Federal Employers' Association for Glass and Solar
| Federal Employers' Association Glass and Solar eV | |
|---|---|
| legal form | society |
| founding | 1946 |
| Seat | Munich |
| management | Hans-Peter Langer |
| Branch | Glass and solar industry |
| Website | www.bagv.de |
The Federal Employers' Association Glass and Solar e. V. (BAGV GLAS + SOLAR) based in Munich is the professional association for the German glass and solar industry. It is responsible for safeguarding, promoting and representing the interests of its members with regard to their socio-political , collective bargaining and labor law issues.
history
Founded in Munich in 1946 under the name "Association of the Glass Industry in Bavaria". In 1947 the association acquired tariff capacity and expanded its activities to the entire federal territory, whereupon the addition “in Bavaria” was deleted. With the reunification of Germany, almost all companies in the glass industry in the new federal states applied for membership in the association at the beginning of 1991. Until June 2010 the Association of Employers' Association of the German Glass Industry was called. V.
Since 2005 , organizations related to the glass industry such as company health insurance funds, glass technical schools and other associations have also been able to join the association . In 2008, another main group, Solar, was created. The association has taken this development into account with its current name “Bundesarbeitgeberverband Glas und Solar eV”, or BAGV GLAS + SOLAR for short.
The association has enabled membership without collective bargaining coverage since 2011. In October 2015, the association had 127 members.
organization
According to the articles of association, the member companies are assigned to five main groups:
A: Members with collective bargaining agreements
- I. Hollow glass production including refining and processing
- II. Flat glass and fiberglass production
- III. Glass finishing and processing
- IV. Solar
B: Members not bound by collective bargaining agreements (oT binding)
The central opinion-forming bodies are the collective bargaining and social committee . This is where collective bargaining, social policy and labor law issues are dealt with and coordinated. Both committees are basically composed of the board of directors and the other members elected by the main groups. Members without a collective bargaining agreement can only get involved in the social committee.
The board consists of the president, the chairmen of the main groups and their deputies, as well as the general manager. Every second year there is a general meeting, during which the committee members are also elected. The management takes care of the day-to-day business of the association.
Management tasks
Legal representation
- Collective bargaining activity
The negotiation and conclusion of collective bargaining agreements, in which, for example, remuneration, framework conditions, working time regulations, vacation, old-age provision, special benefits or partial retirement are regulated, are among the core competencies of the association. Specialized regulations take into account the variety of operational structures and thus the extraordinarily large number of contracts. The association maintains the variety of tariffs to maintain the resulting accuracy of fit for the sub-industries.
For the collective bargaining agreements, the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union is essentially the permanent negotiating partner on the union side . Due to the large number of specific collective agreements, all member companies have the opportunity to participate actively in the commissions and thus to influence the result more specifically than is the case with the large area tariffs in other industries.
- Employment and social law representation
The association advises and supports its members on labor and social law issues. He takes on the legal representation of the members in the whole of Germany before the labor, social and administrative courts, including the legally prescribed preliminary proceedings.
It also supports employers in negotiations with works councils, trade unions and with institutions and authorities. The association also participates in company agreements, in the implementation of arbitration proceedings, in reconciliation of interests and social plan negotiations and in corporate transformations. In addition, the association offers professional training courses on labor and social law issues in member companies.
Mediation
In some cases, interpersonal conflicts in companies can also be settled out of court. Then, with mediation, the association offers a cooperative approach to solving conflicts at various levels: between employees and superiors, between the works council and management or among employees.
Social policy representation
- Committee work
As a professional association, it is a direct member of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) and is represented on its executive board and various committees. Through the BDA and other umbrella organizations, he is involved in legislation at the federal German and European level. The association also has other committees in the administrative trade association , in the Association of the Bavarian Economy, in the Deutsche Renten Versicherung and in various other networks.
- Vocational training
The association is involved in the modernization and reorganization of the state-recognized industry-specific training occupations. For this purpose, it bundles the interests of the member companies in key points and coordinates them in the common vocational training council in terms of social partnership cooperation with the IG BCE. For the process of reorganizing a federally recognized apprenticeship occupation, the association proposes members who, together with the employee representatives of the industry, work as experts in the modernization of dual vocational training.
- Statistical surveys
The association collects data from its members and other companies in the industry on various HR policy issues, such as demographic change and securing skilled workers, health and education policy. The aim is, among other things, to develop measures in cooperation with the members to counteract a shortage of skilled workers.
- Securing young talent
The shortage of skilled workers and the recruitment of young talent are major challenges for the industry at the German locations and key issues in the association's socio-political activities. In addition to the glass-specific professions such as process mechanic in glass technology and flat glass mechanic , more than 40 different professions such as industrial mechanic , technical product designer , mechatronics and commercial professions are trained.
In 2017, the association launched the “Future in Glass” training platform in order to continue to attract qualified young talent for the glass industry and to prevent the shortage of skilled workers.