{"locale":"en-DE","entries":{"k1046dwv8a5d":"Screenings","k105lld89iqn":"iga: iga.Report 40, 1st edition, November 2019: https://www.iga-info.de/fileadmin/redakteur/Veroeffentlichungen/iga_Reporte/Dokumente/iga-Report_40_Wirksamkeit_und_Nutzen_Gesundheitsfoerderung_Praevention.pdf","k10oos9tiuyy":"Mobile navigation","k112v4rjat7d":"DGUV and GKV-Spitzenverband, Leitfaden zur Abgrenzung von Arbeitsschutz und betrieblicher Gesundheitsförderung, February 2022, web code p022060","k11h7sn8e3h5":"This list is written from the works council's perspective. Its neutrality is why it works.","k11yf8afu8m6":"Which people at the provider are bound by professional secrecy, and how are the others bound?","k120tvq2w92j":"In 2006, the share of employees with access to a programme was 38%.","k121z3tmghhq":"Subject matter","k127pcxfobi5":"8.1 And a correction on certification#","k12blg3swkv":"HEALTH PRIME","k12pnl80je9o":"Link to this section: The health insurance fund: what it pays for, what it does not, and for how long","k12xjnegmj2u":"5","k138lef9s18n":"Threshold","k13cjlsv4gtz":"Section 612a BGB (prohibition of victimisation): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__612a.html","k13joz0uizgh":"Is the assessment up to date, meaning revised since the last significant change to activities, work equipment or organisation?","k13m92cbvihr":"98. Taxes: the €600 and the much larger second route","k13nyexvemd3":"excluded by contract","k13qoi3txjv9":"Link to this section: Mandatory or voluntary: the most important distinction first","k13tj7w2i7c5":"15","k13xvnsrizei":"As at September 2026. Next review: when the GKV Prevention Guide (Leitfaden Prävention) is revised, when the GKV Prevention Report is published (each November) and when DGUV Regulation 2 changes.","k13yp2zcmko8":"Level","k14hx0e2d4m4":"Provider","k14mmjw5d0aa":"Introduction Germany","k14n0oferda7":"Link to this section: Occupational physician and occupational safety specialist: partners, not competitors","k14vrrn19ln4":"Section 10","k14xdozmutge":"1615. What typically goes wrong: 17 failure patterns","k14yi1c7tt6f":"Executive Medical Office (for companies)","k14ykcy2l9nw":"What are your rules on safe instruments, hygiene plan and disposal under TRBA 250?","k15nejwf53u3":"Link to this section: 8.1 And a correction on certification","k15rus9em977":"Registration goes to the provider or to the occupational physician","k15uyquxbckg":"Barrier-free, step-free access","k160ll6bb18c":"These two points affect the business model of every medical provider of workplace screenings in Germany. They are not conclusively settled, so we present them as questions we pass to your legal adviser, not as established law.","k16b7hwq5o8h":"Bowel cancer screening","k16kbs8jf631":"How do you deal with the fact that GOÄ fees are mandatory for medical services when the employer pays? (BGH, 4 April 2024, III ZR 38/23)","k17224w99f6l":"Three waves, jointly signed","k1723n3ufzin":"Three shifts","k172ohcoqk4b":"Provider, steering group","k17nl49r784l":"Findings rate, referral rate into routine care, share of newly discovered versus already known findings, self-efficacy and intention to act","k17old5y5qqv":"7.5 Multiple funds and the coordination office#","k17rvkludqok":"Terms and conditions","k17znto3e0xf":"Section 87(1) no. 7 (workplace link restored)","k186m5d07tlo":"Thyroid ultrasound","k189eih3n93l":"Link to this section: 7.3 The funding criteria, word for word, and they are decisive for the project","k189po60mcbh":"At what group size does reporting start, and is that guaranteed by contract?","k18d9zttc0sr":"Management","k18pvwssoonq":"Shift pattern","k18qpamtexa0":"5.4 Where co-determination comes back into play even though the programme is voluntary#","k18vy5sdkc1m":"Close menu","k196j5fngg20":"4. Agreement with the health insurance fund","k19803tm2jcu":"9","k19bkuli786g":"These two points are here because they affect your contract with a provider and because, as far as we know, no German provider text mentions them. We do not claim to have answered them.","k19r6e3yjo85":"Participation rules, registration procedure, rules of conduct","k19z9qy0ykp6":"And then, explicitly:","k1a4epr0afn2":"Private Medical Office","k1a70ngqh6g2":"Print or save as PDF","k1a9yayz4e06":"https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/betrvg/__87.html","k1adpwgon2r4":"Budget, target vision, signature on the announcement","k1amh9rjt2uo":"The set-up:","k1aqa7gk2jc3":"53%","k1ati96xjmx4":"From the trade press","k1b2wqc3anq9":"TRBA 250, Section 4.2.5(4) no. 1(e) and (5)","k1b6f9z8fb2y":"Link to this section: The works council: the most important stakeholder, and usually your ally","k1bayfrljo3":"Process and outcome metrics, updating. Plan the budget for year 3","k1c240x9ptva":"The workplace health promotion coordination office (bgf-koordinierungsstelle.de) has been running since May 2017 under the BKK umbrella association, covers all six types of fund and has 16 regional offices. It offers free, competitively neutral initial advice, with a reply within two working days. It is a small channel: in 2024 it received 635 enquiries, 73% of them from SMEs. The main route remains direct advice from a fund's corporate clients team.","k1c8h06wo1gv":"For projects in Germany, your point of contact is the Swiss company. Before every project, we clarify the scope, the parties involved and the data protection arrangements in writing.","k1chwywf9flj":"Is an AI component involved? Then Section 80(3) sentence 2 BetrVG.","k1cj86311b03":"TRBA 250 'Biologische Arbeitsstoffe im Gesundheitsdienst', edition of November 2025","k1cmys557d1g":"What exactly is certified at your organisation, by whom, and what does the certificate cover? (The ZPP reviews only behaviour-related individual prevention. Programmes under Section 20b SGB V cannot be submitted there.)","k1cppchc1h56":"The larger the company, the more likely it is to have a programme, and the less often people take part. That is a direct argument for an on-site, fixed-time format that comes to employees, rather than a portal-and-voucher model in large organisations.","k1cujigjpl08":"Back to home","k1dnl1cp1pwf":"Food hygiene; Section 203 StGB for the consultation","k1dq64v4leko":"10. Report and follow-up","k1dw87dpje55":"Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen: SOFI-Impulspapier BGM 2025: https://sofi.uni-goettingen.de/fileadmin/Impulspapiere/SOFI-Impulspapier_BGM_2025.pdf","k1dzbejod4ym":"Steering group with rules of procedure, and the sentence 'the work of the ASA remains unaffected'","k1eff2385t1g":"Drittes Bürokratieentlastungsgesetz of 22 November 2019, BGBl. I 2019 p. 1746","k1ehp0beugdy":"2What the risk assessment really requires, and what it is not#","k1ek91w9yd5s":"Section 3a(2) ArbStättV: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbst_ttv_2004/__3a.html","k1evdfvd0906":"'Slot utilisation at site X: 78%', never names","k1f24xjpa2cj":"1Overview","k1f96haul9bx":"Key figures","k1fh2lbau5h7":"Melanoma screening","k1fmi53sjkpo":"Participation during paid working hours","k1fmyo1ymcky":"No lists of no-shows for managers","k1fstccyxsb0":"Introducing a health programme","k1fw583nxnc6":"own channel, own address, own system","k1fxj9bkx28z":"Term, termination and continuing effect of the agreement?","k1g0rdb5autc":"The GKV Prevention Guide itself says it like this, verbatim:","k1g5x71zw3d9":"12.2 Communication#","k1gtilmyg548":"The planning runs entirely in your browser. No data is transmitted.","k1gy0rgbahie":"Advice on health-promoting work design","k1gz9csbqpz7":"This page explains the publicly available evidence and legal position for educational purposes. It is not legal, tax or medical advice. In any individual case, the linked legal texts and your professional advisers are authoritative.","k1h1wjnj5ndn":"7.2 What the fund may provide#","k1hgom5j48uf":"20","k1hoxhplwcme":"Data protection and purpose limitation","k1htxnkd3j0f":"A planning figure, not an expected participation rate.","k1ighnbtjxvk":"Section 2(2) GOÄ: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/go__1982/__2.html","k1il8w5iiddm":"© 2013 - 2026 Health Prime AG","k1indc7mvvd8":"This list builds more trust than any case study. Where a source exists, we name it; the rest is observation from practice and is labelled as such.","k1iq262j3nwj":"Medical confidentiality, Section 203 StGB. A meeting room with a glass wall is not suitable","k1itj9gtenpj":"Germany","k1j8vw064hpi":"Negotiation, data protection review, data protection impact assessment where applicable","k1jeqwr1hxfb":"Introducing a health programme in Germany","k1jg2e3eehp7":"Reset answers","k1jjbc6i1xiw":"BGF-Koordinierungsstelle: https://www.bgf-koordinierungsstelle.de","k1jjnv1qx17y":"2. Outcome","k1jmdcfk49pv":"Implementation","k1joend3cim1":"16.1 Itinerant medical practice ('im Umherziehen')#","k1jsqt95g30h":"Link to this section: 7.5 Many funds and the coordination office","k1kafjnjcszf":"Techniker Krankenkasse, IFBG and Haufe Personalmagazin: #whatsnext 2025, n = 1,529, field period 6 January to 14 February 2025: https://www.tk.de/resource/blob/2197646/74c9dbc71dac772c8cd5d7bb71d2729b/whatsnext-2025-data.pdf","k1kqq73246kl":"5.6 Other provisions that are often overlooked#","k1kvl7yp8d1":"How are abnormal findings and emergencies handled?","k1l1c39bpho":"What happens to the data when the contract ends?","k1l2xj778zjx":"Rotating shifts","k1l5g6kg9uo2":"Section 87(1) no. 7 in conjunction with Sections 3 and 5 ArbSchG","k1l5idq63wa4":"Vein screening","k1lb2r8jv2pq":"Skip to content","k1ldew7fqroz":"What is your actual average participation rate, how do you measure it, and across how many projects?","k1lf5aa3bs0v":"7. Logistics and site visit","k1ljlifuz9gv":"Provider, HR, works council","k1ltgixz2nlx":"Contents","k1luuicypyc9":"Link to this section: 7.4 The exclusion criteria, complete and word for word","k1lvnmznf6ui":"How is withdrawal of consent handled, and does it go through us?","k1m2hey9o1iz":"The works council has an enforceable co-determination right that extends even to a booking tool, however voluntary participation is.","k1m79zo7d8jl":"n ≥ 5 per evaluation group","k1m94dqwb1yc":"Which named intervention from the workplace health promotion fields of action is each screening module linked to?","k1mg8pri17ap":"Link to this section: Screening day planner","k1mhmjejb1s5":"The GKV guide twice expressly recommends using it: 'the business should also include the occupational safety committee under Section 11 ASiG in this' (Chapter 6.2.2) and 'Existing structures … should also be used as a steering structure for health promotion' (Chapter 6.3.2).","k1miizw13fxb":"Purchasing, HR","k1mjgx8qdp26":"6","k1mshmhvef0i":"9.2 The minimum group size, answered honestly#","k1mvqofzkhep":"9. Delivery","k1mzrd7hkici":"7.6 The company health report, and a hurdle HR usually discovers too late#","k1n927q29qg6":"Legal notice","k1nai4ee5z6d":"Management and works council sign jointly","k1nk2xjuz1xz":"Section 3 no. 34 EStG, additionality, payroll account records, invoice format","k1ntjbtrcq41":"TRBA 250, Section 4.1.4","k1nxx0fo6flm":"1312. Registration, communication, capacity