Staff Council for Scientific and Artistic Employees
Are you an employee in technology or administration? Click here to go to the pages of the Staff Council for employees in technology and administration.
Wir sind für Sie da
Liebe Kolleg:innen,
schön, dass Sie zu uns gefunden haben! Auf diesen Seiten möchten wir uns vorstellen. Unsere Hauptaufgabe als Personalrat ist, über die Einhaltung der Rechte der Beschäftigten durch die Dienststelle (und damit auch die Vorgesetzten) zu wachen und sie ggf. durchzusetzen. Nähere Informationen finden Sie im nächsten Abschnitt und in den FAQs weiter unten auf der Seite.
Für uns steht über allem: Haben Sie ein Anliegen, zögern Sie nicht uns anzusprechen. Wir sind für Sie da. Vertraulich und diskret.
Wir möchten Ihnen hier Gelegenheit geben sich über uns und unsere Aufgaben zu informieren. Unser festes Gremium besteht aus 11 Personen. Ergänzt werden wir durch die „Ersatzmitglieder“, welche natürlich ebenfalls Ansprechpersonen für Sie sind. Wir sind immer bemüht Mitglieder aus allen (Fach-)Bereichen der Hochschule zu gewinnen, sodass wir einen Einblick und eine schnelle Rückmeldung von möglichst vielen Bereichen erhalten.
Ihr "PRwiss"
FH Aachen | Arnd Gottschalk
The tasks of the Staff Council
The Staff Council is there to represent employees vis-à-vis the department and to ensure that their rights are respected. Basically, anyone who has a concern can contact us at any time!
The legally defined tasks include, above all, participation in
- Job advertisements
- Recruitment procedures
- Classification, change of pay grade
- Continued employment (e.g. after expiry of a fixed-term contract)
- Change in the assigned activity
- Dismissal, warning, cancellation agreements
- Rejection of an application for leave or part-time employment
- Change of place of employment
- Ordering overtime and extra work
- Preparation of service agreements
- Occupational health and safety and fire protection
- Planning new buildings, conversions and extensions
- Basic personnel planning, guidelines for staff selection
- General working time regulations
- Introduction of new technology/software (see Sections 46-47, 64, 65a, 72-75 LPVG NRW)
It is particularly committed to the integration and professional development of severely disabled people and to equal rights for men and women.
The Staff Council organises a staff meeting once per calendar year. There it reports on its activities in the previous months. Participation in the staff meeting is voluntary and is counted as working time.
FAQs - Häufig gestellte Fragen
Was ist eigentlich der „Personalrat“?
Der Personalrat ist eine Interessenvertretung der Beschäftigten der FH Aachen. Beschäftigte sind grundsätzlich alle Mitarbeitenden, Lehrbeauftragten und wissenschaftlichen Hilfskräfte. Ausgenommen ist die Gruppe der Professor:innen.
Wer ist im wissenschaftlichen Personalrat?
Who is on the Scientific Staff Council?
The Staff Council for Scientific and Artistic Employees (PRwiss) currently consists of 11 permanent members and also has 18 substitute members. You can find a list and contact details here.
Warum hat die Hochschule zwei verschiedene Personalräte?
Why does the university have two different Staff Councils?
It is regulated by law (§§ 104 f LPVG NRW) that, in addition to the Staff Council for Technical and Administrative Employees, there is also a Staff Council for Scientific and Artistic Employees. This Staff Council also represents Lecturers, research assistants and teaching staff. Teachers for Special Tasks.
Welcher Personalrat ist für mich zuständig?
Lt. Hochschulgesetz (§ 45 Abs. 1 HG) ist wissenschaftliche:r Beschäftigte:r, wer
- einem Fachbereich, einer wissenschaftlichen Einrichtung oder einer Betriebseinheit zugeordnet ist und
- prägend wissenschaftlich (d. h. in Forschung und/oder Lehre) arbeitet.
