Organizing work

Part-time models make it easier to reconcile professional and family obligations. Refer to the internal pages of the Staff Service Portal: Part-time / change in hours to find out more about these options for salaried employees and civil servants.

• The collective agreement for the public sectors of the German states (Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst der Länder, TV-L) and the German part-time and fixed-term contract act (Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz, TzBfG) fundamentally include regulations on part-time employment.
• In accordance with Section 6 TzBfG, the employer must make it possible for the employee to work part-time in line with the TzBfG.
• In accordance with Section 8 TzBfG, employees have a right to reduce their working time.
• In particular, part-time employment for family reasons is regulated in •Section 11 subsection 1 TV-L,
• Section 3 of the act on periods of nursing care (Gesetz über die Pflegezeit, PflegeZG), and
• Section 15 subsection 4 of the act on national parental pay and parental leave (Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz, BEEG).

Telework is a term for models in which you do some of your work from your own home. Further information and the relevant forms can be found on the internal pages of the Staff Service Portal: Telework.

Short term telework (up to 4 weeks)

• working from home, no extension possible
• reasons for use: exceptional family circumstance or family crisis situations, health-related problems 
• possible loaning out of technical equipment by Universität Hamburg
• supervisor’s approval is required, as is positive assessment of the suitability of the tasks and the individual for working from home

Home office (1 year with the possibility of an extension)

• working from home, possibly also for longer periods, with own equipment, maximum 10 hours per week
• fixed agreement regarding working time at home and presence at Universität Hamburg
• tasks and the individual must be suited to home office work; supervisor’s approval required

alternating telework (long-term telework, 1 year, annual extension possible) 

• working from home for a longer period of time
• fixed agreement regarding working time at home and presence at Universität Hamburg
• application approximately 3 months in advance
• tasks and the individual must be suited to telework; supervisor’s approval required
• set-up and assumption of costs for IT equipment and software

Flexitime regulations constitute a major improvement for technical, library, and administrative staff.