and rooms","k1o6tqtjigda":"Three points up front that set the German case apart from any other:","k1o87vap5m50":"Process with required approvals","k1oly4kh2add":"Service navigation","k1opa9we7z2i":"7The health insurance fund: what it pays, what it does not pay, and for how long#","k1oqedm1zrgc":"No","k1oyc6dze5pi":"12","k1p6mlt3shtn":"Delivery","k1p6pyhao0yn":"Sources#","k1phw75vj3q4":"Usual market minimum for reports on organisational units","k1pims7t7ppa":"Genetic Sciences overview","k1pj0o1dps7z":"16.2 The Scale of Medical Fees (GOÄ) applies even when the employer pays#","k1pohdc0blqr":"Link to this section: Disclaimer","k1q86tmvxy5f":"Table, scrolls horizontally","k1q9q6675dz":"For orientation only, not a legal assessment of your individual case. Your answers never leave your browser.","k1qxbumximmw":"Voluntary","k1qxud1kiu12":"#whatsnext 2025","k1r0u157yui3":"Duty of care","k1r1t4dgwqrg":"How is cooperation with our occupational physician and our occupational safety specialist arranged?","k1rbq6572joh":"Requirement","k1rn19dg8c3p":"Three values are in circulation, and each answers a different question:","k1rn8rulqy6s":"Who at your organisation is bound by professional secrecy under Section 203 StGB, and how are the other staff bound? Show us the confidentiality undertaking.","k1ruiapzhkq1":"And the joint guidance from DGUV and the GKV-Spitzenverband is even clearer: 'Workplace health promotion measures do not replace the employer's duties under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.'","k1rxpgdq7t5k":"Tax department","k1s375ry5bop":"Go to section","k1s6iym916d8":"Section 87(1) no. 1","k1sgkq73hem8":"BAuA: Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung 2024: Entwicklung von Angebot und Teilnahme, baua: Fakten, series BIBB-BAuA-57, 2026: https://www.baua.de/DE/Angebote/Publikationen/Fakten/BIBB-BAuA-57","k1sin76c636d":"As at September 2026. Next review: when the GKV Prevention Guide is revised.","k1sj3lfrllui":"43. Risk assessment: readiness check","k1sk1mph7opi":"Federal Ministry of Finance","k1sykhzsxxm9":"Sections 20 and 20b SGB V: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__20.html · https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__20b.html","k1t6jdm3m38j":"16Two open legal questions we will not decide for you#","k1tatby2brkv":"Do you invoice the measure, catering, travel and accommodation separately? (BMF para. 30)","k1thhs7thmm5":"Link to this section: 10.2 Realistic timescales","k1tkz9x0qktl":"Conflict resolution","k1tmzw4o0khi":"any app, wearable, platform, booking or check-in tool","k1tnvwyu18bl":"Co-determination applies through","k1toapcsnpjw":"All screenings","k1tpwxnd5bmw":"n ≥ 10 per evaluation group","k1tubujr507v":"11Screening day planner#","k1u01syqjysi":"Results feed into the risk assessment","k1u255hzr8d":"5.7 The two arguments that actually persuade#","k1udevs161qs":"How is registration organised, and at what point does HR learn anything?","k1uebv5wcinw":"The full account with the budget helper is on our page The business case for corporate health management in Germany. Here is what you need for project planning.","k1ujvivnntmp":"TRBA 250, Section 4.2.5","k1uk0uehmeeq":"In arithmetical terms, that is a one in twenty chance of inspection each year, from which no federal state may depart, at a time when almost half of organisations do not carry out a risk assessment of mental stress.","k1ukxshmreaf":"Link to this section: 5.3 The counterintuitive rule","k1upx1cp92fj":"6.1 The roles#","k1uquy8o5xrw":"Role","k1ut2kgeclch":"1. Target vision and budget","k1uurjqzxzv5":"8. Communication","k1v9iknn816h":"Link to this section: 7.2 What the fund may provide","k1vka2ty2a1y":"Fitness or health room, subsidised company sports","k1vni7cf95r6":"Yes","k1vqg0q1fnva":"5The works council: the most important stakeholder, and usually your ally#","k1vvu28ehd0l":"Sickness absence rate, days of incapacity per employee, turnover, eNPS, development of the risk assessment","k1w666g5g00t":"MPBetreibV, version of 20 February 2025: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/mpbetreibv_2025/","k1w6dyfocbgd":"Company","k1w83mpibbx6":"How do you demonstrate anonymisation to the works council?","k1waf48nc054":"Services","k1wd0sxrvmm5":"8","k1wk1yz1ynoa":"The only health committee required by law in the workplace, meeting at least quarterly","k1wl9ykihhna":"How many organisations do this: 52.0% yes, 17.9% planned, 24.6% no, 5.5% don't know (#whatsnext 2025, n = 1,441). The study finds the starting position 'virtually unchanged' compared with 2022. Start-ups stand at 22.8%, established companies at 54.8%.","k1wplj3f19ox":"Sections 3 and 6 ArbMedVV: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbmedvv/__3.html · https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbmedvv/__6.html","k1wubzd3wh2n":"Medical Family Office","k1x0ydc6osmc":"How have you established that the activity is permitted under professional law at our location, and with which state medical chamber?","k1x1ek0l0c39":"This is the buying committee card, written by the health insurance funds themselves, so it is not something a provider made up.","k1x731qzoti0":"TRBA 250, Section 4.1.6, plus the relevant state hygiene ordinance","k1x9yrl9uzu7":"15What typically goes wrong: 17 failure patterns#","k1xaatzrqvkr":"3. Analysis of the current situation","k1xbr4dljo0w":"Cross-company networking and advice","k1xieuux2l4n":"Note the 'and/or': the business's own contribution can be made in staff time; cash is not mandatory.","k1xjh1cylacq":"Works council","k1xvxnxn5uuo":"HR, fund","k1xwy3sb3t2l":"Open menu","k1y0qotp7ocy":"Enforceable co-determination under Section 87(1) nos. 1, 6 and 7 BetrVG; nothing happens without its consent","k1yc1erqtt4b":"New screenings for 2026","k1yc4wcxz1gv":"Attribution","k1yi5pt5hbsc":"Research and surveys","k1yjxk07tj6k":"Well evidenced","k1yqtqzv5dp7":"3Risk assessment: readiness check#","k1yr0qiea18y":"Link to this section: 5.6 Other rules that are often overlooked","k1ysffbgg89a":"Section 167(2) SGB IX (BEM): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__167.html","k1ytv0nl9x6c":"Medical Family Office submenu","k1yzjoubajbs":"Voluntariness","k1z2q295blye":"Professional credibility, independence from instructions under Section 8 ASiG, right to make written proposals","k1z74c17chyy":"What happens to lists of participants and non-participants?","k1zbw7km3f8x":"Nutrition coaching","k1zhnvw0vg3b":"9.1 Outline of a model works agreement on corporate health management and workplace health promotion#","k1zmzf8xp7k6":"Goal, target groups, budget range, period. No ROI promise","k1zo0wqxzgzf":"6.3 The ASA as steering group#","k200hnqrys28":"Link to this section: 6.1 The roles","k201dihoypwf":"Facts & Figures submenu","k202c9w6phs7":"5.2 The trap providers miss most often#","k202qpgmiygh":"More facts on workplace health","k2052b72h6qy":"Is it inspected","k206nfwbminy":"the day shift only","k208nt64s0jp":"fully attributable","k20fztmlnouj":"Data protection, confidentiality and co-determination in corporate health management","k20ggutdbaug":"10The process: from the first idea to the report#","k20t5ii0smot":"Link to this section: What the risk assessment really requires, and what it is not","k20u42vic2hn":"4Who decides, and what each role needs to know#","k214r7vtsbw7":"7.1 The legal basis#","k21i21jlivec":"Our three-level model:","k21tc23qfqez":"Eligibility for funding and tax","k220a41sx53w":"Zentrale Prüfstelle Prävention, review process: https://www.zentrale-pruefstelle-praevention.de/","k2224qm7va23":"'By assessing the hazards associated with employees' work, the employer must determine which occupational health and safety measures are necessary.'","k22gdt8p47n2":"Germany has two separate systems that are constantly mixed up in everyday use. Anyone who confuses them loses the funding, the tax exemption, or both.","k22msy1x2586":"Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9(3) and 11 ASiG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/asig/","k2368n5o7nnb":"Are cross-tabulations that would allow small cells to be reconstructed ruled out?","k238vib8zoxf":"10.2 Realistic timescales#","k23jgzr32lrv":"Link to this section: What typically goes wrong: 17 failure patterns","k23nlqpuy8ej":"Pharmacogenetics","k23s53aqxtel":"10.1 Phases#","k23ygjzzjnc4":"Two findings that appear on no provider's website:","k23yoxh1e75d":"Link to this section: The process: from first idea to report","k241qhc3g5q1":"Screenings submenu","k24cl3ilzs0c":"Link to this section: Registration, communication, capacity and rooms","k24eeca0t5sn":"Link to this section: 5.1 The legal basis","k24emjk4z7o1":"News","k24ousvct0su":"Section 3a(2) ArbStättV binds the business; to be agreed by contract","k24yqhw3b5z6":"Have prohibitions on reprisals, disadvantage and use of evidence been agreed?","k2514dkxcoc0":"the announcement, not the participant list","k2546hyd5a0x":"Were all six feature areas of the GDA guideline taken into account?","k259z05bpq7l":"Overview#","k25isvehlutb":"Yes, by the state occupational safety authorities and the accident insurance providers","k25kzo6amblb":"Section 23(3), Sections 50, 58, 77(6), 80, 88 no. 1 and 89 BetrVG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/betrvg/","k25x2ufxwa9o":"Link to this section: 5.2 The trap providers most often overlook","k25ziqaakevr":"Link to this section: Key figures and evaluation","k26ilckn11n2":"GKV-Spitzenverband: Leitfaden Prävention, version of 17 December 2025: https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/praevention__selbsthilfe__beratung/praevention/praevention_leitfaden/20251218_Leitfaden_Pravention_2025_barrierefrei.pdf","k26pb6llplqm":"Three things practitioners regularly get wrong:","k26xncpwo78a":"Your assumption","k27hj2upithq":"Section 87(1) no. 10","k27lh51qr4ic":"11","k27yugfqjy7":"'three to five'","k281909ok9fr":"to be settled in the works agreement","k288cxzuxkjm":"Basis","k28hy2khhibi":"Status of the risk assessment, existing programmes, ASA calendar, spread of health insurance funds across the workforce","k28i19zwa3hu":"20Disclaimer","k28oi8w8yrb2":"What works councils regularly ask for in small or sensitive units","k28rfbipmm8v":"Health insurance funds and prevention","k28sbbr6kejb":"Any AI component in the tool chain","k28x2ak1ppno":"Section 3(1) EntgFG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/entgfg/__3.html","k28xl03vj15o":"1Mandatory or voluntary: the most important difference first#","k293i99fltkh":"Screening day planner","k29k67rk8cdg":"reported, not claimed as caused","k29lcp65j338":"LAGA-Mitteilung 18, 'Vollzugshilfe zur Entsorgung von Abfällen aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitsdienstes', June 2021","k29n47ahcbud":"Link to this section: Sources","k29rd491eefi":"Main navigation","k29t128k1zx8":"Link to this section: 5.5 What happens if the works council is bypassed","k29tlb87kdux":"Section 7","k29xwfnleqj2":"How do you make sure the measure stays eligible for funding under Section 20b SGB V, particularly given the exclusion criterion 'screenings without interventions'?","k2a0zhhzxuil":"This is the most