K Knowledge HF-D9.7-002 sector-specific 9 skills
Labour relations and works councils
Knows the rights and roles of employer, trade union and works council and conducts consultation on schemes, reorganisation and collective agreements.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Knowledge test · rho 0.40 (SD 0.13)
- hrmforce instrument
- Knowledge test (client-specific), Competency Check
- Competency (50-framework)
- Negotiation
- Trainability
- medium
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- stable
Test of declarative job knowledge, usually assembled per client.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Prepares the meeting documents for the works council and tracks the agreements made and their deadlines. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Independently consults the works council on an intended change and seeks support within the given frameworks. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Determines the organisation's consultation strategy, negotiates collective agreements and mediates when relations have broken down. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| K | Applying a collective labour agreement Collective labour agreement | Looks up the right collective agreement provision on pay, working time or leave and applies it to a concrete case. | declining |
| V | Organising works council consultation Works council | Organises consultation with the works council, prepares agenda and documents and records the agreements made. | stable |
| K | Applying the Works Councils Act Works Councils Act | Determines whether an intended decision requires advice or consent and follows the steps set out in the act. | stable |
| V | Drafting a works council advice request Advice request | Writes an advice request stating reason, intended decision, consequences for employees and the intended timeline. | stable |
| V | Preparing reorganisation and social plan Social plan | Works out a reorganisation with staffing plan, mirroring principle, redundancy and the provisions of a social plan. | stable |
| V | Preparing collective bargaining Collective bargaining | Prepares negotiations with trade unions with cost calculations, a mandate letter and a range per topic. | stable |
| V | Preparing a dismissal procedure Dismissal procedure | Prepares dismissal through UWV or the subdistrict court, gathers file and evidence and calculates the transition payment. | stable |
| K | Applying individual employment law Employment law | Applies rules on contract types, probation, chain provision and notice when drawing up an employment contract. | stable |
| V | Organising works council elections Works council elections | Organises works council elections with electoral rules, candidacy, voting and publication of the result. | stable |