The goal agreements from the first auditing which were implemented
The following regulations on all working hours were included:
“Requests for deviations from the valid regulations on flexible working hours for family reasons (childcare for children under 18 or care of relatives) will be favorably considered by the employer. If the request is denied by the supervisor because it is considered incompatible with working requirements, the employee may turn to the department, which in turn will consult all parties and the Staff Council in order to try to find a solution amenable to all parties.”
a. Establishing a car pool marketplace at the University
b. Further negotiations with the public transportation services of the city of Stuttgart
c. Improvement of the lighting situation
- Car pool marketplace established
- As of 10 December 2006, a change in the public transportation schedule came into effect:
- The frequency of the bus line 70 was shortened from 15 to 10 minutes
- Bus lines 74 and 76 stop directly at the University - The lighting has been improved and will be checked regularly every two years. New lights were installed and all existing lights were repaired.
- The auditing has indeed led to a change in the attitudes of our management and professors. Both the Human Resources Department and the Gender Equality Office have seen that pregnant women’s need for advising is almost non-existent.
- There have been no critical reactions to the Human Resource Department’s information about the rights to re-employment after maternity leave from the affected institutions.
- Information was collected and bundled to be reached via links from various places. In addition, several brochures were created.
- The brochures on the family-friendly University of Hohenheim includes the goal agreement with all goals and measures in German and English. An additional page informs readers about the current status of implementation.
- The childcare brochure includes addresses and telephone numbers of various institutions in and around Hohenheim - with details on opening hours, age groups, and the number of spots.
- Working out a human resource development concept for the administration will be taken on shortly by the chancellor.
This concept will then be expanded to include the scientific areas. - On 1 March 2007, a staff member was hired half-time to take on the administrative work for introducing the new personnel development (PD) concept.
- Starting on 1 Jan 2007, a follow-up program after the HWP scholarship was introduced. With the “bridge program,” re-entry for women and men after parental leave is to be made easier.
- Starting in January 2008, there is a new program for female scientists with one or more children: The new “Brigitte-Schlieben-Lange-Programm” supports up-and-coming scientists with children in their doctoral studies, habilitation, or artistic qualification with between 1,200 and 2,400€ / month.
As the first “family-friendly university” in Baden-Württemberg, the University of Hohenheim made the two half-time positions for childcare providers who had successfully completed the additional qualification as daycare providers (Tagesmütter) permanent.
- The Hohenheim Campus holiday is always financed by the University.
- The holiday program takes place for one week around the Pentacost holidays and for two weeks in the summer holidays for the entire day. The summer program will be divided into workshops for the first time this year so that the children can be split up into age groups for more age-appropriate activities.
The childcare law was changed.
There is now a new regulation that states that the place of residence is required to pay a subsidy to the respective childcare institution.
The subsidies from the place of residence are much lower than those in the city of Stuttgart, which means that a childcare institution cannot afford the financial loss. The consequence is that in reality, nothing has changed. We see it as a partial success and are trying to make improvements.
- As of 2009: Because the “childcare emergency” was made permanent, the babysitter pool was rarely needed and therefore stopped.
- As of 2005: The babysitter pool exists and can be used at any time.
There is a fund for time lost. Currently, the allocation criteria are being set.
This goal agreement will be taken into the next audit.