An der FH Aachen gelten als prägend und wissenschaftlich:
- Mehr als 50 % Tätigkeiten in der Lehre (typischerweise Laboringenieur:innen) und/oder
- Mind. 25 % Tätigkeiten in Forschungsaufgaben und/oder
- Mind. 2 SWS selbstständige Lehre
Ausschlaggebend hierfür ist die aktuell gültige Stellenbeschreibung (früher: TD). Der PRwiss empfiehlt, die aktuelle Stellenbeschreibung auf Aktualität zu prüfen und ggf. gemeinsam mit der zuständigen Führungskraft und dem Personaldezernat anzupassen. Wichtig: Die Änderung der Statusgruppe hat keine Änderung der Entgeltgruppe zur Folge. Diese gründet sich ausschließlich auf den übertragenen Aufgaben!
| MA in der Zentralverwaltung/in einem Dezernat | PR TuV |
| MA in FB, GZ, ZHQ, FI, SIJ, Bibliothek oder DVZ ohne Studienabschluss | PR TuV |
| MA in FB, GZ, ZHQ, FI, SIJ, Bibliothek oder DVZ mit Studienabschluss und ohne prägend wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit (Kriterien s. o.) | PR TuV |
| MA in FB, GZ, ZHQ, FI, SIJ, Bibliothek oder DVZ mit Studienabschluss und mit prägend wissenschaftliche Tätigkeit (Kriterien s. o.) | PRwiss |
| Lehrbeauftragte:r | PRwiss |
| WHK | PRwiss |
Werden studentische Hilfskräfte auch durch den Personalrat vertreten?
Are Student Assistants also represented by the Staff Council?
No, the Higher Education Act does not provide for this. The SHK Representative Office represents SHK vis-à-vis the department. It can be contacted at the following email address: shk-vertretungfh-aachen.de
Sind Personalrat und Personaldezernat das Gleiche?
Are Staff Council and Personnel Department the same thing?
No! The Human Resources Department is a Division in the administration of the UAS and handles your personal and contractual matters to the extent necessary for your work here. The Staff Council represents you and your affairs vis-à-vis the employer (FH), both your personal affairs and those of the group of employees in general.
However, we do have some points of intersection, as we have to be involved by the HR department, e.g. in recruitment and contract renewals, to ensure that your legal rights are respected.
Wie kann ich Sie am besten erreichen?
What is the best way to contact you?
You can find the members of our committee here under Contact. You can contact any member and, if necessary, we will direct you to the person who can best help you.
If you are unsure, you are welcome to use the function addresses:
- personalrat.wissfh-aachen.de for PRwiss
- personalrat.tuvfh-aachen.de for the PR TuV or
- personalratfh-aachen.de if you are unsure who you belong to. You can reach both Executive Boards of the committees here.
Welche Aufgaben haben Sie eigentlich?
What tasks do you actually have?
We represent the interests of employees at the UAS internally vis-à-vis the department (UAS). Our legal basis is the LPVG NRW(to the legal text LPVG NRW) and we are comparable to a works council in the private sector.
Do you have any questions about your working time regulations? Or have you noticed something that you would like to discuss internally with someone who has your rights and interests in mind?
The interests of employees within the scope of the employment relationship are our responsibility. And don't worry: we are obliged to maintain confidentiality as part of our staff council work and, depending on the problem, we can also take action as a committee to resolve it.
General tasks of the Staff Council in the law
The general tasks of the Staff Council are regulated in Section 64 LPVG NRW:
"The Staff Council has the following general tasks:
1. to apply for measures which serve the department, its members or the promotion of the common good within the framework of the department's task fulfilment,
2. to ensure that the laws, regulations, collective agreements, service agreements and administrative orders applicable in favour of the employees are implemented,
3. to advocate the protection of employees' freedom of association,
4. to pay attention to the prevention of accident and health hazards, to support the bodies responsible for occupational health and safety by providing suggestions, advice and information and to advocate the implementation of health-promoting measures and occupational health and safety,
5. to receive suggestions and complaints from employees and, if they appear justified, to work towards their resolution by negotiating with the department,
6. to promote the integration and professional development of severely disabled employees and other vulnerable persons, in particular older persons,
7. to apply for measures to promote the professional development of severely disabled employees,
8. to participate in the development of the intercultural opening of the administration and to promote the integration of employees with a migration background into the department as well as understanding between employees of different origins,
9. to work closely with the youth and trainee representatives to promote the interests of the employees they represent,
10. to promote the realisation of the fundamental right of equal rights for women and men,
11. to encourage measures that serve to protect the environment in the department."
Collective agreement of the federal states (TV-L)
The ABC of the TV-L
In the ABC of the TV-L, the GEW explains the most important terms of the collective agreement briefly and clearly and answers frequently asked questions from employees. Sorted alphabetically by keyword, it is a practical reference work. The online version largely corresponds to the 3rd edition from 2009. Click here for the most important terms.
The pay tables of the TV-L
The current TV-L pay scales apply to FH Aachen employees. These can be found at the LBV, the State Office for Salaries and Pensions. Click here for the salary tables.
The NRW salary tables
The salary tables in NRW apply to civil servants at FH Aachen. These can also be found at the LBV. Click here for the salary tables.