Measures subject to employee participation

The staff council has a right to co-determination regarding personnel, organizational, social, and other internal measures.
The decision must be communicated to the agency within two weeks.

Measures subject to co-determination include, in particular:

• Hiring
• Terminations
• promotions
• Pay grade classifications
• Rejection of requests to participate in telework or mobile work
• Waiver of competitive selection
• Conclusion and amendment of employment agreements
• Duration, start, and end of the daily workday, including breaks
• Assignment of additional work and overtime
• Assignment of on-call duty
• Appointment of company physicians, safety officers, first-aid officers, etc.
• Organizational charts and changes thereto
• Regulations governing order in the workplace and the conduct of employees
• Determination of the content of performance evaluation guidelines
• Introduction, significant expansion, and use of technical devices designed to monitor employees’ behavior or performance

This list is not exhaustive; it is intended only to provide an overview of the extensive rights of employee participation.