We help you develop working time arrangements that offer employees predictability, protect their health and give them greater control over their time. Together, we analyse existing models, clarify your goals and draw up proposals—from shift schedules and working time accounts to mobile working and short-time work.
Working time arrangements shape everyday life in your workplace: How reliably can employees plan their work and personal commitments? Who decides how flexibility is used? And is the agreed working time sufficient to complete the tasks required? We work with you to develop your own priorities and translate them into concrete arrangements. We analyse the workplace situation, help you involve employees and prepare your negotiations on works agreements.
Assessing your situation and developing shared goals
We examine your existing working time arrangements, how they work in practice and the pressures employees face. We also consider workload, staffing levels and available capacity. Together with you, we identify the interests at stake and develop criteria for good working time arrangements. We help you draw on employees’ experiences and preferences and use these to establish shared priorities.
Designing working time models and accounts
Whether you are dealing with fixed working hours, flexitime or shift work, we examine how different models affect predictability, work-related strain and employees’ scope to organise their own time. For working time accounts, we help you develop proposals covering positive and negative balances, limits and balancing periods, and employees’ say in how their time is organised. We also address overtime, peak workloads and periods of higher or lower demand.
Supporting work–life balance and different life stages
Working time needs change throughout life. We help you develop arrangements that enable employees to combine work with family and caring responsibilities and accommodate different life stages. Options may include temporarily reduced working hours, sabbaticals or partial retirement arrangements (Altersteilzeit). Together, we examine which approaches suit your workplace and employees’ needs.
Setting clear rules for home and mobile working
Working from home and mobile working raise questions of working time, work organisation, communication and monitoring. We help you develop provisions on availability, recording working time and boundaries around working hours. We also address health and safety, data protection, equipment and costs. Together, we work towards agreements that give employees greater control over how they work and establish clear rules for working together.
Developing fair short-time work arrangements
When short-time work is proposed, safeguarding jobs and addressing the financial consequences for employees are central concerns for your council. We help you assess the company’s situation, examine alternatives and develop your requirements for an agreement. We work with you on which employees are affected, the extent, duration and distribution of short-time work, top-up payments and exemptions.
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