Staff Committee
Staff councils and representatives of the severely disabled
Welcome to the website of the Staff Representation of the City of Wolfsburg
The main task of the staff councils is to represent the interests of employees vis-à-vis the administration. In particular, they perform a so-called "watchdog function". The basis for the work of staff council committees and their members is the Lower Saxony Staff Representation Act (NPersVG). In particular, the NPersVG also regulates the forms and procedures of employee co-determination. In addition, staff council committees also conclude various service agreements.
Wolfsburg has a special structure in the "staff council landscape". The individual divisions, offices and departments are bundled into so-called local offices. As a result, a total of 7 departmental staff councils have been formed. A general staff council was elected by all employees to represent the interests of the administration and its employees throughout the city.
In Lower Saxony, elections to the staff councils take place every 4 years. The most recent elections were held in April 2024.
Staff councils work very closely with the youth and trainee representatives and the representatives for severely disabled employees.
The following pages lead to the general staff council and the local departmental staff councils, as well as the youth and trainee representatives and representatives for the severely disabled.
The staff council committees in Wolfsburg mainly work together with the United Services Union ver.di. In addition, the entire board is the executive committee of the working group of staff councils and youth and trainee representatives of the cities in the state of Lower Saxony.
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Contact
City of Wolfsburg
General Staff Council (GP)
Porschestrasse 49
38440 WolfsburgChairman
Mr. Wagner
City Hall B
Room 454
Telephone: 05361 28-2384
Fax: 05361 28-2877
E-Mail: peter.wagner@stadt.wolfsburg.de
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General Representative Council for Employees with Disabilities
The General Representative Body for Severely Disabled Employees (GSV) was elected in December 2018 for the next four years by the five local representatives for severely disabled employees.
The GSV is responsible for matters relating to employees with severe disabilities that cannot be dealt with by the individual representatives for employees with severe disabilities and for overarching tasks at company level. It is also an advisory member of the ARGUS steering committee (occupational health and safety, health promotion and promotion of severely disabled employees).
The service agreement on integration has been in place at the City of Wolfsburg since 01.01.2002. It is a working instrument with goals and regulations for the integration of people with disabilities at the City of Wolfsburg. It contains the target that 6 percent of employees should be severely disabled people, and the proportion of trainees should also be 6 percent.
In 2015, the city of Wolfsburg employed an annual average of 313 severely disabled persons and persons with equivalent status. This corresponds to a mandatory employment rate of 7.71 percent.
The so-called bonus-malus regulation is a component of the integration agreement. This incentive and compensation system (internal compensatory levy based on 500 euros per month) rewards the operating units that employ a large number of severely disabled and equivalent employees. Those that do not meet the target must pay.
The service agreement also contains regulations on recruitment procedures, the disability-friendly design of workplaces, the working environment, working hours, breaks and job changes.
Since the beginning of 2006, the service agreement has been extended to include company integration management (BEM). There is an integration fund for the reintegration of employees whose performance has changed.
Since 2003, the GSV has focused more strongly on the issue of accessibility in its work as part of the "Barrier-free town hall" project and has made continuous progress.
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Contact
City of Wolfsburg
Representative body for severely disabled employees (GSV)
Porschestrasse 49
38440 WolfsburgGeneral representative
Ms. Böse
Town Hall B
Room 444
Telephone: 05361 28-2896
E-mail: sylva.boese@stadt.wolfsburg.deOffice
Town Hall B
Room 447
Telephone: 05361 28-2688
Fax: 05361 28-2877
E-mail: gsv@stadt.wolfsburg.de
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Youth and trainee representation
In addition to the staff councils and the representatives of the severely disabled, youth and trainee representatives (JAVs) are also elected. All employees under the age of 18 and employees in training (including civil servant trainees and interns employed for more than six months) are entitled to vote and can be elected up to the age of 25.
The youth and trainee representatives are not independent bodies, but are bound to the existence of a staff representation. Their tasks consist of regulating all matters concerning the trainees which are not reserved for the decision of the entire staff council. The JAV works closely with the staff council on matters concerning young people and trainees.
Representatives of the other body may attend the respective meetings in an advisory capacity. In matters concerning employees in training, the entire JAV can usually participate in the staff council meetings and has voting rights in the relevant matters. Similar to the staff meeting, the JAV must hold at least one meeting of all trainee employees every year.