Tag: works Council
Deutsche Bahn: works council fights against split plans
Hamm The employees of Deutsche Bahn (DB) are resisting new demands to separate the rail network from the state-owned company’s operations. “If the integrated group were to be split up,”…
Ex-Federal Labor Judge and IG Metall are hoping for a correction of the verdict on works council remuneration
Berlin After the sensational judgment of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on the remuneration of works councils, the first companies have reduced the salaries of employee representatives. Those affected…
Why the financial supervisory authority Bafin criticizes the IT of the insurance company
Flags of the insurance group Allianz The reorganization of the group’s internal IT could lead to conflicts with parts of the works council. (Photo: dpa) Munich The insurance group Allianz…
Financial regulator Bafin criticizes the insurance group’s IT
Flags of the insurance group Allianz The reorganization of the group’s internal IT could lead to conflicts with parts of the works council. (Photo: dpa) Munich The insurance group Allianz…
Dozens of works councils want to sue VW after the BGH ruling
Volkswagen The VW works council had announced lawsuits after the BGH ruling and spoke of a “nationwide attack on co-determination”. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf After salary cuts following a decision by…
Setting up a works council: start-ups in court
Dusseldorf, Berlin Right at the beginning of the hearing before the Berlin labor court, Judge Michael Ernst makes it clear: “This will not be a tribunal. It’s not about Flink.”…
Nestlé and Unilever raise prices – but don’t pay an inflation premium
Dusseldorf Ironically, Nestlé and Unilever: The largest and fourth-largest consumer goods group in the world have so far refused their employees an inflation premium – despite good business. “The workforce…
Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof: Employees are threatened with severe cuts
Galeria branch in Frankfurt The general works council expects a “hard and painful time” for the employees of the department store company. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Essen The period of uncertainty…
Hard cuts in VW works council salaries expected
VW skyscraper in Wolfsburg Many employee representatives at Volkswagen have to reckon with salary cuts. (Photo: imago images / regios24) Dusseldorf These are nerve-wracking days for the approximately 250 works…
Hard cuts in VW works council salaries expected
VW skyscraper in Wolfsburg Many employee representatives have to reckon with salary losses. (Photo: imago images / regios24) Dusseldorf These are nerve-wracking days for the approximately 250 works council members…
Former board members have to go to court again because of works council wages
Dusseldorf The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has lifted the acquittals for two former Volkswagen Group board members and two other former VW HR managers. The case is about possible…
Works council: Experienced and male – these are German works councils
Berlin German law gives works councils a lot of power: they help with imminent dismissals or bullying and help determine the organization of working hours, payment principles, the introduction of…
Contemplative Christmas beyond sentimental commercials – the weekly review from the editor-in-chief
Dusseldorf Dear readers, as you receive this weekly recap, the holiday season is at its peak – And this year everything is different again. If in 2020 and 2021 we…
Social partnership 1000 meters underground
DGB boss Yasmin Fahimi in the K+S potash mine A social partnership like in mining is not practiced everywhere. (Photo: DGB / HCPlambeck) Unterbreizbach, Kassel, Schmalkalden There is a hearty…
Who is affected by the end of prosperity? – The weekly review from the editor-in-chief – Morning Briefing Plus
every Friday we discuss potential cover stories in the Handelsblatt. This is usually very structured and efficient – which could be due to the fact that journalists are also happy…
Court considers VW works council election to be invalid
Daniela Cavallo Cavallo had officially stood for the first time as the top candidate for the works council at the main plant for IG Metall, which has traditionally been influential…
IG Metall representative becomes chairman of the works council
SAP headquarters The issue of payment is likely to be a key point of the new works council. (Photo: picture alliance/dpa) Dusseldorf For the first time, two union representatives head…
SAP News: IG Metall wins works council election
SAP headquarters So far, the unions have had a difficult time with the software manufacturer. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Dusseldorf The big unions have had a…
Works councils demand withdrawal from Russia
Telekom headquarters in Bonn Management and works councils are struggling to find a solution in Russia. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg Since the Putin regime’s attack on Ukraine, Deutsche Telekom has been…
VW works council elections: Daniela Cavallo defends top position
Dusseldorf Daniela Cavallo actually wanted to come to the press conference in person and announce the result of the works council election at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg. But since Friday morning…