Our country-specific offer:
When choosing a seminar, decide on the regional breakdown by federal state. You can choose the right training for you from various clusters in order to gain an overview of the content and significance of participation rights, taking into account the specific features of each federal state.
- Involvement of the Staff Council in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Federal Government
- Involvement of the Staff Council in Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Brandenburg and the federal government
- Involvement of the Staff Council in Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Saarland and the federal government
- Involvement of the Staff Council in Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and the federal government
Contents
Correct information of the staff representatives
- Information rights, timing of information, scope of information.
Co-determination of the staff representatives
- The procedural structure of co-determination rights.
- Conciliation proceedings.
Involvement of staff representatives
- Initiation, implementation, procedure in the event of non-agreement.
Consequences of the violation of participation rights
- Collective legal options of the staff council, consequences for individual employees.
Participation in individual personnel measures
- Co-determination in recruitment and the underlying selection decision.
- Participation in grouping and regrouping as well as relocation and conversion.
- Participation rights in the case of fixed-term employment relationships.
- Possible grounds for refusal of consent.
Participation in terminations
- Participation rights in the event of ordinary and extraordinary terminations.
Participation in social matters
- Working hours and breaks, extra work and overtime, issues relating to pay, order and conduct in the office, behavior and performance reviews, workplace design, improving work performance, introducing new working methods, leave, employee training.
Participation in restructuring
- Involvement of the Staff Council in planning, changes to the department, changes to work organization, organizational and performance audits.
The right negotiation techniques and tactics based on specific case studies
Learning environment
Your benefit
- You will receive a systematic overview of the participation rights of the Staff Council from the perspective of the employer and employer.
- You will learn about typical conflict situations under staff representation law and the most important strategic options for action.
- Practical case exercises will strengthen your sense of how to communicate and negotiate effectively with the staff council.
- Using examples provided by the participants, you will train how to deal with the staff council - practical relevance is guaranteed.
Methods
Case studies and practical examples deepen the knowledge imparted in the lectures. Exchange of experience and discussion.
Recommended for
Managers, representatives or agents of the department or employer, as well as HR managers who have contact with the Staff Council and need to obtain an up-to-date overview of their rights.
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Start dates and details
Tuesday, 16.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 28.01.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.