operational changes under sections 111 et seq. BetrVG, e. g. the introduction of matrix structures
- Cooperation between the works council and the economic committee
- Timely and comprehensive information from the employer
- Reconciliation of interests – purpose, content and significance in implementing changes
- Social compensation plan – enforceable via the conciliation committee
Enforcing Participation Rights
- Labour court proceedings for works constitution disputes
- Conciliation committee – remit and working methods
- Rights of initiative – taking action rather than merely reacting
Diese Veranstaltung erfordert keine Vorkenntnisse
Schulungsanspruch
Dieses Seminar vermittelt in der Regel erforderliche Kenntnisse im Sinne des § 37 Abs. 6 BetrVG, soweit dieses Wissen noch nicht durch entsprechenden Seminarbesuch oder anderweitig erworben wurde.
Dieses Seminar vermittelt in der Regel für die Schwerbehindertenvertretung erforderliche Kenntnisse nach § 179 Abs. 4 SGB IX. Mehr Details zum Schulungsanspruch für Schwerbehindertenvertreter*innen.
