TVöD/TV-L for newcomers

Scope and structure of the TVöD/TV-L

• Differentiation of the employment contract from other forms of contract and bogus self-employment.
• Normative and contractual collective bargaining agreements.
• Economy rates in TVöD, special regulations in TV-L.
• Special features for marginal employees and executive employees.

Before hiring

• General Equal Treatment Act.
• Rights of severely disabled people in the recruitment process.

Drafting employment contracts correctly

• Subsidiary agreements.
• Voluntary and revocation reservations.
• Claims arising from company practice?

Effective limitation of employment relationships

• Written form requirement.
• Types of time limit.
• Legal consequences of formal errors.
• Special features of collective agreements.

General working conditions in TVöD/TV-L

• Secondary employment, liability, medical examination, duty of confidentiality, prohibited acceptance of gifts.

Right of the:employer:to issue instructions

Redeployment, transfer, secondment, provision of personnel

Flexible working hours

• Definition of working time and obligation to record working time.
• Special forms of work.
• Remuneration for special forms of work.

Effective personnel management

• Illness and certificate of incapacity for work.
• Vacation - creation and decay.
• Special leave.
• Time off work.

Overview of the current collective bargaining rounds (2023/2024) in TVöD and TV-L

Correct grouping and regrouping

• New pay scale in the VKA area since 01.01.2017. Organization, structure and implementation.
• New pay scale in the TV-L since 01.01.2012.
• The new pay scale in TVöD/Bund since 01.01.2014.
• Principle of automatic collective bargaining, evaluation procedure, basic principles of classification law.
• Classification in EG 1.
• Classification for social and educational services and the care sector.
• Scope for direct prior service in the public sector.

Correct step allocation and step duration

• Recognition of relevant or beneficial previous periods; advance granting of steps.
• Legally compliant design of the labor market allowance and IT specialist allowance.
• Crediting of "surplus" step time? Performance-oriented design of step advancement. Effects of interruption periods on the step duration.
• Current case law on step allocation and step duration.

Upgrading/downgrading

Other remuneration components

• Allowances, bonuses, standby duty, on-call duty, continued payment of wages in the event of vacation and illness. 

Special annual payment

• Entitlement requirements and assessment basis, twelfths.

Performance-related pay in the TVöD

Grandfathered bonuses and protection of legitimate expectations for transferred employees

• Remuneration group bonus, child-related vested rights, structural compensation.

Termination of the employment relationship

• Retirement due to age limit, reduced earning capacity, termination agreement.
• Termination due to illness, poor performance.
• Dismissal for operational reasons, correct social selection, statutory entitlement to severance pay.

Overview of the correct involvement of the works/staff council