Employee Representation

General Works Council

The General Works Council (GBR) is a body whose legal basis, defining its roles and responsibilities, is the Works Constitution Act (BetrVG). The GBR consists of delegates elected by the work councils at the institutes and facilities of the Max Planck Society.

Gloria von Eilpe
Chairperson of the General Works Council
Administrative Headquarters of the MPS, Munich
Tel.: +49 89 2108-1549
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Nils Rüter
Deputy Chairperson
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 88-2481
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Central Representation of Employees with Disabilities

The Central Representation of Employees with Disabilities is a statutory body of the Works Constitution with its own rights and obligations. It is elected by the representatives of the employees with disabilities of the individual institutes.

Christiane Berse
Central Ombudsperson
Max Planck Institute of molecular Physiology, Dortmund
Tel.: +49 170 4530148
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Pfarrherr, Jürgen
Deputy member
Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin
Tel. 030 8413-3442
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Heiko Uhlig
Deputy member
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart
Tel.: +49 711 689-1744
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Dr. Karina Schöfisch
Deputy member
Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, Cologne
Tel. 0221 478-89800
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Lorenz Dorner-Finkbeiner
Deputy member
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Tel. 0711 689-1421
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Detlef Proske
Deputy member
Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, Halle an der Saale
Tel. 0345 5582 983/954
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Central Representation for Young Workers and Trainees

The Central Representation for Young Workers and Trainees is a statutory body of the Works Constitution with its own rights and obligations. It is elected by the representatives of young workers and trainees of the individual institutes.

Nina Bäumer
Chairperson
Max Planck Institut for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mühlheim a.d. Ruhr
Tel.: +49 208 306-3695
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