Fundamentals of labor and works constitution law

What you need to know!

This training is held in German.
Basic knowledge of employment law is a prerequisite for successful HR work. In this training course, you will be systematically taught the basics of employment and works constitution law up to date. The practical presentation of the topics will help you to avoid internal difficulties, lengthy labor court proceedings and expensive arbitration proceedings.

Contents

Fundamentals of labor law

  • Employment contract, company practice, overall commitment, company agreements, statutory regulations, general principle of equal treatment.

Legally compliant dealings with the works council

  • Basic principles for the organization of the works council.
  • Co-determination, participation and information rights of the works council.
  • Legal consequences in the event of non-compliance and breach of obligations under works constitution law.
  • Release of works council members.
  • Training entitlement of the works council.

Hiring new Employees correctly

  • Job advertisements, prohibitions of discrimination under the AGG, the employer's right to ask questions in the application process, personnel questionnaires, data privacy, the involvement of the works council under Section 99 BetrVG and the provisional implementation of personnel measures under Section 100 BetrVG.

Designing secure employment contracts

  • Form and content, content control of employment contracts, explanations of all standard contractual clauses.

The Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act

  • Fixed-term employment contracts with and without a material reason.
  • Control of time limits and consequences of an ineffective time limit.
  • Termination of fixed-term contracts.

Differentiation between right of direction, transfer, notice of change

Vacation and vacation planning

  • Vacation entitlement, duration and compensation, ECJ case law.

The termination of employment relationships

  • Termination agreement and settlement agreement.
  • Ordinary and extraordinary termination.
  • Form, content, receipt of the notice of termination.
  • Dismissal Protection Act.
  • Protection of special groups of people.
  • Termination for conduct including warning.
  • Dismissal for operational reasons.
  • Termination for personal reasons, in particular termination due to illness.
  • Company integration management.
  • Dismissal and works council.

Sickness and continued remuneration

  • Legal basis, guidelines on incapacity for work, employee obligations in the event of illness, evidential value of the certificate of incapacity for work, verification of incapacity for work.

Maternity protection

  • Health protection in the workplace, reporting and notification obligations, employment bans, pay protection, protection of existing employees.

Parental leave

  • Eligibility and duration, extension and reduction, sharing between parents, correct use, renewed pregnancy during parental leave, part-time work during parental leave, vacation leave, job protection.

Job reference

  • Claim, form and content.
  • Truthful and benevolent.
  • Interim certificate, interim appraisal.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

You will learn from specific practical examples,

  • which new legal regulations you must observe,
  • what design options you can use and
  • how to behave correctly towards the individual employees .

The practical presentation of the topics helps you to avoid internal difficulties, lengthy labor court proceedings and expensive arbitration proceedings.

Methods

Lectures and group discussions, exercises with practical cases.

Recommended for

Employees in the HR department and line managers who want to systematically acquire or refresh essential basic knowledge for qualified HR work.

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Attendees comments

"The training was great - hard to beat."

Angelika Blankenhagen
Royal Greenland Seafood GmbH, Wilhelmshaven

"As usual, an excellent and informative event with practical and competent speakers!"

Inga Reichhardt
Vater BankIT GmbH, Kiel

"The organization of the event was excellent and the atmosphere was very pleasant. Many examples made the whole thing even easier to understand."

Georg Peitchev
Munich International School e.V, Starnberg

"The training was very lively, a lot of interaction in the group with the speakers; very good introduction to the systematics of labor law."

Alexandra Zander
BMW AG

"Many thanks for the great training!"

Katja Weber
ABN Amro Bank N.V.

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23.06.2025
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30.06.2025
Munich
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28.07.2025
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11.08.2025
Berlin
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01.09.2025
Frankfurt a. M.
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15.09.2025
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13.10.2025
Hamburg
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Stuttgart
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01.12.2025
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Cologne
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Munich/Feldkirchen
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09.03.2026
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13.04.2026
Schoenefeld
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20.04.2026
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18.05.2026
Frankfurt a. M./Oberursel
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08.06.2026
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15.06.2026
Leipzig
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The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

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20.07.2026
Cologne
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10.08.2026
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Hamburg
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