Occupational health management with labor law

The course not only teaches you about individual and collective employment law, but also how to analyze workloads, assess hazards and implement and evaluate typical OHM measures. You will also learn how artificial intelligence is used in the workplace.
  • Certificates: Certificate "Labor Law"
    Certificate "Company health manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification"
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    Betriebliche:r Gesundheitsmanager:in mit TÜV Rheinland geprüfter Qualifikation
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 8 Weeks

Labor law

Forms of employment (approx. 2 days)

Fixed-term and permanent employment relationships

Part-time models and legal entitlement

Marginal employment

Vocational training


Employment and collective agreement (approx. 2 days)

Recruitment and conclusion of contract

Drafting the employment contract

AGB control of employment contracts

Evidence Act (obligations, deadlines, written form)

Collective bargaining agreement and works agreement


Artificial intelligence (AI) in the work process - legally compliant application (approx. 1 day)

Presentation of specific AI technologies

Possible applications in employment law (relevance for HR processes, documentation/risk issues)


AGG: Job advertisements and application procedures (approx. 2.5 days)

Introduction to the AGG

Diversity management

Data protection compliant handling of applications

Pay transparency (requirements for job advertisements, rights to information, etc.)

Analyzing job advertisements

Conducting job interviews in a legally correct manner


Employee and employer obligations (approx. 3 days)

Obligations of employees and employers

Working hours, wages and salary

Remote work/home office agreements

Right of direction

Company integration management (BEM)

Target agreements

Liability in employment law

Data protection in the employment relationship

Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG)

Types and characteristics of employment references


Works constitution law (approx. 2.5 days)

What does the BetrVG regulate?

Tasks and information rights of the works council

Co-determination and participation rights

Election and organization of the works council

Works meeting

Works agreement


Statutory leave and protection rights in the employment relationship (approx. 3 days)

Parental leave

maternity leave

Nursing leave

vacation


Warning and termination (approx. 2 days)

Warnings (function, form, effectiveness)

Reasons for termination

Types of termination and notice periods

Termination/settlement agreement

Protection against dismissal


Project work (approx. 2 days)

To consolidate the content learned

Presentation of the project results

Company health managers with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification

Fundamentals and Framework of a Workplace Health Management Program (approx. 3 days)

Fundamentals and Definitions

Historical Background and Trends in Illness Over Time

Legal foundations of workplace health management and the legal framework for the use of AI

Funding Basics

Overview of current AI technologies and areas of application in workplace health management

Interrelationships Between Work and Health: Stressors, Resources, Work Design (Hybrid Work/Working from Home)

The Importance of Leadership for Health

Internal company information and communication in workplace health management

Costs and Benefits of Workplace Health Management


Organization, Structure, and Stakeholders in Workplace Health Management (approx. 3 days)

Management Tasks and Processes

Needs Assessment in Workplace Health Management

Workplace Health Management (WHM) Mission Statement and Strategy

Defining Objectives in Workplace Health Management

Organizational Structure and Sustainable Integration into the Company

Role Evolution in Workplace Health Management—From Coordinator to Strategic Leadership Role

Key Stakeholders, Workplace Health Management Roles, and Responsibilities

Institutionalization of Committees and Processes


Workload Analysis (approx. 3 days)

Analysis Methods (absenteeism analyses, interviews, questionnaires, observation methods, risk assessment of psychological stress factors)

AI-supported analysis of health and absenteeism data for the early detection of health risks

Psychological stress caused by the use of AI as a separate assessment criterion

Application scenarios, effort, and benefits of the methods

Evaluation and handling of analysis results


Practical Implementation of Typical Workplace Health Management Measures (approx. 3 days)

Identifying, designing, and implementing workplace health management measures in a targeted manner

Project Management and Goal Achievement in Workplace Health Management

Return-to-Work Interviews and Their Role in Workplace Health Management

Generative AI for creating workplace health management concepts, communication materials, and health reports

Measures for stress prevention, health-promoting organizational development, health-promoting human resources management, and work-life balance

AI as a prevention tool for personalized, data-driven prevention programs

Opportunities and Risks Posed by Demographic Change


Evaluation and Sustainability in Workplace Health Management (approx. 2 days)

Evaluation of Workplace Health Management Goals

Definition of Sustainability in Workplace Health Management

Integration into existing management systems

Quality criteria for a Workplace Health Management program

AI-Supported Analysis of Workplace Health Management Metrics and Health Reporting


Side Note: Workplace Inclusion Management (approx. 2 days)

Objectives and Procedures

Roles within Workplace Integration Management (BEM)

Funding Agencies and Resources

Success Factors and Obstacles

Legal Basis – Section 167(1) & (2) of SGB IX

Partial Work Incapacity and Partial Sick Pay (Statutory Health Insurance Contribution Rate Stabilization Act)

Termination Due to Illness

Data Protection, Data Storage, Data Sharing

Measures under the BEM


Project work, certification preparation and certification examination "Company health manager with TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification" (approx. 4 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

After the course, you will have mastered the core areas of German employment law - from contract drafting and co-determination to termination - and will be able to design employment law processes in a legally compliant, digital and AI-sensitive manner. You will be able to legally assess the use of digital and AI-supported HR tools and implement verification, working time and remote work requirements in practice.

After the course, you will also have knowledge of the interdependencies between work and health. You will be able to analyze workloads, assess hazards and implement and evaluate typical OHM measures. You will also gain an insight into occupational integration management and its legal requirements.

The course is aimed at people from the commercial or administrative sector as well as people who wish to work in the legal or HR departments of companies. In addition, the course provides all persons with employee and management responsibilities with up-to-date knowledge of employment law.

The course is also aimed at members of works and staff councils, personnel development learners, management representatives, employees of employers' liability insurance associations and occupational health and safety authorities, external consultants in occupational health and safety.

Knowledge of current case law is essential for successful HR work in companies of all sizes and is of great importance for business practice. Specialists with this knowledge are therefore deployed across all sectors.

The additional qualification as a company health manager opens up further employment opportunities in larger companies or public institutions, with health insurance companies or health service providers.

After the course, you will be able to demonstrate your new skills with a TÜV Rheinland-certified qualification.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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