Departments
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Labour Market
Priorities include: fundamental labour market issues, reform of unemployment insurance, immigration, demography and older workers
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Social Protection
Priorities include: old age provision, pension insurance, health, sickness and care insurance, accident insurance, health and safety at work, European social policy, social budget, payslips, continued payment of remuneration, social self-administration
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Labour Legislation
Priorities include: company and business co-determination, protection against dismissal, individual labour legislation, working time models, working time accounts, reducing bureaucracy in international and European legislation
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Pay Policy and Collective Bargaining
Priorities include: cross-sectoral coordination of collective bargaining policy, pay policy, working time policy, modernisation of the collective bargaining system, posting of workers law, minimum pay, designation of a collective agreement as legally binding, analysis and evaluation of collective agreements.
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Education | Vocational Training
Priorities include: early education, school education, cooperation “SCHULEWIRTSCHAFT”, higher education, vocational education and training, learning values, European education policy
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European Union and International Social Policy
Priorities include: European constitution, EU enlargement, implementation of the Lisbon objectives, social dialogue, corporate social responsibility
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Planning | Coordination | Fundamental Issues
Priorities include: office of the President and of the Managing Director, planning, coordination and fundamental issues, church affairs, ethics
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Economy | Finance | Taxes - Walter-Raymond-Stiftung - ISWA
Priorities include: finance policy, statistics, economic situation and structural analysis, macroeconomic figures, income policy, Walter-Raymond-Stiftung: analysis of regulatory and society policy issues, interdisciplinary colloquiums, organisation of ISWA seminars
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Press and Publicity Work
The press office is the first port of call for the media on all questions relating to labour market, labour law, social affairs policy, collective bargaining and education policy as well to European social policy. Our mission is to offer a service to all interested journalists and to ensure that the positions of German business receive a hearing in the public sphere. Providing the media with complete, rapid and up-to-date information is a central objective of BDA’s press work.
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Administration and Federation Organisation
Priorities include: Personnel, Budget and finance, Information and communication technology, Purchasing and services, Law governing associations and their tax status
