The AGG protects against discrimination on the grounds of race or ethnic background, gender, religion or world-view, disability, age or sexual identity.

The complete AGG text can be found here.

Pursuant to Section 61b of the German Labour Court Act (ArbGG), compensation claims on the basis of Section 15 AGG must be made within three months after the claim has been asserted in writing.

Section 61b of the ArbGG can be found here.

Official Complaints

Section 13 of the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) gives University staff the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant department if, in connection with their employment, they feel they have been treated unfairly by their employer, supervisors, other staff members or third parties on any of the grounds mentioned above.

The complaints office within the meaning of this provision is the Human Resources Department. In accordance with the Guidelines for Respectful Interaction at the University of Paderborn, in cases of discrimination, bullying, stalking, sexual harassment and violence, the Human Resources Department is also responsible for handling complaints from students and other groups of people (see Section 1 of the Guidelines). The Guidelines can be found here.

Your contacts are

• Mr. Jan Hendrik Ehrich (Room B1-320, Tel. 60-2810, jan.ehrich@zv.upb.de)
• Ms. Eva-Maria Schulte (Room B1.323, Tel. 60-3565, eva-maria.schulte@zv.uni-paderborn.de)