Karl Fitting

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Karl Fitting (born June 20, 1912 in St. Avold , Lorraine , † June 14, 1990 ) was a German lawyer and ministerial director in the Federal Ministry of Labor .

Life

Fitting studied law in Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig and Giessen. After the transfer of power to the National Socialists, he had to interrupt his studies for political reasons. Fitting then worked as a fur dyer in Leipzig. He was arrested in 1942 and taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp . After the liberation of the concentration camp in 1945, he became a consultant in the Bavarian Ministry of Labor. From 1948 he worked in the Administration for Labor of the United Economic Area . From 1950 Fitting was a consultant for works constitution and head of the labor protection department at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and from 1966 head of the labor law and labor protection department. Finally he retired as Ministerial Director in 1977.

Many legal formulations originate from Karl Fitting, especially in the co-determination laws and the associated electoral regulations. The former President of the Federal Labor Court quotes Fitting's statement from the controversy over the MitbestG of 1976: "If we don't get that into the law properly, we will smooth it out in the electoral code, and if that doesn't work either, we'll do it in the comment." (Hellmut Wißmann, President of the Federal Labor Court a. D. about Karl Fitting)

He became known through the commentary he published on the Works Constitution Act . Fitting was an honorary professor at the comprehensive university in Kassel .

Honors

Fonts

  • The Labor Court Act of December 6, 1946. Pflaum, Munich 1947.
  • Works council law. Commentator, Frankfurt am Main 1949.
  • Vacation law. Inngau, Rosenheim 1949.
  • Karl Fitting, Walter Kraegeloh: Works Constitution Act. Hand comment for practice. Vahlen, Berlin 1952.
  • Hugo Karpf , Karl Fitting: Home Work Act of March 14, 1951 with implementing regulation (commentary). 1953.
  • Karl Fitting, Walter Kraegeloh: Labor Court Act. Vahlen, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1953.
  • Collective agreement on the works constitution in the construction industry (comment). Vahlen, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1953.
  • Karl Fitting, Hermann Heyer : Personnel Representation Act. Decker, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1955.
  • Günther Schelp, Karl Fitting, Franz Ringer: Federal Labor Law. Decker, Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1958.
  • Karl Fitting, Ulrich Hentrich: The second wealth formation law. Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft AG, 1965.
  • Karl Fitting, Otfried Wlotzke , Hellmut Wißmann : Codetermination Act (with election regulations). Vahlen, Berlin 1976.

literature

  • Gerhard Beier : Workers 'movement in Hessen: on the history of the Hessian workers' movement through one hundred and fifty years (1834-1984). in: The Hessen Library. Insel, Frankfurt, 1984, p. 416.
  • German Trade Union Confederation : Labor and Law, Volumes 38-39. Bund-Verlag GmbH., Cologne, 1990, p. 253.
  • German Bar Association, Federal Bar Association: New legal weekly, Volume 43, Part 2. Biederstein, Munich, 1990, p. 2866.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cabinet minutes online: "Fitting, Karl". Federal Archives, accessed on September 27, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Hellmut Wissmann: A courageous life . Hans Böckler Foundation. February 13, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Fitting, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Avold , Lorraine
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1990