Diaconal employers' association Lower Saxony

The Diakonische Dienstgeberverband Niedersachsen eV (DDN), based in Hanover, is an association of diaconal institutions in the German state of Lower Saxony . This ecclesiastical employers' association was founded on November 28, 2005 and took place with the consent of the Diakonische Werke, which was then merged in the Conference of Diakonischer Werke in Lower Saxony.

tasks

Collective bargaining party and participation in labor church laws

The DDN is a party to the collective bargaining agreement of the employer and represents the interests of the members as employers towards their employees and employee representatives (MAV). The DDN concludes church-based collective bargaining agreements for its members with the trade unions that have signed a so-called social partnership agreement with the Hanover- based Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony , which has been founded in 1971, with regulations to avoid strikes and lockouts in diaconal institutions. After that, the forms of industrial action are not permitted. The DDN advises its members on labor law proceedings and labor disputes and is actively involved in drafting church laws under labor law . Diakonia as a church service is determined by the commission of Jesus Christ to preach the gospel in word and deed. The shared responsibility for this task in the Diakonie unites managements and employees equally to serve those in need, those in need and the disadvantaged (“service community”) and obliges them to work together in a spirit of trust.

Diakonie Lower Saxony collective agreement (TV DN)

Basic data
Title:	Diakonie Lower Saxony collective agreement
Abbreviation :	TV DN
Signing:	19th September 2014
Come into effect:	May 1, 2016
Last change by: ¹⁾	Amending collective agreement of April 26, 2017
Last change came into force : ¹⁾	April 26, 2017
¹⁾ Please note the note on the current version !

In May 2013 an agreement was reached between DDN, the ver.di trade unions and the Marburger Bund to conclude collective agreements. The first test run for the future collective bargaining partnership was successfully negotiated in April and May 2013 to raise the wages for the more than 30,000 employees of Diakonie Niedersachsen.

With effect from September 19, 2014, the last valid conclusion of the collective agreement Diakonie Deutschland (TV DN), which was agreed between the Diakonischen Employers' Association of Lower Saxony (DDN) and the ver.di - United Service Union . In essence, all regulations that were previously set out in employment contract guidelines (AVR) have been summarized. The collective agreement signifies a change from the previous church employment contract system towards a collective agreement basis of two social partners with equal rights. According to the union ver.di, the collective agreement Diakonie Niedersachsen (TV DN) has a similar scope to the collective agreement for the public service (TVÖD) with working time regulations, vacation regulations and supplements.

Labor law commission of Diakonie Deutschland

The DDN elects the employer representatives in the Diakonie Deutschland's labor law commission . The commission regulates the employment contract guidelines of Diakonie Deutschland (AVR DD) in the sense of the labor law of the churches, the so-called third way , including the employment contract conditions, working hours and remuneration. It is important that the employment contract guidelines and remuneration are drawn up by mutual agreement in a commission with equal representation . The third way results from the constitutionally guaranteed right of the churches to self-determination (Article 140 of the Basic Law in conjunction with Article 137, Paragraph 3 of the Weimar Constitution). In fact, this constitutional norm is subject to the “law applicable to all”. Since the Collective Agreement Act (TVG) does not exclude the churches, this law also applies to the churches. (Generally binding) collective bargaining agreements can therefore only be drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Collective Bargaining Act and in agreement between employers (employers) and Diakonie employees. According to the established case law of the Federal Labor Court Act, the regulations of the church commissions only have the legal quality of "general terms and conditions".

Other holdings

The DDN submits proposals from the representatives of the Diakonie for the additional pension fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover (KZVK) based in Detmold and the Evangelical additional pension fund in Darmstadt .

The DDN also participates in filling the statutory self-governing bodies of the social insurance institutions .

Members and General Assembly

The members of the DDN must also be members of a diaconal work of a church participating in the Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony. In October 2017, a total of 210 diaconal legal entities with a total of around 37,000 employees were organized in the DDN, including numerous non-profit hospitals , medical care centers , retirement and nursing homes , facilities for the disabled , youth welfare facilities , care services , social stations and facilities for the homeless.

The general assembly takes place at least once a year and elects the DDN board every three years.

Board

The board meets around four times a year and currently consists of 12 members with a chairman and four deputies and was last elected on December 4, 2017 by representatives for 83 member institutions. According to the statutes, the general assembly of the DDN elects ten board members for three years, who then appoint a further five members.

Other board members:

Jutta Wendland-Park (Deputy Chair), Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Rotenburg Works of the Inner Mission in Rotenburg (Wümme) (re-elected in 2017)

Gerhard Töller (Deputy Chairman), Managing Director of Diakoniewerk Osnabrück (re-elected in 2017)

Hans-Peter Daub, theological director of the Diakonie umbrella foundation in Hanover and Gifhorn (re-elected in 2017)

Anke Grewe, managing director of Diakonie im Braunschweiger Land in Braunschweig

Heiner Böckmann, Managing Director of Curative Education Aid Osnabrück (HHO) (re-elected in 2017),

Uwe Kollmann, Commercial Director of Diakonie in the Oldenburger Land

Ewald Cronshagen-Radtke, Commercial Director of the Leinerstifts of Ev. Child, youth and family aid in Großefehn (re-elected in 2017)

Gerhard Ney, head of the Linerhaus Foundation in Celle

Gerhard Wessels, chairman of the board of the non-profit workshops Oldenburg eV in Oldenburg (Oldb) - Ohmstede

The members appointed to the Executive Board during the term of office that expires at the end of 2017

Ines Trzaska (Deputy Chairman), Commercial Director of the Diakonie Himmelsthür in Hildesheim
Frank Czeczelski (Deputy Chairman), Commercial Director at the Evangelical Hospital Göttingen-Weende
Hely Zieger, managing director of the diakonia stations in the Verden church district in Verden (Aller) stood for election for the first time in December 2017 and have now been elected as board members by the general assembly.

The chairman of the board and the four deputies make up the executive board of DDN. According to the statutes, at least three board members must be ordained clergy of a church participating in the confederation of Protestant churches in Lower Saxony.

Web links

Official website

Individual evidence

↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Diakonie Lower Saxony collective agreement (TV DN). United Service Union of Lower Saxony-Bremen, September 19, 2014, accessed on August 15, 2018 .
↑ Home / Diaconal Employers' Association Lower SaxonyD. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .
↑ ver.di concludes a collective agreement with Diakonie . ( verdi.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).
↑ Federal Constitutional Court, 2nd Senate: Federal Constitutional Court - Decisions - Constitutional complaint against “Third Way” in church labor law inadmissible. July 15, 2015, accessed June 20, 2017 .

[1] Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Diakonie Lower Saxony collective agreement (TV DN). United Service Union of Lower Saxony-Bremen, September 19, 2014, accessed on August 15, 2018 .

[3] Home / Diaconal Employers' Association Lower SaxonyD. Retrieved August 15, 2018 .

[4] ver.di concludes a collective agreement with Diakonie . ( verdi.de [accessed on August 15, 2018]).

[5] Federal Constitutional Court, 2nd Senate: Federal Constitutional Court - Decisions - Constitutional complaint against “Third Way” in church labor law inadmissible. July 15, 2015, accessed June 20, 2017 .