Schwerbehindertenvertretung

Goals

The tasks, obligations, rights and areas of responsibility of the Representative for the Severely Disabled (RSD) are specified for the most part in the Social Security Code IX (SGB IX). The code provides the legal framework guaranteeing that disabled individuals can participate in working life. To create these framework conditions, several devoted colleagues work together with the Representative for the Severely Disabled to ensure that physically or mentally impaired individuals can perform their jobs adequately at the workplace.

Tasks and functions

The RSD is responsible for representing the interests of severely disabled employees and ensuring that they are fully integrated at the workplace. The RSD monitors compliance with the laws, regulations, directives, collective and service agreements which benefit severely disabled employees and ensures that the employer’s obligations (§§ 154, 155 and 164 – 167 SGB IX) are duly implemented and observed. The RSD submits requests to the management to take measures which serve the interests of severely disabled employees. The RSD fields questions, concerns and complaints from severely disabled employees, and if a specific complaint is deemed justified, arranges a meeting with the employer to resolve the matter. As part of its company integration management (BEM), the RSD advises all colleagues of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. It also provides support to those applying for severe disability status or recognition of equal treatment.

Other RSD services and activities include:

• consultation services
• involvement in and advice on hiring procedures
• participation in Staff Council meetings and monthly conferences in an advisory function
• involvement in committees and working groups
• advice and collaboration with the personnel department
• collaboration with the Integration Office and integration services

Further information

• Integration agreement
• Social Security Code IX with directives outlining the rights of the severely disabled