important operational commitment on the whole page, and one that competitors cannot copy casually.","k2a1mj2nzs5x":"Co-determination","k2a339ufak1u":"Link to this section: 6.3 The occupational safety committee (ASA) as steering group","k2a3i88tezo9":"Law and data","k2a6nb7lu2n7":"Minimum group size in reporting","k2aacvcro3ss":"RiliBÄK, version of 14 April 2023 with amendment of 3 July 2025","k2ajeoeojbhb":"Part-time employees are counted at 0.5 (up to 20 hours a week) or 0.75 (up to 30 hours a week).","k2aki12scbxj":"Lockable consultation room, screened from view and sound","k2arad060khr":"Link to this section: 16.2 The Scale of Medical Fees (GOÄ) applies even when the employer pays","k2artas3j1to":"10","k2axbqyg8dqz":"WhatsApp Chat","k2bhy45r914a":"Negotiating practice","k2bolly9aoll":"Agreeing the plan with the works council as a separate step, including the booking tool and working-time arrangements (Section 87 BetrVG)","k2bv3skcrjtz":"The business case for corporate health management in Germany","k2bvs1a4sb9e":"Section 87(1) nos. 2 and 3","k2c39ndbcr58":"Every booking tool is subject to co-determination","k2c7vx37k0vh":"4","k2c8gdcqsv6z":"87. The health insurance fund: what it pays, what it does not pay, and for how long","k2cgsswa9m94":"Link to this section: The works agreement, and what the works council will examine","k2cujltk2e3f":"Checklist","k2czk6xpdlbd":"DGUV Vorschrift 2, version in force since 1 January 2026. The version issued by the competent employers' liability insurance association is the binding one: https://www.dguv.de/de/praevention/vorschriften_regeln/dguv-vorschrift_2/index.jsp","k2cztt2h8kiw":"Sections 5 and 6 ArbSchG (risk assessment, including Section 5(3) no. 6 mental stress): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__5.html","k2d05jqitv4v":"Where is the data stored, by whom, and for how long?","k2d1gd8ndvlw":"20 to 24 with 15 to 20-minute slots.","k2d3n8un91cs":"Section 87 BetrVG (co-determination, conciliation board): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/betrvg/__87.html","k2d3nyi9naj6":"Sections 4 and 6(2) ArbMedVV with Annex Part 2","k2dabdmvm854":"Link to this section: 12.2 Communication","k2dd8wwomz5k":"65. The works council: the most important stakeholder, and usually your ally","k2dqfh8c3nef":"Room and infrastructure check against the list in Section 12.4","k2dw1fykbjii":"12.4 Rooms and infrastructure#","k2e4u7fheyw7":"Section 203 StGB: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__203.html","k2ejb2kioluo":"Employee survey","k2eodu8ml6oh":"5. Works agreement","k2ephbq6vlny":"Legal sources","k2ez5798a3o7":"Disclaimer#","k2f1wts04xq4":"Who is the controller for the medical data, and is there a data processing agreement with us? If not, why not?","k2fbrnoqn8hp":"1110. The process: from the first idea to the report","k2fgq7ldyfgw":"26.8%","k2fmc44rh5lq":"Section 8","k2fmjsivtw31":"1. Process","k2fr6ao8z2v0":"Management, HR","k2ftfcpo9142":"109. The works agreement, and what the works council will check","k2gjyb8nduis":"Market practice, not law","k2k573c6hhb":"About us","k2mvpumprnt":"5.3 The counterintuitive rule#","k2rv45n74qv":"Reach, participation rate, slot utilisation, waiting time, satisfaction, likelihood to recommend, language coverage, share of shift workers among participants","k2w7cx7wqtn":"Link to this section: 12.4 Rooms and infrastructure","k38d496dix0":"Steering group","k3ds4w9yr2x":"Anonymity and minimum group size","k3g21ggcolq":"1514. Participation: what is realistic and what drives it","k3gt90xtqc4":"Eligible for health insurance fund funding","k3rz3nm2z29":"2.2 The risk assessment diagnoses, it does not treat#","k3xtaznplwb":"7","k47r86z3sf8":"Free public tools that we point you to without condition:","k4b1o0v1tsz":"Eye screening","k4c0gbwupm3":"Which data flows where, in what format, to which person?","k4hzcw8l6h4":"Participation during working hours (to be settled in the works agreement)","k4v220ht6z1":"2.1 A correction that almost every competitor site gets wrong#","k4vcv957r96":"Does your ASA know the results?","k4xsqyslm0i":"Section 38 BDSG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bdsg_2018/__38.html","k56l3424i6j":"Examination stations","k5993255m3b":"Musterberufsordnung für die in Deutschland tätigen Ärztinnen und Ärzte, Section 17 (version adopted by the 130th German Medical Assembly, 13 May 2026). The binding text is the professional code of the relevant state medical association (Landesärztekammer): https://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/themen/recht/berufsrecht","k5dyysi0eox":"How, and how easily, can consent be withdrawn?","k5ysqydhd4q":"1211. Screening day planner","k635x33tdtm":"Link to this section: 9.1 Outline of a model works agreement on corporate health management and workplace health promotion","k65vpw92kcd":"Epigenetic coaching","k69qqi752zn":"Art. 9 GDPR, Section 203 StGB, co-determination and minimum group size, with a data protection check.","k6c17gkpq9j":"53% of employees in Germany say their employer offers a health programme. But only 26.8% of organisations report having holistic corporate health management, and that share has not risen since 2022.","k6doiuv25bq":"12.1 Registration never goes through HR#","k6fz8bbi8zl":"Further development","k6hvxxps6jz":"54. Who has a say, and what each role needs to know","k6kjatam6yn":"GDA-Leitlinie 'Beratung und Überwachung bei psychischer Belastung am Arbeitsplatz', as at 11 January 2018, PDF version of 17 June 2025: https://www.gda-portal.de/DE/Downloads/pdf/Leitlinie-Psych-Belastung.pdf","k6lfer5yva6":"GKV-Spitzenverband and Medizinischer Dienst Bund: Präventionsbericht 2025, reporting year 2024, as at November 2025: https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/praevention__selbsthilfe__beratung/praevention/praeventionsbericht/2025_GKV_MD_Praventionsbericht_barrierefrei.pdf","k6nwybi6klg":"Link to this section: Choosing a provider: the questions to ask every provider","k6uqn4qivhv":"Legal basis, record of processing activities, data protection impact assessment where applicable","k707divqxv7":"14Participation: what is realistic and what drives it#","k7criry1wqr":"5.1 The legal basis#","k7f5e1aw0e1":"Risk assessment, including mental stress","k7gleae29z4":"Blood sampling is protection level 2","k7ii23xc8l6":"Non-textile, cleanable floor and cleanable work surface","k7mhxmhbyfy":"Rule","k7oy8udsut9":"Aggregated report above the minimum group size; the steering group derives measures","k7xv7b4vcln":"TRBA 250, Section 4.1.2. The exemption for vehicles does not apply to a screening room","k80nxdqmiie":"Official regulations and guidelines","k898d104t7u":"Fund's incapacity-for-work data, survey, work situation analysis, risk assessment results as a reference","k8ag5whotk7":"52.0%","k8aumj3o9mj":"HR","k8c588lka9d":"Is there a rule on how to handle results that concern individual line managers?","k8cxwfzuh3o":"Genetic Sciences submenu","k8n1zbqzwn0":"21. Mandatory or voluntary: the most important difference first","k8nh7autryb":"1413. Metrics and evaluation","k8rskdrwvwb":"Talk to us","k8spuufs2io":"7.4 The exclusion criteria, complete and verbatim#","k8w6tnzn9kk":"Four points specific to Germany:","k8xkhgkrn8l":"Risk assessment, works council under Section 87 BetrVG, occupational physician and DGUV Regulation 2, health insurance fund funding under Section 20b SGB V, taxes and a model works agreement: the working document for introducing a programme.","k8ytdeufea1":"Occupational physician and safety specialist","k9bmsckvcrl":"Day shift","k9bnfj15dba":"TRBA 250, November 2025 edition","k9j2v9dhsx2":"17Choosing a provider: the questions to ask every provider#","k9knqhw1ofm":"6Occupational physician and safety specialist: partners, not competitors#","k9o357p1szc":"GDA-Leitlinie 'Gefährdungsbeurteilung und Dokumentation', as at 5 December 2025","k9rl05jzw9n":"Four clauses that have proved their worth in practice:","k9ry7dbe2ju":"32. What the risk assessment really requires, and what it is not","k9xuv15rga9":"Evaluation","ka4xnlb6dh0":"Link to this section: 9.3 What the works council will examine","kaiywayie5l":"Genetic Sciences","karvhwqm6qd":"More dossiers","kasy9q5m4ot":"Employer, with possible funding under Section 20b SGB V","kb6nnwyz6i3":"On what legal basis do you process health data, and why?","kb7iu9kie9t":"HR, works council, data protection officer","kb9xaqdh453":"Does participation count as working time?","kbe9agddiec":"This page is about the difference. It is written as a working document and designed so that you can forward it to your works council, your occupational physician, your data protection officer and your tax department. Each of these roles has its own section below, with its own link.","kbqfwbwrgps":"Reward, bonus or subsidy for participation","kbqo17m3bub":"Internal marketing","kc3498j16mt":"Objectives","kc4nltnipwv":"Legal status","kcbn4eaw82q":"Desired reach","kcjbiumx0df":"Link to this section: 5.7 The two arguments that actually persuade","kczc8jzrpb7":"3","kd6aqa9b5lc":"weakly substantiated","kdh7tkhuu6k":"'The risk assessment is your legal obligation. It is not eligible for health insurance funding, and workplace health promotion is no substitute for it. The free GDA and INQA tools are enough for many businesses. In Germany, the constraint is rarely a lack of tools. It is capacity and process.'","kdps33hei9g":"The business case for corporate health management","kdyku5ankhj":"6. Provider selection","kemhgni9yrs":"1","kesx3mm6gzp":"Link to this section: Participation: what is realistic and what drives it","keya36r5zlt":"Health insurance fund","kf1ecclkida":"These cards are designed to be forwarded. Each has its own permanent link.","kf70l59vhoh":"What the evidence supports and what it does not. With an absence cost calculator and a Section 3 no. 34 EStG budget helper.","kflbvoljnot":"Communication in waves, registration not through HR (Section 12)","kfllot6qklu":"attributable, with a stated reservation","kfwh2r0nolw":"Results fed back by team, department or site","kg2ksw9jzar":"Participants per station per day","kg4i9xau3fd":"The GKV Prevention Guide, Chapter 6.2.1, lists: analysis services (analyses of incapacity for work, of work situations and of age structure, surveys, workshops) to establish needs, advice on designing working conditions that promote health, advice on developing goals and a plan, support in setting up project management, moderation of working groups and health circles, training of multipliers, implementation of behavioural prevention measures, support for internal communication, and documentation, evaluation and quality assurance.","kg5wgzm7u0x":"Duty of care, not expressly required","kgfqnysbgin":"In almost every design, yes","kgi4clx8hyx":"Appointments fall within working hours","kh0b3pexbqc":"1918. Sources","kh1ar2s7piu":"What happens","kh1ryzo6e26":"1817. Choosing a provider: the questions to ask every provider","kh3eli3ase2":"Contact","kh42f23d590":"Countries","kh7k6p2binn":"What supporting documents do you provide for the payroll account? (BMF paras. 