The Bavarian Employers’ Associations
for the Metalworking + Electrical Industries
for the Metalworking + Electrical Industries
With our expertise, many years of experience and comprehensive range of services, we support our member companies from the metalworking and electrical industry as well as IT and telecommunications in their daily work and find a solution for every challenge - from work organisation, HR work and legal issues to topics such as transformation, sustainability, corporate management, remuneration and energy management.
Our members have access to competent teams of some 100 lawyers and many other experts in our seven regional offices and at the head office, all ready to provide advice and assistance at all times. They benefit from comprehensive services such as up-to-date information, samples, templates, checklists, publications, QuickChecks, databases, online configurators and many other digital tools. In addition, managers and employees can take part in our training programs as well as conferences and events with distinguished speakers and expand their network.
By the way: All services, events and training programs are included in the annual membership fee. So there are no additional costs! See for yourself and become part of our strong community of more than 3,600 member companies with some 820,000 employees.
All inclusive
All services are fully included in a fair membership fee
Competent support
Advice, information, legal representation, digital tools, further training, congresses
Always close to you in Bavaria
Head office in Munich + 7 regional offices with some 100 lawyers + other specialists
Strong community
More than 3.600 M+E member companies in Bavaria with some 820,000 employees
Some 100 experienced lawyers across Bavaria are ready to advise you on labor, collective bargaining and social security law. They also represent your company in labor and social law proceedings up to the Federal Labor Court and Federal Social Court as well as in out-of-court disputes - without additional fees!
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Our labor lawyers and ergonomists support you in all aspects of HR work, for example in recruiting, remuneration and contract design, the deployment of your employees in Germany and abroad, personnel development and the termination of employment relationships and restructuring. You can also benefit from our regional network meetings for HR staff with up-to-date information on HR topics and exchange ideas with other M+E companies.
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From work organization to transformation: we support you in your day-to-day work with advice, reliable QuickChecks, guidelines and information, samples, online configurators and specialist training. Our members can access this information via our theme-oriented Service Centers. Our experts are, of course, also ready to advise you at your office and on site.
Our ServiceCenters (available in German only)
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SC Ausbildung + PE
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SC Finanzierung
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SC Forschung + Entwicklung
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SC International
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SC Nachhaltigkeit
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SC Netzwerk
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SC Personal
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SC Recht
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SC Statistik
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SC Tarif
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SC Transformation
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Find out about current topics and challenges, discuss with discuss with high-profile experts and exchange ideas with other members: You can do this at our (supra-)regional thematic congresses with important guests, regular regional expert groups and the meetings of the personnel and education committee. At bayme vbm, you are a member of an outstanding industry network and benefit from a wide range of platforms for exchanging experiences.
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Whether new laws, current labor law, secondments and business trips abroad or ergonomic workplace systems - with know-how events, workshops and training courses on current practical topics as well as in-house training courses at your company, you and your employees can stay up-to-date and further develop your expertise.
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Augsburg Swabia | Coburg Upper Franconia | Munich Upper Bavaria | Nuremberg Middle Franconia | Passau Lower Bavaria | Regensburg Upper Palatinate | Würzburg Lower Franconia
With our regional offices, we are always close to you and can also visit you on site if required. Our regional managing directors will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the associations or your membership.
With our international offices in New York, Tirana and Brussels, we support our member companies abroad and represent the interests of the Bavarian Industry towards the European Union.
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As a member, you can play an active role in the work of the association. In the bodies and committees of bayme vbm and the Bavarian Industry Association vbw, all fundamental decisions are made by representatives of the individual business groups, where members are closely involved in the decision-making process.
We set high standards for ourselves and our services and are fully committed to the Bavarian Metalworking and Electrical Industry and your company. Every day and around the clock. That is what I stand for. I would be happy to talk to you personally and look forward to meeting you!
In principle, work time and its remuneration (basic pay) in Germany can be regulated only by way of collective bargaining agreement or by individual agreement. So there are two different ways of regulating employment conditions that form the basis for employment contracts in a company:
Employment contracts
without collective bargaining agreement
In companies without collective agreement coverage, employers and employees are free to agree the employment conditions, provided the legally admissible limitations set by law are observed. Care must be taken to ensure that certain employee protection provisions are not circumvented (e. g. protection against dismissal, working hours, part-time employment and fixed-term employment).
If a company has a works council, certain aspects of the working conditions in the company, e. g. systems covering working hours, can only be agreed with the works council. bayme vbm provides advice on working conditions.
Employment contracts
with collective bargaining agreement
Represented by the vbm, the employers negotiate the industry-wide collective agreement with the trade unions. A company may accept this agreement or conclude a separate internal company agreement with e. g. IG Metall, the metalworkers’ trade union. The employment contract with the individual employee must not conflict with applicable collectively agreed provisions. Arrangements that deviate from these provisions are admissible if permitted by the collective bargaining agreement or if they include changes in favor of the employee. An employee who is a member of a trade union cannot effectively relinquish entitlements he or she has been granted by the collective agreement. We provide our members with advice and support in all of these matters.
