HR Basics
Here, you will find important information and contacts related to the framework conditions concerning work as well as information on specific personnel issues. The links that follow will take you to Forschungszentrum Jülich’s intranet. If you have any questions before your first day of work at Forschungszentrum Jülich, please get in touch with your relevant contact at Human Resources, whose details you will find in the documents sent to you.
With its six divisions, Human Resources provides centralized personnel services for science, infrastructure, and project management organizations at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
HR Basics
- If you have any questions related to personnel management, you can find an A–Z list on important personnel matters like vacation and christmas bonuses on the intranet.
- If the information you require is not available on the intranet, you can find the relevant contact person in the Who is my contact? overview by selecting your organizational unit first.
Collective Agreement
Forschungszentrum Jülich implements the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD) as amended. This agreement is currently valid for 28 months – until 31 December 2022 – and can be terminated by the contracting parties at any time. Should the agreement be terminated, any new collective agreement negotiated between the contracting parties and the regulations imposed therein must be implemented accordingly and published following the completion of the negotiations.
Click here to find further information and the current Collective Agreement for the Public Service on the Internet pages of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community.
Supplementary pensions with VBL
The Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (VBL) is a supplementary pension provider of the federal and state governments for employees in the public service. VBL is the largest pension fund in Germany, providing occupational pensions to over 4 million employees in the public service.
The collective agreement on the occupational pensions of employees in the public service outlines that all employees with an employment contract pursuant to the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD) are subject to compulsory insurance within VBL’s supplementary pension scheme (VBLklassik). This compulsory insurance is essentially the occupational pension of the public service. VBL pensions are financed through contributions from the employer and employee. The employer’s contribution helps safeguard the pension of the employee, with the latter having to pay tax on this contribution on a pro rata basis.
More information on VBLklassik is available on VBL’s Internet pages.
Scientific employees are sometimes employed for only a limited period of time. Such employees have the option of applying for an exemption from the compulsory insurance under the VBLklassik pension scheme. They also have the option to register for VBL’s optional supplementary pension scheme (VBLextra).
More information on VBLextra is available on VBL’s Internet pages (in German).
Here, you will find VBL’s informational films (in German).
Flexible work arrangements
Different reconciliation situations require different working arrangements. At Forschungszentrum Jülich, employees can benefit from various flexible work arrangements (e.g. flexible working hours and location). Here, you can find further information on flexitime, ad hoc teleworking, and teleworking at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Continuing professional development at Forschungszentrum
The team at Human Resources – Human Resource Development and Recruiting supports all employees in identifying their individual professional development requirements and finding adequate training measures. At Forschungszentrum Jülich, various training formats and programmes are available. You will find further information here.