Structure and Mandate: Focus on Strong Representation
The local staff council consists of 9 elected members. It represents the interests of over 320 employees at all THU locations—including both salaried staff in teaching, technical, and administrative roles as well as civil servants.
- Legal Basis: Elections are held every five years in accordance with the State Employee Representation Act (LPVG). This ensures fair, legally mandated representation of all employee categories and genders.
- State-wide networking: In addition to its on-site work, the connection to the main staff council at the Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts (MWK) in Stuttgart ensures that employee interests are upheld at the state level.
Core tasks: The concrete benefits in everyday work
- Co-determination and shaping: The committee monitors compliance with laws, collective bargaining agreements, and occupational safety regulations. When it comes to hiring, job classification, work schedules, or the introduction of new IT systems, service agreements are consistently negotiated to the benefit of employees.
- Individual counseling: Employees receive reliable support regarding questions about their employment contract or when structuring their return to work within the framework of the Workplace Reintegration Management (BEM) program.
- Conflict resolution in a safe space: Employees have a safe place to turn to for help with team issues, burnout, or bullying. Important: All conversations are subject to strict legal confidentiality. No information is shared externally without explicit permission.
On-site presence: The locations
Current notices, official announcements, and information are posted in the display cases at the university’s three central locations:
- Prittwitzstraße 10 Campus (Building E, display case)
- Campus Eberhard-Finckh-Straße 11 (Building M, ground floor, display case in the library hallway)
- Campus Albert-Einstein-Allee 55 (Level 1, hallway area next to Room Q127)