27 to 29)","kha772xv686":"What it decides or blocks","khhz7ecy97j":"Employees at the site","ki0lgfd958h":"26.8%","kicm1yq9fy4":"ASR A3.6 (ventilation)","kigte2148ps":"Phase","kiihjz0xq2m":"Does registration go through HR? If so, why?","kijheuosj9":"Link to this section: 10.1 Phases","kijuim40j0s":"11. Evaluation and year 2","kijvrc3ol6d":"What deletion periods apply, and who monitors them?","kimyd3rdqlw":"WhatsApp","kintnc3y78z":"This list is worded neutrally. That is exactly what makes it useful. We answer it for ourselves as well, of course.","kinu1u0c1tv":"6.2 DGUV Regulation 2 as amended from 1 January 2026#","kixrkxolgbr":"Yes, under the GKV Prevention Guide","kj5hqx0025b":"Clients","kj5o0o9j52g":"Used for","kj7f4j6vafg":"Link to this section: 12.3 Capacity","kj7l8xbhfqh":"Health promotion, mental health and stress management for your employees through corporate health management. We combine innovative pharmacogenetics with practical health solutions.","kjfhdxh57a4":"Who pays","kjp81td8wd":"Two shifts","kjrodftcmz0":"HR, works council, management","kjwe1wam5mg":"Section 21(1a) ArbSchG (minimum inspection rate of 5% from 2026): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__21.html","kjx3qwiire9":"2. Early involvement","kk1zzeczxxe":"ASR A3.6; KRINKO 2011","kk3sv9zw7d8":"Link to this section: 12.1 Registration never goes through HR","kk6pvjt9akr":"Link to this section: 5.4 Where co-determination applies again, even though the programme is voluntary","kkbovv9m5he":"GKV Prevention Guide, Chapter 6.2.3","kkpcp65pch":"Link to this section: Overview","kksz2b1dw7h":"Private Medical Office (for individuals)","kkyl2wgry26":"Link to this section: 9.2 The minimum group size, answered honestly","kl44q39gjwm":"3. Impact","kl5g3cynun1":"18Sources#","klbf1ftgb6w":"Approval by the occupational physician","kle9fyh7h6x":"Prohibition of reprisals, disadvantage and use of evidence","klfezkvoo4s":"12.3 Capacity#","klhg3bc667d":"That means about 6% of employees are reached each year. At the same time, 53% of employees say their employer offers a workplace health programme.","klpk5vjovr5":"Samstagernstrasse 55","klpohajfbnd":"Additional feature","km6cn7aic5h":"Which of your services fall, in your assessment, under BMF para. 37 and therefore outside the €600 limit?","km9ixykujs2":"Link to this section: 7.6 The workplace health report, and a hurdle HR usually discovers too late","kmfe0csajlf":"info@health-prime.ch","kmk6jpiurug":"Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026","kmkd7bm6s4o":"Workshops and seminars","kmtozs712br":"Section 87(1) no. 8 (design, not establishment)","kmz8rdvixnh":"Working time and time off","kn50d65tcir":"8Taxes: the €600 and the much larger second route#","kngxhe8j7ci":"Who","knrrbw2jdiw":"Link to this section: 7.7 The figure that settles the objection 'the fund does this for free anyway'","knt0kh1q032":"Three rules for level 3, to be set down in writing before the programme starts:","knxnzpz9t2c":"Link to this section: 16.1 Itinerant medical practice ('im Umherziehen')","ko3zoh8upkt":"76. Occupational physician and occupational safety specialist: partners, not competitors","kokce5pld6q":"Data security","kornd8qx4dk":"Screening days, registration never through HR","kornf7sl6fi":"Introducing a health programme in Germany: decide, plan, deliver","kow7sqvye5g":"Facts & Figures","kp1yrps3kmt":"Link to this section: Risk assessment: readiness check","kp2jsof3d7c":"Cardiovascular screening","kp374cyxlnz":"1716. Two open legal questions we will not decide for you","kpsa1s8m47g":"Further development: 'evaluate and update every three years'","kpyl6ybv15l":"Section 5","kq0xbgjm8o4":"7.3 The funding criteria, verbatim, and they can make or break a project#","kqcyzh4cs2d":"Section 87(1) no. 6, voluntariness is irrelevant","kqkmvtfjto0":"Health-promoting work and lifestyle","kqm978l5fah":"all shifts","kqojrikbl7o":"Page /de-de/datenschutz-bgm","kqyz70bwgoq":"Executive Medical Office","kr5cyt7qe9h":"Corporate health management in figures: Germany 2026","kri4i5a5ji6":"9The works agreement, and what the works council will check#","krmuxarp5bf":"Link to this section: Tax: the €600 and the much larger second route","krsv0mm9hn4":"Section 3 no. 34 EStG, Section 8(2) sentence 11 and (4) EStG, Section 42e EStG: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__3.html · https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__8.html · https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__42e.html","kry88ficmi0":"BMF letter of 20 April 2021, ref. IV C 5 - S 2342/20/10003 :003, published as Annex 18c to the payroll tax guidance (Lohnsteuer-Hinweise): https://esth.bundesfinanzministerium.de/lsth/2023/B-Anhaenge/Anhang-18c/anhang-18c.html","ks1wvptgm1p":"Link to this section: Who has a say, and what each role needs to know","ks602240ph3":"Is there a record of what came of the most recent measures?","ksa36156kwb":"Is there a tool, an app, a portal? Then Section 87(1) no. 6 applies.","kscvzaajrsf":"Workplace health promotion (BGF)","ksdxcn72nai":"Cost coverage","ksema12f90l":"LAGA Notice 18, June 2021. No electronic tracking procedure, no producer number. Whether the containers may go into the client's general waste depends on the municipal bylaw","ksf8m72vmdf":"Section 87(1) no. 6 BetrVG, regardless of voluntariness. The choice of tool belongs in the works agreement negotiations, not in the week before the event","ksrje0knvc0":"Always the employer","ksrtzdqngd4":"The planned appointments fall in","kssti1cmalm":"Sickness absence rates compared across eight sources, plus costs, mental health, presenteeism and prevalence, with the basis given for every figure.","kssutum3jvy":"Menu","kt627t5jiqi":"Switzerland","kthjv3yti3h":"Were all job groups covered, including shift work, field service, warehouse and mobile work, and working from home?","kthw40z0jwi":"Link to this section: 2.1 A correction that almost every competitor site gets wrong","ktqdomog565":"Corporate health management in figures: Germany 2026","ktvad5xtyt4":"Share without a fixed screen-based workstation","ktwebwipw59":"Delivery over 5 days, followed by an aggregated report","ktx8sa9l6w8":"Legal","kub117vio8z":"Hollederer, A.: Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung in Deutschland: Verbreitung, Inanspruchnahme und soziale Disparitäten in der BIBB-/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung 2018, Das Gesundheitswesen 2022;84(08-09):753, n = 20,012, DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1753687","kubi355j5vz":"Section 6","kujn2hk122a":"How do you cover shift work, field service and multilingualism?","kumh9v5996x":"Is participation really voluntary, and how is that safeguarded?","kuof0nb5pfg":"9.3 What the works council will check#","kus47nxwgkn":"Link to this section: 7.1 The legal basis","kv1reqgqkna":"Link to this section: 2.2 The risk assessment diagnoses; it does not treat","kv26og20g66":"7.7 The figure that closes the objection 'the fund does that for free anyway'#","kv6e2aavawz":"Health Prime AG","kvfr6krj7sp":"DGUV Regulation 2 changed on 1 January 2026. Four points on which many provider websites still give outdated information:","kvft8frr3t1":"Data protection officer","kvimhckku3a":"Sections 25 and 26 ArbSchG (fines and penalty provisions): https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__25.html · https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__26.html","kvpj2f04zxe":"At what group size do you start reporting, and is that threshold guaranteed in the contract?","kvtdxroldqh":"Approval by the data protection officer","kw6ysoj0kj4":"Status","kwdm5lhdy2o":"WIdO: Fehlzeiten-Bilanz 2025, press release of 16 March 2026 (eAU model calculation): https://www.wido.de/news-presse/pressemitteilungen/2026/fehlzeiten-bilanz-2025-leichter-rueckgang-der-krankheitstage-weiterhin-hohe-ausfallzeiten-wegen-langzeiterkrankungen/","kwfy8w0do8m":"0 of 12 questions answered.","kwi874gmddr":"Shift coverage","kwkj1h0k2ud":"Twelve questions, each with its legal reference. For orientation only, not a legal assessment of your individual case. The results are calculated in your browser.","kwqxxcb8qoh":"13Key figures and evaluation#","kwung4phu1e":"Co-funding under Section 20b SGB V, but only with prior agreement","kwxjkfw7a1x":"List of questions from Section 17; the works council is heard under Section 9(3) sentence 3 ASiG","kx6b2tlrwre":"If appointments are limited to the day shift, around 200 employees (two shifts) are structurally out of reach. Your target of 200 is therefore capped at 200. Email and intranet will not reach the roughly 80 employees without a fixed screen-based workstation; plan notices, shift briefings and appointments at the place of work.","kx6ls6m3mtq":"Were employees involved, and not just surveyed?","kxm1b7yumt7":"The vast majority of workplace health promotion in Germany is financed by employers, not by health insurance funds.","kxsj3gutdp6":"Language","kxufk0l221v":"0. Stocktake","ky15j5kueor":"Occupational safety committee (ASA)","ky37o0o3h0":"Link to this section: 6.2 DGUV Regulation 2 as amended from 1 January 2026","kyfwyujuwr8":"2","kyjg92veavd":"8832 Wollerau","kymf1hv6jp6":"Data protection in corporate health management","kynmc0dc68x":"Link to this section: Two open legal questions we will not decide for you","kyt1rpva5ty":"12Registration, communication, capacity and rooms#","kzdfgdieo6n":"5.5 What happens if the works council is bypassed#","kzn64k389qh":"Kiesche, E.: Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. Betriebs- und Dienstvereinbarungen. Analyse und Handlungsempfehlungen, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung and Bund-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-7663-6274-2, 125 agreements analysed","m1031lolcjdo":"'Employees must not suffer any disadvantage from exercising these rights. The <0>prohibition of reprisals under Section 612a BGB</0> applies.'","m107vasw4xuz":"<0/>Well substantiated<1>for the legal position, dependent on practice for the recommendation</1>","m10jmvju3z7b":"<0>The works council joins the process too late, and the programme stops.</0> The right to an injunction does not require a gross breach, and Section 87(2) BetrVG takes the dispute to the conciliation board. It typically comes to light after the communication has gone out.","m10k422zbgyc":"<0>Mandatory hepatitis B occupational health check and an offer of vaccination</0> for staff taking samples","m10kj0ym120":"<0>How we handle it:</0> we prefer to work with doctors qualified in occupational medicine, in coordination with the existing occupational health provision, and before screening days take place in any federal state we clarify the question in writing with the relevant state medical chamber.","m110dwcipc4s":"<0>The vast majority of workplace health promotion in Germany is financed by employers, not by health insurance funds.</0>","m112kvnex0bv":"<0>First, the works council is, statistically, a supporter rather than an opponent.