Staff Representatives

The staff councils as well as the representatives for severely disabled persons advocate for the interests of the university employees they represent.

General Staff Council

Representative for the Severely Handicapped

Staff Council for Academic and Artistic Staff

Staff Council for Non-Academic Staff

Staff councils of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam

Staff councils are a statutory component of every public employer, like the works council in the private sector. In compliance with laws and regulations, collective agreements and other provisions that grant employees rights, staff councils work closely and in a spirit of trust with the respective department to fulfil the tasks of the service and for the benefit of the employees. In order to exercise employees' rights, staff councils are given certain rights of co-determination and participation under the Brandenburg Staff Representation Act (PersVG).

Due to the diversity of contracts and framework conditions of employment, we recommend that the staff council be involved in all personnel matters (recruitment, grouping, fixed-term contracts, transfers, etc.) in order to have compliance with all legal and internal university regulations checked in the interest of the staff.