Works Council Basics in English (WoCo 2): Staff policy and co-determination

People first!

The strictly practice-oriented training course “People first!” provides you with the necessary knowledge to handle staff policy matters in the best possible way and to the benefit of the employees.

“Staff policy” is the general term for an area of labour law that is often highly emotionally charged for those involved. Recruitment, transfer, wage grouping and dismissal – these are decisions that usually have a lasting impact on individual employees.

In all these cases, the works council is needed. No dismissal or recruitment can happen without the works council, and no transfer or wage grouping should proceed without its participation! To avert possible harm to the employees, every member of the works council must be familiar with the basic provisions of the Works Constitution Act regarding staff policy.

In this course, you will learn these basics in a concise and practical way.

The training course at a glance:

Legal provisions for staff matters
Recruitment, wage grouping, transfer
The works council’s enforcement options
Dismissals: The works council’s participation rights
Extraordinary dismissal in special cases
Principles of staff planning

Zielgruppe
Works council members
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen
Attendance of the training course “Getting started ...”
Freistellung
Section 37 Article 6 Works Constitution Act
Bewertung
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General staff policy: Overview of legal norms and their significance for the workplace
Participants' experiences with staff policy
Classification of staff policy in the overall context of the Works Constitution Act (German: Betriebsverfassungsgesetz, BetrVG)
Individual staff measures in the Works Constitution Act (WCA), including:

Overview of the legal provisions in the WCA
Procedures and time limits
Definition of recruitment, transfer, wage grouping (Section 99 WCA)
Temporary staff measures (Section 100 WCA)
Enforcement options for the works council (Section 101 WCA)
Legal consequences of the works council’s involvement under collective law for the individual employee

Participation of the works council in case of dismissals, including:

Introductory presentation: Basics of employment relationships under individual employment law, ways of terminating employment and reasons for dismissal
Participation of the works council in case of ordinary and extraordinary dismissals as well as dismissals with altered conditions
Procedures and deadlines
Legal consequences of the works council’s involvement under collective law for the individual employee
The works council’s right to object to dismissals (Section 102 WCA)

Examples and exercises on how to implement the works council's right to participation in staff policy
Participation rights of the works council and components of manpower planning
Staff development measures as part of manpower planning, using the example of vocational training: Overview of the legal provisions in the WCA, their operational significance and the rights of the works council

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