</0> Sources close to the trade unions and the Böckler Foundation treat corporate health management expressly as an opportunity to shape things: 'As a works council you can position yourself here … You can act as an advocate and move the topic of health forward.' In the analysis of the BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey, businesses with employee representation are more likely to offer workplace health promotion. <1>What kills projects is not involvement but bypassing.</1>","m11a70s206uw":"<0>No lists of no-shows for managers</0>","m11o6gs0txiz":"<0>Free public tools that we point you to without condition:</0>","m11vvb93q8bk":"<0>18</0>Sources<1>#</1>","m11zkydbnrb8":"'All services must be <0>agreed in advance</0> with the funding health insurance funds. Billing for services that have not previously been agreed is <1>not permitted</1>.'","m121d38qecqc":"<0>Public sector:</0> Section 80 BPersVG (2021) lists health and reintegration management among the matters subject to co-determination. The sixteen state staff representation acts differ and need to be checked state by state.","m127kl5m9tz9":"How many organisations do this: <0>52.0%</0> yes, 17.9% planned, 24.6% no, 5.5% don't know (#whatsnext 2025, n = 1,441). The study finds the starting position 'virtually unchanged' compared with 2022. Start-ups stand at 22.8%, established companies at 54.8%.","m12jxrldhmgn":"7.2 What the fund may provide<0>#</0>","m137y1hc2aad":"<0>53%</0> of employees in Germany say their employer offers a health programme. But only <1>26.8%</1> of organisations report having holistic corporate health management, and that share has not risen since 2022.","m13qzthlwa19":"Section 21(1a) ArbSchG (minimum inspection rate of 5% from 2026): <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__21.html</0>","m13s7n7114xt":"<0>Section 80(3) sentence 2 BetrVG: bringing in an expert is deemed necessary to that extent</0>, at the employer's expense","m13ul6uewrjk":"<0>Risk assessment</0>: 'only complete if psychological stress is included'","m13zyxgpt7ik":"<0>2024: 53%</0> say a programme is available, <1>58% of those informed</1> take part. From this, <2>roughly 31% of all employees</2> take part. This derivation is ours, not a figure published by BAuA.","m141spgu5f9l":"<0>Section 17(3) sentence 1 of the Model Professional Code of Conduct for Physicians Practising in Germany</0> (version of the 130th German Medical Assembly, 13 May 2026) reads: 'The practice of outpatient medical activity on an itinerant basis is contrary to professional law.' Under paragraph 2, no more than two further locations are permitted in addition to the practice address. <1>Section 17(3) sentence 2</1> allows an exception, on application to the state medical chamber, for 'outreach medical care'.","m14gnjwlnbmx":"<0>Private Medical Office (for individuals)</0>","m14mumkis9bw":"<0>17</0>16. Two open legal questions we will not decide for you","m14q9qrrg074":"<0>3</0>2. What the risk assessment really requires, and what it is not","m14we3660w83":"<0>Waste:</0> used lancets and needles from an unselected healthy population are <1>AVV 18 01 01 (non-hazardous)</1>, not 18 01 03*","m155xjbjwzwk":"Friction remains, though: where several funds are providing support, 'advance agreement on the resources to be contributed … is required', and funds cannot 'subsequently make <0>any financial claims</0>' against funds that were not involved. A cost-sharing key 'for example by share of members' is an illustration, not a requirement. The term 'lead fund' is practitioner jargon, not a GKV term.","m15dbh7u8ale":"<0>Were all job groups covered, including shift work, field service, warehouse and mobile work, and working from home?</0>","m15foo5fsj7p":"<0>Benchmarks with sources:</0> BIBB/BAuA, 58% take-up among those informed; Prevention Report 2025 (Präventionsbericht), average duration of 24 months and 42% with a steering committee; #whatsnext 2025, 26.8% with holistic corporate health management.","m15sej786j64":"<0>Executive Medical Office (for companies)</0>","m15sfcrf7wjt":"GDA-Leitlinie 'Beratung und Überwachung bei psychischer Belastung am Arbeitsplatz', as at 11 January 2018, PDF version of 17 June 2025: <0>https://www.gda-portal.de/DE/Downloads/pdf/Leitlinie-Psych-Belastung.pdf</0>","m15smsq3crxy":"The works agreement is the central document. It is also the <0>collective agreement within the meaning of Art. 88(1) GDPR</0> and so forms part of the data protection framework. Legal basis: <1>Section 88 no. 1 BetrVG</1> for the voluntary parts, Section 87(1) nos. 1, 6 and 7 for the enforceable ones.","m15usy2fgeb7":"<0>Corporate fitness</0> is handled not under Section 3 no. 34 EStG but under the <1>€50 benefit-in-kind exemption limit</1> in Section 8(2) sentence 11 EStG. That is an <2>exemption limit</2>, not an allowance.","m161d7kkz8uw":"Overview<0>#</0>","m16br7wrfocf":"<0>18</0>17. Choosing a provider: the questions to ask every provider","m16ha3m8bj11":"<0/>Disputed<1>partly substantiated, partly to be checked for each fund</1>","m16jbb5dsxzp":"<0>Print or save as PDF</0>","m16qz4pg972d":"The statutory remit is '<0>to advise</0>'. <1>The ASA has no budget and no power to pass resolutions.</1>","m16rikl2rp5s":"<0>Multilingual communication is the norm in German industry and logistics.</0> The Prevention Report documents lower reach for workplace health promotion among fixed-term employees, agency workers and employees with foreign nationality. A German-only communication package systematically excludes the groups with the greatest need.","m16uqtwibard":"12.3 Capacity<0>#</0>","m17egp692pil":"<0>Section 89(2) BetrVG:</0> the employer must involve the works council in <1>all inspections</1> and occupational health and safety matters. This includes a visit to a provider's premises. Plan the visit <2>with</2> the works council rather than reporting back to it afterwards.","m17fz3yk31p8":"<0>Bowel cancer screening</0>","m17guj30d8a5":"<0><1>8</1>7. The health insurance fund: what it pays, what it does not pay, and for how long</0>","m17hyximduea":"<0>Delivery</0>","m17r42wmdhy5":"<0>13</0>12. Registration, communication, capacity and rooms","m17s7ejki6m3":"<0>Our position:</0> we state our own threshold, describe it expressly as a <1>contractual commitment and not as a statutory minimum</1>, rule out cross-tabulations that would allow smaller cells to be reconstructed, and <2>write the figure into the works agreement</2>. A provider who says 'the law names no figure, so we name one and bind ourselves to it' is more convincing than one who invents a legal obligation.","m17yg0gc6y5h":"Show us an <0>anonymised sample report</0>.","m18a7an3fba7":"<0>No health report is available</0>, because the workforce is spread across many funds and the company falls below the reporting threshold at each one.","m18fucfwevp0":"<0>No.</0> A fund may not finance statutory employer duties","m18fxxeecob0":"<0><1>4</1>3. Risk assessment: readiness check</0>","m18i2uk03gp1":"<0>Cycle</0> of diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation","m18q216jc91l":"<0>Emergency equipment</0> based on DIN 13232, plus AED","m1902wa69st9":"In 2024 the funds spent <0>€281,956,037</0> on workplace health promotion, which is €3.79 per insured person, and reached <1>28,142 businesses</1> and <2>2,064,293 employees</2>.","m1974wxlh57":"<0>The set-up:</0>","m19efp5sgocd":"<0>Section 20b(3) SGB V</0> obliges the funds to offer advice 'in <1>joint regional coordination offices</1>', among other things for 'clarifying which health insurance fund provides services … in the business in the individual case'.","m19i1t830jac":"The best public analysis is Eberhard Kiesche, <0>Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. Betriebs- und Dienstvereinbarungen</0>, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung and Bund-Verlag, 2013, which covers <1>125 agreements from 1980 to 2011</1> and sets out a design framework. It is freely available and predates the GDPR, so its data protection clauses need to be read with that in mind.","m19pbinqvipm":"<0>12</0>Registration, communication, capacity and rooms<1>#</1>","m19xxqdiw34w":"<0>Three things practitioners regularly get wrong:</0>","m1a0105npu48":"<0>It is the most common reason a German rollout stalls three weeks before launch.</0> The health content had been approved; the software had not.","m1a1hc7bqp8s":"<0>A practical tip that will make immediate sense to HR: ask about the ASA calendar in the first meeting.</0> If your kick-off falls just after an ASA meeting, you have lost a quarter.","m1affyysh12c":"<0>No. 6 applies even where participation is entirely voluntary.</0> The Federal Labour Court has consistently held that, despite the word 'designed', what matters is not the employer's intention to monitor but whether the technical device is <1>objectively capable</1> of collecting and recording information on conduct or performance. That interpretation has stood since 1983 and has been confirmed in more recent rulings on office software and headset systems.","m1aoefk0oj2d":"<0>Two findings that appear on no provider's website:</0>","m1asl80ch64d":"<0>A booking or reminder tool is introduced without anyone having thought of Section 87(1) no. 6.</0> The health content was approved; the software was not.","m1au4wdste60":"GKV-Spitzenverband and Medizinischer Dienst Bund: <0>Präventionsbericht 2025</0>, reporting year 2024, as at November 2025: <1>https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/praevention__selbsthilfe__beratung/praevention/praeventionsbericht/2025_GKV_MD_Praventionsbericht_barrierefrei.pdf</1>","m1awaj44o97k":"The workplace health promotion coordination office (<0>bgf-koordinierungsstelle</0>.de) has been running since May 2017 under the BKK umbrella association, covers all six types of fund and has 16 regional offices. It offers free, competitively neutral initial advice, with a reply within two working days. It is a small channel: in 2024 it received 635 enquiries, 73% of them from SMEs. The main route remains direct advice from a fund's corporate clients team.","m1awqrm4mh78":"<0>Three points up front that set the German case apart from any other:</0>","m1b8b7cekg4f":"<0>Medical devices: the provider's obligations, not yours.</0> The provider is the operator within the meaning of the Medical Devices Operator Ordinance (MPBetreibV, version of 20 February 2025). That means an inventory (Section 14), metrological checks every two years for non-invasive blood pressure monitors (Section 15 with Annex 2 no. 1.3), documented instruction (Section 4(3)), instructions for use carried on site (Section 4(7)), a medical device safety officer with a published email address once there are 20 or more employees (Section 6), and laboratory quality assurance under Section 10 in conjunction with the RiliBÄK. A medical device logbook is not required for a screening case.","m1bl4l4refvq":"Section 167(2) SGB IX (BEM): <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_9_2018/__167.html</0>","m1bme3uk8zzp":"<0>3. Analysis of the current situation</0>","m1brxhp2zivh":"'<0>Health data shall not be evaluated for the purpose of assessing the performance or conduct of employees.