Contents
The annual special payment according to § 20 TVöD/TV-L
- Eligibility requirements
- Authorized group of persons
- Key date December 1
- Scope of claim
- Assessment rate
- Assessment basis
- Average monthly remuneration paid
- Reduction in entitlement
- Twelfth regulation
- Twelfth rule for periods with the same employer
- Twelfth rule for periods with another employer
- Consideration of periods of different pay scales
- Previous training/internship relationship
- Previous civil servant status
- Exceptions to the one-twelfth rule
- Parental leave and employment bans
- Sickness benefit allowance
- Payout
Upgrading and downgrading in accordance with § 17 TVöD/TV-L
- General information
- Upgrading by more than one pay grade
- Downgrading
- Step assignment after downgrading from individual final step
- Level assignment in the event of a higher grouping following a temporary transfer to a higher-grade job
- Start of payment in the event of upward/downward grouping
- Practical examples
Level assignment § 16 TVöD/TV-L
- Basis of grouping - overview
- Automatic tariff/process
- Relevant professional experience
- Career starters / career changers
- Same employer
- Other employer
- Seamless changeover between TVöD and TV-L
- Conducive times
- Creditable periods in the event of a (non-)harmful interruption
- Advance grant
Fixed-term employment contracts
- The unfounded fixed term § 14 para. 2, 2a, 3 TzBfG
- Fixed term with objective reason § 14 para. 1 TzBfG
- Operational need, connection training, representation, individual nature, testing, person of the employee, budget, court settlement
- Collective agreement
- Termination of effective fixed-term contracts
- Continued employment
- Audit standard
- Time limit checklist
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
- You will receive a compact and systematic overview of important labor law provisions of the TVöD/TV-L.
- Using numerous practical examples, you will learn about practicable solutions for labor and collective bargaining law problems.
Methods
Expert input, practical tips and tricks for implementing the changes in your company, open Q&A session and exchange with the experts and other participants.
Expert input, practical tips and tricks for implementing the changes in your company, open Q&A session and exchange with the experts and other participants.
Recommended for
- HR managers of public institutions and so-called users
- employees and supervisors from the Human Resources and Payroll Accounting departments with several years of professional experience who would like to acquire specialist knowledge and background knowledge in special topics for their daily work
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Start dates and details

Monday, 02.02.2026
09:00 am - 4:00 pm
Thursday, 05.02.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Monday, 06.07.2026
09:00 am - 4:30 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.