Works council elections: Simplified procedure – Electoral board training (two-day course): Basics and practical exercises
Seminarinhalte
Works council elections are prepared and conducted by an electoral board. In the so-called simplified election procedure, there are numerous rules and deadlines to be observed. The success of the election depends on precise compliance with the procedural and formal requirements.
This two-day training course will assist electoral board members in preparing for their duties. The course focuses on the statutory provisions of the Works Constitution Act and the Electoral Code, as well as questions of their practical implementation in the company. Participants will have time to practice each step during this two-day course.
After several years between elections, even “seasoned” electoral board members should brush up on their knowledge of recent labour court decisions and the provisions of the Works Constitution Act and the Electoral Code to avoid making mistakes.
Visit our special website for works council elections: www.verdi-bub.de/brwahl. There you will find the latest information, hints and tips, such as election regulations, a summary of court rulings, and answers to frequently asked questions.
- Electoral board: rights and obligations, election protection, election costs
- Basic concepts and principles of works council elections (definition of employee, definition of works council, definition of company)
- Employees eligible to vote and employees eligible to stand for election (determination and definition)
- Composition of the works council, including determination of the number of works council members to be elected and composition by gender, organisational areas and types of employment (§ 15 BetrVG)
- Preparatory measures by the electoral board (deadlines, election notice, submission of nominations)
- Conducting the election: Organisational issues, requirements and procedures for postal voting, conducting the vote (election principles: secret and direct election) and subsequent postal voting
- Post-election measures, including determination of the elected works council members, announcement of the election results, invitation to the inaugural meeting of the newly elected works council
- Election contestation and declaration of nullity (legal basis, requirements and current case law)
Themenplan
- The electoral board in the simplified election procedure (rights and obligations, protection of the election, costs of the election)
- Basic terms and basic principles of works council elections (definitions of employees, establishment, enterprise)
- Composition of the works council:
- Eligible voters and eligible candidates
- Number of works council members to be elected
- Composition according to gender, organisational units and mode of employment (Section 15 Works Constitution Act)
- Preparing for the election:
- Deadlines
- Election declaration
- Submission of nomination lists
- Organisational matters
- Holding the election:
- Electing the works council by secret and direct ballot
- The voting process (election principles: secret and direct ballot)
- Postal voting
- Follow-up to the election:
- Procedure of counting the votes
- Determining the elected candidates
- Announcing the election result
- Contesting the election according to Section 19 Works Constitution Act and voidness of the election
- Invitation to the inaugural meeting
- Practical implementation and first steps to initiate the election
Dein gutes Recht
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