</0>'","m1buzyoxiu2y":"<0>No certification is needed for Section 20b workplace health promotion</0> (BMF para. 4). The word 'certification' in the text of the law applies only to the courses route under Section 20(4) no. 1 SGB V.","m1c17rtfh7wr":"<0>Outreach during working hours.</0> People who do not work at a screen are not reached by intranet and email. Notices in changing rooms and break rooms, approaching people through shift supervisors, appointments at shift changeovers, mobile stations in production and warehouses.","m1c4lh0j7qpx":"12.1 Registration never goes through HR<0>#</0>","m1cgfib4rhqt":"<0>The programme is formalised rather than embedded.</0> The SOFI discussion paper 2025 found that formal structures counted for less than everyday practice that cuts across hierarchies and is tied to the work itself. A perfectly documented corporate health management system without manager involvement achieves nothing. <1>[individual case studies]</1>","m1chiffa49t8":"Mainly the <0>individual</0> (behavioural)","m1cmstfk1tsp":"<0>Legal notice</0>","m1crp03ji9bb":"<0>The increase from €500 to €600</0> comes from the <1>Third Bureaucracy Relief Act of 22 November 2019, BGBl. I p. 1746</1>, with effect from 1 January 2020. It does not come from the Annual Tax Act 2019.","m1ctqemcewl0":"<0>Cardiovascular screening</0>","m1cwrk3mhuaq":"The last clause is not a formality but a <0>design requirement for the provider's reporting</0>. Anonymisation must be demonstrable to the works council, not just claimed.","m1d6cgdocia1":"<0>Switzerland</0>","m1d7hygejiy3":"<0>Clients</0>","m1dn5y3ws2wz":"5.4 Where co-determination comes back into play even though the programme is voluntary<0>#</0>","m1dnzixb3tsg":"You often read: 'Up to €30,000 fine if you do not carry out a risk assessment of mental stress.' <0>That is wrong.</0>","m1ds68a6g05f":"<0>Section 77(6) BetrVG:</0> a works agreement continues to apply after it expires only for its enforceable parts. For the voluntary parts, this must be expressly agreed.","m1e0hr9o5ph5":"<0>A ban on comparisons:</0> AOK, TK, BKK and DAK report sickness absence rates for different insured populations with different standardisation. These figures may be neither set side by side nor averaged.","m1e9ttiuif8h":"On top of this come six requirements for the business: a <0>company policy on workplace health promotion</0> (in small and micro businesses a statement of intent is enough), <1>involvement of employees and the works or staff council throughout the process</1>, measures based on an <2>analysis of the current situation</2>, steering by an internal committee that includes the ASA, regular evaluation, and results that are documented and accessible to the partners.","m1ec859jumx3":"<0>5</0>4. Who has a say, and what each role needs to know","m1enq286yl9a":"<0><1>6</1>5. The works council: the most important stakeholder, and usually your ally</0>","m1exjztmyco5":"<0>Introducing a health programme</0>","m1fahvk5vjo5":"<0>Section 3 no. 34 EStG:</0> up to <1>€600 per employee per calendar year</1> as an <2>allowance</2> (only the excess is subject to tax and contributions); tax-free also means exempt from contributions.","m1fgvv5kom7y":"<0>Mandatory</0>, Sections 5 and 6 ArbSchG","m1flj5hbvyj":"<0>8</0>7. The health insurance fund: what it pays, what it does not pay, and for how long","m1fr25fqgoy2":"<0>Reset answers</0>","m1g6wq20m7dr":"If you want courses eligible for funding under Section 20(4) no. 1 SGB V, the guide's criteria apply: <0>six to fifteen participants</0>, at least <1>eight consecutive sessions of at least 45 minutes each</1>, usually weekly, and no more than twelve sessions of 90 minutes. <2>That is a different product from a health day</2>, and most employers do not buy it. For in-house courses there is a route via BMF paras. 15 to 17.","m1g7mclx6c4x":"<0>Research and surveys</0>","m1gcatjzwsb4":"<0>No. 6:</0> 'The introduction and use of technical devices designed to monitor the conduct or performance of employees'","m1gcl6519erd":"Section 203 StGB: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__203.html</0>","m1h5osi6s9hd":"<0>Section 8 ASiG:</0> both roles are <1>independent of instructions in applying their expertise</1> and must not be disadvantaged for performing their duties. 'Occupational physicians are subject only to their medical conscience' and must observe medical confidentiality.","m1hnzrcb1vcw":"<0>In Germany there is no statutory minimum group size for aggregated health reports.</0> Do not claim otherwise. <1>The duty to anonymise</1> follows from Art. 9 GDPR and the principle of data minimisation, and the real legal test is the <2>risk of re-identification through combined characteristics</2>, not a fixed number.","m1htt5p2sd2s":"<0><1>15</1>14. Participation: what is realistic and what drives it</0>","m1i7urtl5r1n":"The general <0>claim to cease and desist</0> does <1>not require a gross violation</1>. Section 87(2) BetrVG sends the matter to the conciliation committee. Where there is a gross violation, Section 23(3) BetrVG allows an administrative fine and a coercive fine of up to <2>€10,000</2> each, on application by the works council <3>or a trade union represented in the establishment</3>. In practice, the health day is cancelled, often days or weeks beforehand and after the communication has already gone out.","m1i8y9ucyglh":"<0>And then, explicitly:</0>","m1ihg4z8r036":"<0>The practical consequence is often overlooked:</0> a company whose workforce is spread across many funds may fall below the threshold at <1>every one of them</1> and so receive no health report at all, however large it is. And even if it does get one, <2>a single-fund report is a non-random sub-sample of your workforce, skewed by occupational structure, and never 'the company's sickness absence rate'.</2>","m1in2dglzpir":"<0>Genetic Sciences overview</0>","m1iqofjoisa1":"9.2 The minimum group size, answered honestly<0>#</0>","m1irb3a9b6bb":"Part of what you may be planning as 'corporate health management' is a <0>statutory duty</0>, so it is neither voluntary nor eligible for funding from a health insurance fund.","m1isv5jjc338":"<0>Not suitable:</0> kitchens and food areas. A canteen hall outside serving times is acceptable only with written food hygiene approval, and never for the medical consultation","m1iwprx8q1ai":"This page explains the publicly available legal position and practice. It is <0>not legal or tax advice</0> and does not replace a review of your individual case. For employment law and co-determination, rely on your legal department or a specialist employment lawyer; for tax questions, rely on your tax adviser or a binding payroll tax ruling (Anrufungsauskunft) under Section 42e EStG.","m1j5ngob2rfx":"<0>11. Evaluation and year 2</0>","m1jog6jyygnw":"<0>Mid-sized company, one site: 3 to 6 months</0> from decision to the first screening day. The pace is set by the works agreement negotiations and the ASA's quarterly meetings.","m1kaj1wzcxau":"<0>Why the ASA is the right starting point:</0> it is the only health committee that German law requires in a business, with membership and meeting frequency set by statute. Its members are almost exactly the people whose approval you need; only HR and the data protection officer are missing, and both can be invited as guests. And it guarantees four meetings a year with the budget holders and the works council already in the room.","m1kgdxwf1sbl":"<0>What follows in practice:</0> a package with a <1>flat price per head for medical services</1> is open to legal challenge. Ask every provider how they resolve this.","m1l17x9tl33b":"<0>Were employees involved, and not just surveyed?</0>","m1l53hgmvguy":"<0>And here is the entry point that is often overlooked:</0> 'workplace health promotion' does not appear in the regulation. But <1>Annex 2, Section III, task area 5.1</1> names the '<2>need for coordination when introducing or further developing voluntary health management</2>' as a trigger for <3>company-specific care</3>. That is coordination, not service delivery, and it lies outside the fixed basic care hours. <4>A corporate health management project can legitimately extend the hours of the occupational physician and safety specialist</4>, and the agreement on company-specific care is a natural place to attach a proposal.","m1l8gxoilxz4":"Page <0>/de-de/datenschutz-bgm</0>","m1lbfwiu7k39":"Can the anonymisation be <0>demonstrated</0> to the works council?","m1lgn1stlwe0":"<0>A successful screening can raise the short-term sickness absence rate</0>, because referrals turn presenteeism into visible incapacity for work. That is a success and looks like a failure in the statistics. <1>We say this in writing before the programme, not after.</1>","m1lovxwrwyea":"<0>The people who need it most do not come.</0> 63% against 38%, split by job satisfaction, and systematically poorer reach among fixed-term employees, agency workers and employees with foreign nationality.","m1luqytcu60i":"<0>Section 2 ASiG:</0> occupational physicians must be <1>appointed in writing</1>, with the scope of their involvement matched to the type of business, hazards, number of employees and organisation. <2>Section 5 ASiG</2> requires the same for the safety specialist.","m1m2g3b0oolw":"<0>The occupational physician is bypassed and becomes an opponent.</0> Only 41% of activities name the physician as a cooperation partner. In large corporations, the in-house company doctor is the most likely hard blocker, because medical data governance is their responsibility.","m1m39ain5n3n":"16.2 The Scale of Medical Fees (GOÄ) applies even when the employer pays<0>#</0>","m1mh1j353tmc":"<0>GDA guideline \"Beratung und Überwachung bei psychischer Belastung am Arbeitsplatz\"</0>, as at 11 January 2018, PDF version of 17 June 2025. It names <1>six feature areas</1>: work content and task, work organisation, working time, social relationships, work equipment, work environment. 'New forms of work' is <2>not</2> a feature area, even though this is often claimed. <3>https://www.gda-portal.de/DE/Downloads/pdf/Leitlinie-Psych-Belastung.pdf</3>","m1mw6aal8mmd":"Sections 5 and 6 ArbSchG (risk assessment, including Section 5(3) no. 6 mental stress): <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__5.html</0>","m1mwhx0c9rep":"<0>Practical consequence for your project:</0> keep the invoices separate at the boundary between mandatory and voluntary work. If a measure is invoiced together with statutory mandatory tasks, the whole project can lose its eligibility for funding.","m1n4nodr9rok":"<0>Every booking tool is subject to co-determination</0>","m1nmweo18sad":"<0>Guidelines</0>: 'based on the principles of quality, voluntariness, dialogue and consensus'","m1nr3k2sz2uz":"Zentrale Prüfstelle Prävention, review process: <0>https://www.zentrale-pruefstelle-praevention.de/</0>","m1ntjoja28q9":"<0>Eligibility for funding and tax</0>","m1oa1seqo9gw":"<0><1>19</1>18. Sources</0>","m1oaji6gkxjg":"<0>Nutrition coaching</0>","m1okd9qnvaww":"Sections 20 and 20b SGB V: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__20.html</0> · <1>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_5/__20b.html</1>","m1op25p90gto":"'<0>The share of people in employment who confirm that their workplace has a health promotion programme rises sharply with company size, but take-up rates fall.