# German law requires employers to inform and consult the works council on work processes using AI, and to agree with it before introducing performance-monitoring devices

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20240719-industrial-engineer-10
Date: 2024-07-19 · Stage: Constraint
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## Scope

Germany. The act says the employer has to inform the works council in due time of plans concerning working procedures and operations, including the use of artificial intelligence, and consult it on the action envisaged and its effects on employees; and that the works council has a right of co-determination over the introduction and use of technical devices designed to monitor employees' behaviour or performance and over the fixing of job and bonus rates. Read in the translation including the amendment of 19 July 2024. It applies only where a works council exists, and consultation on process design is not a veto.

## Source

- Federal Ministry of Justice (gesetze-im-internet.de) — Works Constitution Act (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz), official English translation, sections 87 and 90 (as amended by Article 1 of the Act of 19 July 2024) — https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_betrvg/englisch_betrvg.html (primary source)

## What this means

In German workplaces with a works council, redesigning processes with AI and timing people's work are negotiated, not simply engineered.

## What it does not show yet

Only where a works council exists, and consultation is not a veto.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the English translation of the Works Constitution Act and find "working procedures and operations including the use of artificial intelligence".


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