Information for employees

The following list provides a number of support services for all PLUS employees.

• Working Group on Equal Opportunities

  The Working Group on Equal Opportunities (Arbeitskreis für Gleichbehandlungsfragen – AKG) supports the PLUS in all measures taken to promote equal opportunities and prevent discrimination.

  The AKG is represented in all appointment and habilitation committees as well as faculty and department councils and attends all job interviews with prospective employees.

  The AKG offers advice and guidance for all members of the PLUS who experience or witness discrimination.

  If you suspect that you are being discriminated against because of your gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, the AKG can offer help and advice.

  You can email us, call us, or come to a consultation during office opening hours. During our first meeting (online, over the phone or in person), we will listen to your explanation of the situation, make a note of all the facts and outline further options. Together we will work out strategies on how to proceed and discuss possible further steps.

  Any steps taken will be discussed with you first. No measures will be taken without your consent.

  All consultations are strictly confidential and can be held anonymously.

  Contact
  Address: Kaigasse 17/2, 5020 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 8044 2490
  E-Mail:
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/akg

• Sexual Harassment Helpline

  The Sexual Harassment Helpline is a joint project of the Working Group on Equal Opportunities (AKG), the PLUS and the Working Group on Equal Opportunities at the Paracelsus Medical University (PMU).

  What can I expect?

  o Moral support in situations where you feel uncomfortable or harassed

  o Advice on whether certain situations or actions constitute sexual harassment

  o Tips for increasing your personal safety and establishing boundaries

  o Support in gaining emotional strength and coping with psychological abuse

  o Opportunities to develop strategies for navigating uncomfortable conversations

  o Opportunities to discuss further steps

  Contact
  Phone: +43 699 12420126
  Web: https://www.plus.ac.at/akg/helpline/

  Every Wednesday from 1 – 2 pm

• Betriebsrat I (Employees’ council for academic employees)

  As per the agreement signed in 2008 by the Rector and the employees’ council (Betriebsrat), the PLUS is contractually obliged to prevent workplace bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment and to promote a climate of mutual respect.

  Academic staff affected by bullying or sexual harassment can contact the Employees’ council I for help.

  The employees’ council…

  ·         … offers advice and supports those affected by workplace bullying and sexual harassment,

  ·         … develops strategies for reducing bullying and sexual harassment at the PLUS,

  ·         … works with the Rector to implement policies for these strategies.

   

  All conversations staff have with the employees’ council are strictly confidential. E-mail us at to arrange an appointment.

  Contact
  Address: Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 16/1/2, 5010 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 8044 2360
  E-Mail:
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/betriebsraete-der-universitaet-salzburg/

• Betriebsrat II (Employees’ council for non-academic employees)

  As per the agreement signed in 2008 by the Rector and the employees’ council (Betriebsrat), the PLUS is contractually obliged to prevent workplace bullying, discrimination, and sexual harassment and to promote a climate of mutual respect.

  Academic staff affected by bullying or sexual harassment can contact the Employees’ council I for help.

  The employees’ council…

  ·         … offers advice and supports those affected by workplace bullying and sexual harassment,

  ·         … develops strategies for reducing bullying and sexual harassment at the PLUS,

  ·         … works with the Rector to implement policies for these strategies.

   

  All conversations staff have with the employees’ council are strictly confidential. E-mail us at to arrange an appointment.

  Contact
  Address: Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 16/1/2, 5010 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 8044 2360
  E-Mail:
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/betriebsraete-der-universitaet-salzburg/

• Disabled Persons’ Representatives

  Mag. Christine Steger
  E-Mail:

  Georg Brandtner
  E-Mail:

• Arbitration Board

  One of the main tasks of the Arbitration Board is to resolve disputes between members of the PLUS.

  All members of the university are obliged by law (§ 43 UG) to inform the Arbitration Board members in all matters concerning the dispute at hand and to participate in meetings called by the board. The board members are not bound by any directives or orders in their arbitration work.

  In addition, the Arbitration Board deals with complaints from the Working Group on Equal Opportunities concerning discrimination of any form through a decision made by a university institution.

  Disputes which are part of legal proceedings or assessments of performance are not under the responsibility of the Arbitration Board. It can therefore not be called on to consult on study matters, the postdoctoral qualification process or public services law.

  You can contact the Arbitration Board by sending an e-mail to:

  The Head of the Arbitration Board will contact you to set up a meeting and discuss further steps.

  Contact
  E-Mail:
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/fuer-mitarbeiterinnen/schiedskommission

• Occupational Mental Health Service

  The Occupational Mental Health Service offers counselling for all PLUS employees for cases of bullying, sexual harassment, or discrimination in any form. Counselling sessions can be held anonymously and are strictly confidential. Counselling sessions take place outside of a university setting, at our offices at Elisabethstr. 2, 5020 Salzburg.

  Contact
  Address: AMD Salzburg – Zentrum für Gesundes Arbeiten, Elisabethstraße 2/2 (Kieselgebäude), 5020 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 887588 0
  E-Mail:
  Web:  www.amd-sbg.at

• Family, Gender, Disability & Diversity (FGDD)

  Contact
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/fgdd/

  Disability & Diversity (d&d)
  Address: Kaigasse 17/2, 5020 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 8044 2462
  E-Mail:
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/disability-diversity

  gendup (equal opportunities and gender equality)
  Address: Kaigasse 17/1, 5020 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 8044 2522
  E-Mail :
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/gendup

  Kinderbüro (child care at PLUS)
  Address: Kapitelgasse 4-6/1, 5020 Salzburg
  Phone: +43 662 8044 2029
  E-Mail:
  Web: www.plus.ac.at/kinderbuero