Works Council Basics in English (WoCo 3): Social affairs and co-determination : Act rather than react
Seminarinhalte
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
Themenplan
- 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)
Dein gutes Recht
Mitglieder gesetzlicher Interessenvertretungen haben grundsätzlich Anspruch auf die Teilnahme an Schulungen, die für die Wahrnehmung ihrer Aufgaben erforderlich sind. Die Teilnahme erfolgt während der Arbeitszeit und ohne Minderung des Arbeitsentgelts. Die anfallenden Kosten trägt in der Regel der Arbeitgeber beziehungsweise die zuständige Dienststelle.Damit alles reibungslos abläuft, schau dir gerne unsere Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung an:
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