Betriebsverfassungsgesetz

About the work
This commentary offers balanced solutions to cases of conflict and enjoys uniformly broad acceptance in practice among employers, works council committees and labor courts. It is the tried and tested tool for all those who deal with the Works Constitution Act.

Advantages at a glanceFast access due to precise, practice-oriented styleBalanced solutions for conflict casesFirst-hand explanations: the team of authors has played a decisive role in shaping works constitution law in legislation and case lawalso available online (Works Council Plus module)
About the new edition
In connection with the works council elections, the new edition includesthe amended election regulationsthe increase in the threshold values for the simplified election procedurethe deletion or reduction of the requirement for supporting signaturesthe restriction of the right of challenge due to errors in the voter listthe expansion and improvement of protection against dismissal in the election contextIn conjunction with the Works Council Modernization Act of June 14, 2021, the following innovations in particular have been taken into account:new co-determination statute on mobile work (section 87 no. 14 BetrVG)Use of artificial intelligence in connection with works council rights (e.g., consultation of experts)Expansion of the tasks of the conciliation board as a mediation body in matters of company trainingNew regulations on works council meetings via video and telephone conferenceGesetz über den Stabilisierungs- and Restructuring Framework for Companies (StaRUG) and the resulting tasks for the economic committeenew catalog facts from the Supply Chain Act (economic matters)landmark ruling of the BAG on the interpretation of Sec. 611a BGB (crowdworkers as employees)effects of the GSA Fleisch under works council constitution lawconclusion of a social plan through mutual electronic signature of the same document also in electronic formquestions of data protectionthe practical effects.