Works Council Basics in English (WoCo 3): Social affairs and co-determination

Act rather than react

Our training course “Act rather than react” will provide you with basic legal knowledge about the works council's co-determination rights regarding social affairs. At the same time, it will use practical exercises to show you how the works council can best enact and enforce its rights in the workplace.

The works council cannot only react in important social matters, such as working hour regulations, holiday schedules, occupational health and safety, and company pay systems. It can also take the initiative and enforce works agreements for the employees’ benefit – and even impose them, if necessary.

This training course aims to enable you to make pro-active use of your co-determination rights and puts great emphasis on the participants' in-depth exchange of experiences.

The training course at a glance:

The works council’s rights of initiative
Co-determination rights and their limits
Consultation with experts
Concluding works agreements
Conciliation committee: Useful knowledge about jurisdiction and procedures

Zielgruppe
Works council members
Teilnahmevoraussetzungen
Attendance of the training course “Getting started …”
Freistellung
Section 37 Article 6 Works Constitution Act
Bewertung
(11 Bewertungen)
100,0 % unserer Teilnehmer*innen bewerten dieses Seminar mit „sehr gut/gut“.

Exchange of experiences regarding the work situation
Overview of the provisions on co-determination in the Works Constitution Act (German: Betriebsverfassungsgesetz, BetrVG)
Limits of co-determination in companies and explanation of terms/definitions of, among other things:

Precedence and proviso of collective agreements
Opening clauses and principle of favourability
Works council's right of initiative as a consequence of enforceable co-determination

Examples for exercising co-determination in social matters according to Section 87 Works Constitution Act (WCA), e.g.

Rules of operation of the establishment
Arrangements concerning working hours
Technical (monitoring) devices
Company pay systems

Systematic procedure in the co-determination process
Exercising co-determination and ways to enforce the works council’s rights
Information policy and cooperation with the employees
Works agreements as a result of co-determination:

Conclusion of works agreements (Section 77 WCA)
Form and content of works agreements
Termination and after-effects of works agreements
Relationship between collective agreements and works agreements
Difference between enforceable and voluntary works agreements
Regulatory agreements (definition; difference to works agreements)

Conciliation committee:

Legal provisions (Sections 76, 76a WCA)
Tasks of the conciliation committee, procedure for setting it up and principles of the conciliation proceedings (Section 76 WCA)

Principles of resolution procedures at labour court
Right to lodge complaints/grievance rights (Section 85 WCA)
Involvement of external experts (Section 80 Article 3 WCA)

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