</0>'","m1otq7b0et66":"GKV-Spitzenverband: <0>Leitfaden Prävention</0>, version of 17 December 2025: <1>https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/media/dokumente/krankenversicherung_1/praevention__selbsthilfe__beratung/praevention/praevention_leitfaden/20251218_Leitfaden_Pravention_2025_barrierefrei.pdf</1>","m1ov68a96dra":"<0>7. Logistics and site visit</0>","m1owakzcw1oa":"<0>The tax exemption under Section 3 no. 34 EStG is lost in a payroll tax audit</0>, because there was no structured process or needs analysis, or employee representatives were not involved (BMF para. 20), or because catering and the measure were invoiced as a flat fee (para. 30).","m1p07ljfgjkr":"<0>Were the occupational physician and the safety specialist involved?</0><1>Sections 3 and 6 ASiG</1>","m1p2cgpi6ovw":"<0>Melanoma screening</0>","m1p78wkmzt8r":"5.7 The two arguments that actually persuade<0>#</0>","m1pg56qnrpw5":"- Activities that form part of the mandatory tasks of involved or other <0>actors and partners</0><1/>- <2>isolated measures by external providers, that is, not integrated into an overall plan</2><3/>- billing of measures per individual<4/>- research projects without an intervention component<5/>- <6>screenings without interventions from the workplace health promotion fields of action</6><7/>- activities of political parties and of organisations and foundations close to parties<8/>- activities that serve advertising purposes only<9/>- vocational training and qualification measures with no connection to the health promotion process<10/>- costs for construction work, furnishings, furniture, technical aids, personal protective equipment, computers and other digital devices<11/>- company sports offers that do not comply with the guide<12/>- offers that are not neutral in terms of worldview","m1pgonneer3n":"Section 87 BetrVG (co-determination, conciliation board): <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/betrvg/__87.html</0>","m1phkl0zw4va":"<0><1>1</1>Overview</0>","m1prgr67j2ha":"<0>The provider reports something about individuals to the employer</0>: a participant list, a risk score, an aggregated figure for a team of five. That ends contracts and, depending on who does it, may fall under Section 203 StGB.","m1q5d7rb2ydr":"<0>And a finding that keeps us from overestimating committees:</0> the SOFI discussion paper on corporate health management 2025 from the University of Göttingen (eleven case studies, mixed methods) finds that formal corporate health management structures such as steering groups or dedicated health managers played '<1>only a minor role</1> in the effectiveness of health-promoting work design'. What mattered, it says, were '<2>everyday practices of integrated, cross-hierarchy cooperation</2>' and a strong focus on 'participation and relevance to the job'. In one case the effective driver was 'a <3>works council chair</3> committed to occupational health'.","m1qch5wqz0bk":"<0>Data protection is raised in the last three weeks.</0> The data protection officer was not on the steering group, an impact assessment was never carried out, and some businesses only discover at this point that they have to appoint a data protection officer under Section 38 BDSG at all.","m1qco14gqbro":"<0>The fixed split between occupational physician and safety specialist has been dropped.</0> Only a <1>minimum share of 20% per discipline</1> now applies. Any table showing '2.0 hours safety specialist, 0.5 hours occupational physician' no longer reflects the text of the regulation.","m1qvrric2aj9":"<0>GDA recommendations for implementation</0>, 4th edition 2022, updated 6 January 2026, order no. A098.","m1r0npy8dt5d":"<0>10</0>9. The works agreement, and what the works council will check","m1r24j0qrhbd":"<0>Second, and this argument settles the matter:</0> for the tax exemption under Section 3 no. 34 EStG, the BMF itself requires that services be provided '<1>with the involvement of employees or their representatives</1>' (BMF circular of 20 April 2021, para. 20). Anyone who bypasses the works council risks the tax exemption.","m1r643hoenid":"<0>Data security</0>","m1r8hvl4h2b7":"<0>Ventilation</0>, no mechanical ventilation system required","m1ricsw6fjyl":"<0>Occupational physician and safety specialist</0>","m1rqwdindqpr":"<0>What this means for your expectations, with no disrespect to the occupational physician:</0> in an office or service business in group III, basic care is <1>0.5 hours per employee per year for both disciplines combined</1>. The occupational physician's guaranteed minimum share is 20% of that, or <2>0.1 hours: six minutes per employee per year</2>. That is no criticism of anyone. It is the arithmetic behind the question 'But we already have an occupational physician'.","m1sbi9bhdmcs":"<0/>Well evidenced","m1sf947zbbcq":"<0/>Well substantiated<1>to be checked for tax purposes before use</1>","m1sr7zfk1n58":"<0>Section 6 no. 1(e) ASiG</0> gives the occupational safety specialist a role in assessing working conditions, in other words in the risk assessment.","m1su4kvkfw22":"2.1 A correction that almost every competitor site gets wrong<0>#</0>","m1t8lxgosq17":"<0>Section 25 ArbSchG</0> attaches fines to two offences: breach of a statutory ordinance under Section 18(1) or Section 19, where the ordinance refers to Section 25 (up to €5,000), and breach of an <1>enforceable order under Section 22(3)</1> (up to €30,000). <2>There is no direct fine for simply failing to carry out a risk assessment.</2> <3>Section 26 ArbSchG</3> (imprisonment of up to one year or a fine) likewise requires a disregarded order, combined with persistent repetition or a danger to life or health.","m1tbnnfwy4ac":"<0>Training</0>: 'corporate health management is a compulsory part of manager training'","m1th57p5ww1q":"<0>Data protection and purpose limitation</0>","m1tobqhhxd01":"<0>INQA.</0> The formerly independent platform <1>psyGA has been discontinued</1>; psyga.info permanently redirects to INQA. The content survives there as an archive. Do not describe psyGA as a running programme.","m1u31k133ipz":"'<0>Beginning with calendar year 2026, at least 5% of the establishments in the federal state are to be inspected in the course of a calendar year.</0>'<1/> and: '<2>The minimum inspection quota cannot be departed from by state law.</2>'","m1u330dlfaz5":"<0><1>14</1>13. Metrics and evaluation</0>","m1ugfbp2oaoi":"<0>Germany</0>","m1uo7jf41ui6":"12.2 Communication<0>#</0>","m1uoul5j9qca":"<0>No. 1:</0> 'Matters relating to the operation of the establishment and the conduct of employees in the establishment'","m1uqf9lvw4hy":"<0>For an external provider, this has a practical consequence:</0> because both are independent of instructions, a service provider cannot instruct them. <1>Cooperation is the only way to work with them.</1> An external screening provider is <2>not a substitute</2> for the occupational physician and must not be sold as one.","m1v1arv16wv2":"And second, the satisfaction gradient: <0>63% participation among very satisfied employees against 38% among dissatisfied ones.</0> <1>The people a programme most needs to reach are the least likely to come.</1> Participation is also lower among part-time and fixed-term employees, and there are social differences by qualification and nationality.","m1v28lyz5yuw":"<0>19</0>18. Sources","m1v4a17j3uwq":"<0>Four clauses that have proved their worth in practice:</0>","m1v6ewden9p5":"<0>10. Report and follow-up</0>","m1vbq0h6pzre":"<0>Do not present lead times as evidence.</0> There is no reliable German source for optimal notice periods. We give rules of thumb and label them as such.","m1vmy6bik2fa":"<0>Definitions and understanding of corporate health management</0>: corporate health management as an umbrella over occupational health and safety, BEM and workplace health promotion, with priority given to <1>structural prevention</1>","m1vqu5ww6q31":"<0>Group: 9 to 18 months</0> to a group-wide rollout, starting with a <1>pilot at one site within 3 to 6 months</1>. The pilot is the way in: it often needs only the local works council and a local budget.","m1vxh4kusonl":"Section 612a BGB (prohibition of victimisation): <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/__612a.html</0>","m1w0fjlzv1tc":"<0>On 4 April 2024 (III ZR 38/23), the Federal Court of Justice ruled that flat-rate fees for medical services agreed with a legal entity are invalid.</0> The GOÄ is mandatory even when it is a company, not the patient, that pays the bill. Only the multiplier is negotiable, per fee item, in a separate written agreement made <1>before</1> the service is provided (Section 2(2) GOÄ). No deviation is allowed for Section M (laboratory tests).","m1w2h2zp6sr6":"<0>Voluntary</0>","m1w8r33jy5fr":"<0>Blood sampling is protection level 2</0>","m1wzntmcy9if":"<0>0 of 12 questions answered.</0>","m1x0sseexqh2":"<0><1/><2>Yes</2></0><3><4/><5>Partly</5></3><6><7/><8>No</8></6>","m1xiwjuprekr":"Section 38 BDSG: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bdsg_2018/__38.html</0>","m1xjhcj7t4d0":"<0>Is the result documented?</0><1>Section 6 ArbSchG</1>","m1xmakbo3dg1":"12.4 Rooms and infrastructure<0>#</0>","m1xpb7upenor":"Part-time employees count pro rata. A business with 25 mostly part-time people may fall <0>below</0> the threshold.","m1xtadap1hcg":"<0>Eye screening</0>","m1y3drhl4w24":"<0>Take a health programme.</0> A health app, a wearable programme, a platform, an <1>online tool for booking screening appointments</1> or a reminder system records participation and timestamps, and sometimes location or biometrics. Co-determination under no. 6 applies even if the health content is entirely voluntary and nobody intends to monitor anyone.","m1yz4othup7f":"WIdO: <0>Fehlzeiten-Bilanz 2025</0>, press release of 16 March 2026 (eAU model calculation): <1>https://www.wido.de/news-presse/pressemitteilungen/2026/fehlzeiten-bilanz-2025-leichter-rueckgang-der-krankheitstage-weiterhin-hohe-ausfallzeiten-wegen-langzeiterkrankungen/</1>","m1z4yqvjr62m":"<0>Epigenetic coaching</0>","m1z8cewbzi24":"<0>Occupational physicians and safety specialists</0>: role, independence from instructions under Section 8 ASiG","m1zf0mbqmzzg":"<0>The announcement is signed jointly by management and the works council.</0> In a German business, co-signature by the works council is the strongest available signal of trust, and it costs nothing once the works agreement is in place. Without it, a health programme reads as an employer initiative with an unstated purpose.","m1zg9fmqvyue":"<0>8. Communication</0>","m1zt4u4hvxia":"<0>Were all six feature areas of the GDA guideline taken into account?