New work meets traditional labor law

New Work and Labor Law - Introduction

• Requirements of "employees" and "employers" in the modern working world.
• Definition: New Work, Work 4.0 & Co.
• Flexible working environments and agile management tools.
• Possibilities, limits and co-determination under current law - an area of conflict.

Flexible working environment

• Home Office, Mobile Work, Open Office & Shared Desk models.
• Working in spatially, temporally and organizationally decoupled structures.
• Occupational health and safety, accident insurance cover.
• Rest periods, maximum working hours, working time recording.
• Co-determination rights of the works council.
• data privacy.

Flexible working time models

• New working time models.
• Flexible Work" company agreement.
• Working time accounts.
• Lifetime working time accounts.
• Sabbatical.

Leadership in agile structures

• Self-organized teams, temporary management & new working methods (such as SCRUM).
• Scope of the right of direction & "agile transfer clause".
• Transfer of instruction rights.
• Temporary working conditions/promotions.
• Team bonuses.
• New leadership behavior in a changed working world
• Hybrid leadership vs. classic leadership
• Co-determination rights of the works council according to § 111 and § 99 BetrVG.
• Company agreement "Agile working".

Agile Transformation - Case Study

• From the existing to the new world of work.
• Full vs. partial transformation.
• Lessons learned.

Use of external personnel in the new world of work

• Temporary employment.
• Contracts for work and services.
• Freelancer.