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Staff Council for Scientific and Artistic Employees

We are here for you.

Dear colleagues,

Thank you for finding us! On these pages we would like to introduce ourselves and give you the opportunity to find out about our tasks. Our permanent committee consists of 11 people. We are complemented by the "substitute members", who are of course also your contact persons. We always endeavour to recruit members from all (specialist) areas of the university so that we can gain an insight and quick re-registration from as many areas as possible.

The main task of the Staff Council is to ensure that employees' rights are observed by the department (and thus also by their superiors) and to enforce them if necessary. You will find more detailed information in the next section.

For us, the most important thing is: If you have a concern, do not hesitate to contact us. We are here for you. Confidentially and discreetly.

Your "PRwiss"

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.

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.