Working with the Works Council
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ausgestellt für Sherene Gonsalvez am 28.01.2026 durch die
Haufe Akademie
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- Key differences compared to common law jurisdictions
- The German corporate structure and its impact on the management function
- Key players: trade unions, works councils and employer associations
- Working with the works council on staff/HR matters
- Role of works council agreements
- Role of collective bargaining agreements
- Works council agreements
- Relationship between employment contract and works council agreement
- Collective Bargainig Agreement: Flexibility Clauses (Öffnungsklauseln)
- Ad hoc informal arrangements with works council (Regelungsabreden)
- Co-determination rights of the works council § 87 BetrVG
- Conciliation process (Einigungsstellenverfahren)
- Negotiating a social plan, balancing of interests agreement
- Outsourcing as a "change to the business" (Betriebsänderung)
- Expiry date of works council agreements