Vereinigung der Kommunalen Arbeitgeberverbände

The Vereinigung der kommunalen Arbeitgeberverbände (VKA) is the umbrella organisation for collective bargaining on the employer side for municipal administrations and municipal enterprises in Germany. Its members are the 16 municipal employers' associations (Kommunale Arbeitgeberverbände, KAV) organised at the level of the federal states (Länder). Through these member associations, individual municipal employers are affiliated to the VKA, including cities, municipalities and districts, hospitals and care facilities, savings banks (Sparkassen), utility and waste-disposal companies, local transport operators and airports. The VKA describes itself as representing the interests of around 10,000 municipal employers nationwide and, through nationwide collective agreements, providing fair working conditions for more than 2.7 million employees. The VKA is a top-level organisation under the German Collective Agreements Act (Tarifvertragsgesetz). It negotiates collective agreements for all municipal employers in Germany together with the public-sector trade unions. In the collective bargaining rounds for the public service of the federal government and the municipalities, the VKA negotiates jointly with the federal government (represented by the Federal Ministry of the Interior) and the trade unions ver.di and dbb tarifunion. The results cover pay increases, working time and other provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Service (TVöD). Private, church and non-profit employers often orient their own terms to these public-sector outcomes. The VKA is a party to several major collective agreements for the German public service. These include the Bundes-Angestelltentarifvertrag (BAT) of 23 February 1961, the Bundesmanteltarifvertrag Gemeinden (BMT-G), the Tarifvertrag Versorgungsbetriebe (TV-V) of 5 October 2000, the Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst (TVöD) of 13 September 2005, the Tarifvertrag für Auszubildende des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVAöD) of 13 September 2005, the Tarifvertrag zur Zukunftssicherung der Krankenhäuser (TV-ZuSi) of 23 August 2005 and the Tarifvertrag für Ärzte an kommunalen Krankenhäusern (TV-Ärzte/VKA) of 17 August 2006. For the TVöD, the parties created consolidated versions for six service areas: administration (TVöD-V), care and support facilities (TVöD-B), waste disposal (TVöD-E), airports (TVöD-F), hospitals (TVöD-K) and savings banks (TVöD-S), plus TVöD-SuE for the social and education service, effective from 1 November 2009. Since 1 August 2017 the VKA has had its business seat in Berlin. Its president is Wolf-Rüdiger Michel, Landrat of the Rottweil district, and its chief executive (Hauptgeschäftsführer) is Niklas Benrath. The organisation is federally rooted but coordinated nationwide: each federal state has a municipal employers' association, and the 16 member associations work according to uniform standards and established principles. The VKA is the voice of municipal employers on all labour and collective bargaining law matters vis-à-vis trade unions, politics and the public, bringing municipal realities into debates and advocating practical solutions. Its public communications address legislative developments such as the GKV contribution stabilisation act and the reserve strengthening act, reflecting its role as an advocacy organisation for municipal employers in the German health and defence policy fields.

The Vereinigung der kommunalen Arbeitgeberverbände (VKA) is the collective bargaining umbrella organisation of municipal administrations and enterprises in Germany, which are organised in state-level associations known as Kommunale Arbeitgeberverbände (KAV). As a collective bargaining party, the VKA regulates working conditions for municipal employees and concludes collective agreements with the responsible public service trade unions. It represents the collective bargaining and labour law interests of around 10,000 municipal employers. Since 1 August 2017, the VKA has had its business seat in Berlin. The VKA's history is closely tied to the development of public service collective bargaining in the Federal Republic of Germany. One of the major agreements in which it was a party is the Bundes-Angestelltentarifvertrag (BAT) of 23 February 1961, which for decades shaped the employment terms of federal and municipal white-collar workers. The Bundesmanteltarifvertrag Gemeinden (BMT-G) covered municipal manual workers. In 2000, the Tarifvertrag Versorgungsbetriebe (TV-V) of 5 October 2000 addressed utility companies. A major reform came with the Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst (TVöD) of 13 September 2005, which replaced the BAT and BMT-G for the municipal and federal spheres and created a unified framework. Alongside it, the Tarifvertrag für Auszubildende des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVAöD) of 13 September 2005 set terms for trainees. The Tarifvertrag zur Zukunftssicherung der Krankenhäuser (TV-ZuSi) of 23 August 2005 and the Tarifvertrag für Ärzte an kommunalen Krankenhäusern (TV-Ärzte/VKA) of 17 August 2006 addressed hospital-specific issues. To improve clarity and readability, the collective bargaining parties created consolidated versions of the general part and the respective special part of the TVöD for six service areas, based on the process agreement of 9 January 2003: TVöD-V for administration, TVöD-B for care and support facilities, TVöD-E for waste disposal, TVöD-F for airports, TVöD-K for hospitals and TVöD-S for savings banks. In addition, TVöD-SuE for the social and education service became valid from 1 November 2009. Until 2003, the Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder (TdL) also negotiated on the employers' side; in that year the TdL left the employers' collective bargaining community. In the collective bargaining rounds for the public service of the federal government and the municipalities, the VKA negotiates together with the federal government (represented by the Federal Ministry of the Interior) and the trade unions ver.di and dbb tarifunion. The results are agreements on salary increases, working time and other provisions of the TVöD. Private, church and non-profit employers also orient themselves to the collective bargaining results for the public service. The VKA's member associations are the 16 municipal employers' associations in the federal states, to which individual municipal employers are affiliated, including cities, municipalities and districts, hospitals and care facilities, savings banks, utility and waste-disposal companies, local transport operators and airports. The VKA describes itself as a top-level organisation under the Collective Agreements Act, negotiating collective agreements for all municipal employers in Germany together with the trade unions. Its 16 member associations work according to uniform standards and established principles, creating reliability across Germany. The VKA is the voice of municipal employers on all labour and collective bargaining law matters vis-à-vis trade unions, politics and the public, bringing municipal realities into the debate and advocating practical solutions. Its president is Wolf-Rüdiger Michel, Landrat of the Rottweil district, and its chief executive is Niklas Benrath.

• Bundes-Angestelltentarifvertrag (BAT) concluded, a major collective agreement to which the VKA is a party.

• Tarifvertrag Versorgungsbetriebe (TV-V) concluded.

• The Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder (TdL) left the employers' collective bargaining community.

• Tarifvertrag zur Zukunftssicherung der Krankenhäuser (TV-ZuSi) concluded.

• Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst (TVöD) and Tarifvertrag für Auszubildende des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVAöD) concluded.

• Tarifvertrag für Ärzte an kommunalen Krankenhäusern (TV-Ärzte/VKA) concluded.

• TVöD-SuE for the social and education service became valid.

• The VKA moved its business seat to Berlin.

Top-level employers' organisation and collective bargaining party for German municipal employers, representing around 10,000 employers and over 2.7 million employees.

• Bundes-Angestelltentarifvertrag (BAT)

• Bundesmanteltarifvertrag Gemeinden (BMT-G)

• Tarifvertrag Versorgungsbetriebe (TV-V)

• Tarifvertrag für den öffentlichen Dienst (TVöD)

• Tarifvertrag für Auszubildende des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVAöD)

• Tarifvertrag zur Zukunftssicherung der Krankenhäuser (TV-ZuSi)

• Tarifvertrag für Ärzte an kommunalen Krankenhäusern (TV-Ärzte/VKA)

• TVöD-V (administration)

• TVöD-B (care and support facilities)

• TVöD-E (waste disposal)

• TVöD-F (airports)

• TVöD-K (hospitals)

• TVöD-S (savings banks)

• TVöD-SuE (social and education service)

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