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Lead times for hiring and Collective agreement signed with Marburger Bund physicians’ association

Lead times for hiring research and non-research staff and students as research assistants

The lead times for the processing and hiring procedures for research and non-research staff will be extended to six weeks effective immediately in order to ensure correct and timely processing through the HR department.

For future hires, please submit the fully completed hiring documents to the HR services unit of the HR department (ZA 2) responsible for your university location at least six weeks prior to the planned start of employment. (Munich: Referat 21 and Referat 22, Garching: Referat 23, Weihenstephan: Referat 24) 

When hiring student research assistants, the fully completed documents must now be submitted to the responsible HR services unit at least three weeks prior to the planned start of employment.
As before, a four-month lead time remains in effect when requesting the extension of employment of research and non-research staff. This avoids the need to file a report with the Federal Employment Agency.

Notes and comments on the “Hiring of research staff” („Einstellung von wissenschaftlichem Personal“), the “Hiring of non-research staff” („Einstellung von „nichtwissenschaftlichem Personal“) and the “Hiring of student research assistants” („Einstellung von Studierenden mit wissenschaftlichen Hilfstätigkeiten“) can be found in the services Directory (Dienstleistungskompass). 

Collective agreement signed with Marburger Bund physicians’ association

The Collective Bargaining Association of German Federal States (TdL) reached agreement with the Marburger Bund physicians’ association on a new collective agreement for physicians at university clinics (TV-Ärzte) on March 26 2024.  The agreement will remain in effect until March 31, 2026.

The following key points, with effective dates, have been announced:
    •    As of April 1, 2024:    4% increase in payscale salaries; extension of agreed definition of night hours (previously 9pm to 6am, now 8pm to 6am)
    •    As of April 1, 2025:    Improvements in shift scheduling regulations and working time documentation for physicians
    •    As of February 1, 2025:     Additional 6% in payscale salaries
    •    As of January 1, 2026:     Reduction in average regular weekly working time from 42 hours at present to 40 hours with full monetary compensation; introduction of an additional Band 4 in the Salary Group A3 (for senior physicians) with the additional comment “from the 10th year onward”.

Further details will follow on the basis of the amending collective agreement and the ministerial implementation notes when these are announced. The updated information on the collective agreement will be provided in the Services Directory under “TV-Ärzte Physicians’ Collective Agreement” ("TV-Ärzte") as soon as possible.

Please note: This translation is intended as an aid to understanding the contents of the original German text. Please note that only the German information is legally binding. For comprehensive information, please refer to the DLK. We will also be happy to provide contact details for the responsible staff member of ZA2 Personal.