Study title

Description of company and characterization of the job of the works council from the view of works council members. Topics: 1. general company information: structure of the company (concern affiliation, independence, owner company); company age; existence of quality circles; profit-center organization of company; proportion of trainees and proportion of employees; proportion of skilled workers; individual trade unions represented in the company; degree of trade union organization in the company; union wage agreement binding for the company. 2. technology and work organization: existence of a production area and work areas separated from each other; individual production or mass production in the company; company technologically equiped with NC or CNC machines; organization of the company in teams; characterization of cooperation of company management and teams; co-determination beyond that compulsory or in the wage agreement; judgement on cooperation with company management in technical and organizational changes; judgement on information exchange with company management. 3. working hours: existence of regular overtime at work; pay or time off for overtime; establishing of divergence from core working hours by employees or company management; time period for leisure time compensation; company agreement about model of working hours; employment guarantee with introduction of models of working hours. 4. works council: age of works council in company; number of works council members and proportion of union members; works council chairman and further works council members released from work duties; weekly effort of works council members not released; personnel changes in the works council in recent time; participation of employees in the last works council election; most important topics of the works council in the last few months; technical and personnel equipment of the works council; regular company assemblies at work; existence of economic committee and company...