</0>","m1zypuog0ld0":"<0>9. Delivery</0>","m20akwxibnqs":"<0>Occupational safety committee (ASA)</0>","m20e1r1zph6a":"If no agreement is reached, the <1>conciliation committee</1> decides under <0>Section 87(2) BetrVG</0>, and its ruling replaces the agreement.","m212wlksh1ew":"Hollederer, A.: <0>Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung in Deutschland: Verbreitung, Inanspruchnahme und soziale Disparitäten in der BIBB-/BAuA-Erwerbstätigenbefragung 2018</0>, Das Gesundheitswesen 2022;84(08-09):753, n = 20,012, DOI 10.1055/s-0042-1753687","m21cs8wt7p5a":"<0/>Well substantiated<1>but to be checked for each employers' liability insurance association</1>","m21flbmkts02":"<0>6. Provider selection</0>","m21k72mwzlxb":"<0>The business case for corporate health management</0>","m21sg7tnqhlt":"<0><1>5</1>4. Who has a say, and what each role needs to know</0>","m21ukmdb2bgd":"<0>Any AI component in the tool chain</0>","m228xbah5330":"The fund's analysis of incapacity-for-work data is the cheapest and most common German starting point. It comes with one condition. For data protection reasons, the fund will produce it only once the business has <0>a minimum number of that fund's own insured members</0>. The threshold differs from fund to fund and is mostly unpublished.","m2296tvsaxdv":"Two tips that will save you money: the <0>COPSOQ</0> questionnaire can be downloaded, but the FFAW survey service is <1>not free</1> (from €1,200 net for up to 50 employees, plus €3 per person for paper surveys). And the <2>BAuA toolbox</2> is a project report from 2010, older than COPSOQ III and older than the 2013 amendment to the ArbSchG. Useful as an overview, not as a current standard.","m22jsevzkx55":"<0>1. Process</0>","m22pju5ptr0r":"<0>7</0>The health insurance fund: what it pays, what it does not pay, and for how long<1>#</1>","m22t39a0asku":"'The <0>purpose limitation can be lifted</0> only with the approval of the works council and the consent of the employee concerned.'","m22tidg0kh1c":"<0/><1>Partly</1>","m22tu1cjiywk":"<0>Managers are not involved.</0> Over 88% regard their commitment as the most important factor, but only 43.3% of organisations offer anything at all on healthy leadership.","m22v41xm3mmi":"5.5 What happens if the works council is bypassed<0>#</0>","m22w3oxa31gw":"<0>Section 20b(1) SGB V</0>, verbatim (quoted from the GKV Prevention Guide, Chapter 8.1.3):","m22xj9lb9buv":"7.4 The exclusion criteria, complete and verbatim<0>#</0>","m22zcd4p92fr":"<0>0. Stocktake</0>","m231hqmyf0ir":"<0>Health circles</0>: 'hierarchy-free spaces', voluntary selection, 'participation in circle work counts as <1>working time</1>'","m2395wi8zk4n":"8.1 And a correction on certification<0>#</0>","m23cbtuevdbo":"<0/>Not substantiated<1>The planner does not give lead times as a benchmark. There is no German data source for them.</1>","m23cc2ugokvb":"5.1 The legal basis<0>#</0>","m23owcb4ypxo":"<0>5</0>The works council: the most important stakeholder, and usually your ally<1>#</1>","m23sst5vau9k":"<0>Our recommendation:</0> in mid-sized companies, anchor the programme in the ASA, invite HR and the representative body for employees with disabilities as guests, set up a monthly operational working group that reports to the ASA, and <1>do not create a second decision-making body</1>. Below about 20 employees, regular conversations with management take the ASA's place. In larger organisations, run a separate health steering group linked to the ASA.","m23y6plmqlh9":"<0>Handwashing station 'easy and quick to reach'</0>, running water of drinking-water quality, single-use towels","m24760ip3469":"<0>The programme is sold on an ROI figure and then measured against it.</0> Controlling checks the figure, finds the 1.8 from iga.Report 40, and the relationship never recovers. <1>[practical observation]</1>","m24i9d84zm2h":"'The Central Prevention Testing Body examines <0>only measures of behavioural individual prevention</0>. <1>Workplace health promotion services under Section 20b and/or the settings approach under Section 20a SGB V cannot be submitted for testing</1>.'","m24knexnw9u1":"<0>Lockable consultation room, screened from view and sound</0>","m24lmvrawgsl":"<0>A realistic programme duration is 24 months.</0> That is the average duration of workplace health promotion activities funded by health insurance funds, according to the Prevention Report 2025.","m24lpo39hh3z":"The best source of participation data in Germany is the <0>BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey</0>.","m2580fepi6lm":"<0>What drives participation</0>, according to the GKV guide's own success factors (chapter 6.1): 'the <1>participatory involvement of employees</1>, <2>support from company management and managers</2>, internal structures for steering and coordination, and a systematic approach with process evaluation'. There is also the finding from #whatsnext 2017: over <3>88%</3> of respondents named managers' commitment as the most important factor for employee health, ahead of budget and staffing. At the same time, only 43.3% of organisations offer anything at all on healthy leadership.","m25r9grh4a6z":"<0>Anonymity and minimum group size</0>","m269u7z6gpuv":"<0>n ≥ 5</0> per evaluation group","m26gx084dhq2":"<0>A recommendation no competitor gives:</0> before the first rollout, request a <1>binding ruling under Section 42e EStG</1> from the tax office responsible for your establishment.","m26ppl4r9j3w":"<0>1</0>Overview","m26y3c0z9iih":"The three-wave structure: announcement (what, why, who does not see what), invitation with appointment booking, reminder two to three days before. Each wave states expressly which data the employer does <0>not</0> receive.","m26z8l6vrx60":"<0>Steering group</0> with rules of procedure, and the sentence 'the work of the ASA remains unaffected'","m278ulm1ildo":"<0>This matters for planning and is not a formality:</0> a measure agreed in the steering group and carried out the following month is not eligible for funding if the fund was not involved beforehand. Funding is never granted retrospectively.","m27a75fofguy":"<0>Is there a record of what came of the most recent measures?</0>","m27g14mu3uyp":"<0><1>11</1>10. The process: from the first idea to the report</0>","m27ngros7oyh":"BMF letter of 20 April 2021, ref. IV C 5 - S 2342/20/10003 :003, published as Annex 18c to the payroll tax guidance (Lohnsteuer-Hinweise): <0>https://esth.bundesfinanzministerium.de/lsth/2023/B-Anhaenge/Anhang-18c/anhang-18c.html</0>","m27t85a662hl":"<0>Section 3 ASiG</0> describes the occupational physician's tasks: advice on installations, work equipment, protective equipment, ergonomics and first-aid arrangements, examining and advising employees, and regular inspection of workplaces. <1>'Health promotion' does not appear in the list of tasks in Section 3 ASiG.</1>","m27u2unibqi":"<0>Additionality:</0> Section 8(4) EStG. <1>Salary conversion is excluded.</1>","m27wn0yxxgkl":"<0>Health insurance funds and prevention</0>","m28bt27n53fe":"The <0>four</0> fields of action (physical activity, nutrition, stress and resource management, and substance use) belong to individual behavioural prevention under Section 20(4) no. 1 SGB V and are covered in Chapter 5. Mixing these up is the most common mistake in German corporate health management texts.","m28kn6y09hyo":"<0>Evaluation</0>","m28l5m968gvv":"Section 3(1) EntgFG: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/entgfg/__3.html</0>","m28p39lkwb43":"<0>17</0>Choosing a provider: the questions to ask every provider<1>#</1>","m28q2wsoysqc":"<0>Tax department</0>","m294k6lch2yp":"Sources<0>#</0>","m296epwcgrjq":"<0>The second, uncapped route:</0> under <1>BMF paras. 35 to 37</1>, many corporate health management services are not wages at all where they serve <2>predominantly the employer's own interest</2>: analysis services, employee surveys, advice for managers, mediation and psychological counselling by qualified professionals, BEM measures, setting up project management, facilitation, internal communication, documentation, evaluation and quality assurance, and vaccinations recommended by STIKO. And: 'expenses for health check-ups and preventive examinations, <3>up to the amount that the statutory health insurance funds would reimburse for these services</3>.'","m29m8n0s6sad":"<0>No. 7:</0> 'Regulations on the prevention of industrial accidents and occupational diseases and on the protection of health within the framework of statutory provisions or accident prevention regulations'","m29piwmt8wo1":"<0>Health officers</0>, expressly 'bound to data secrecy'","m29s392ue2cc":"<0>11</0>Screening day planner<1>#</1>","m2a7uvyrwk9e":"<0>15</0>What typically goes wrong: 17 failure patterns<1>#</1>","m2a87j9zn22t":"<0>Scope</0>, with an opening clause","m2a9cs8pxmjl":"That means about <0>6%</0> of employees are reached each year. At the same time, <1>53%</1> of employees say their employer offers a workplace health programme.","m2aj1f4tstxx":"Techniker Krankenkasse, IFBG and Haufe Personalmagazin: <0>#whatsnext 2025</0>, n = 1,529, field period 6 January to 14 February 2025: <1>https://www.tk.de/resource/blob/2197646/74c9dbc71dac772c8cd5d7bb71d2729b/whatsnext-2025-data.pdf</1>","m2barashqbk8":"<0>Section 9(3) sentence 3 ASiG:</0> the works council must <1>be heard</1> before an external service is commissioned.","m2bc8912jtyz":"<0>Management</0>","m2beplx48t9g":"Rooms, technology, shift planning. <0>Works council involved under Section 89(2) BetrVG</0>","m2bi32pekmp":"<0>All screenings</0>","m2bjqezmot3v":"<0>We do not promise you a participation rate.</0> There is practically no reliable German data on participation rates for individual measures. Anyone who quotes precise rates per measure is very likely citing a provider's own client case studies. We tell you what determines the rate, and then measure it together.","m2br2zlmv4q5":"Working <0>conditions</0> (structural)","m2btq2xhmjcu":"The <0>Central Prevention Testing Body</0> (run by Team Gesundheit GmbH, Essen, for the cooperation association of the statutory health insurance funds) states verbatim on its own page on the testing process:","m2ccuzjrhxrr":"<0/>Not substantiated<1>This last finding comes from a BAuA bulletin that we could not retrieve directly in our research. It should not be read as a verified figure.</1>","m2chs8dveg50":"<0>Pharmacogenetics</0>","m2cn68ixxc9v":"<0>n ≥ 10</0> per evaluation group","m2dbrzmxec30":"<0>16</0>Two open legal questions we will not decide for you<1>#</1>","m2dgqe6mod39":"Sections 3 and 6 ArbMedVV: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbmedvv/__3.html</0> · <1>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbmedvv/__6.html</1>","m2dmhh4x8vlc":"Inform the works council, occupational physician, safety specialist and data protection officer. <0>Before</0> the provider is selected","m2dmsw6sguej":"7.6 The company health report, and a hurdle HR usually discovers too late<0>#</0>","m2ds3arybngg":"<0>Two of these points apply directly to our own service, and we say so openly:</0> an isolated external service outside an overall plan is expressly excluded, and so are screenings without a linked intervention. <1>That is no reason to stay silent. It is why every screening is linked to a named intervention from the workplace health promotion fields of action.</1>","m2ede6gle2bj":"<0><1>16</1>15. What typically goes wrong: 17 failure patterns</0>","m2egv9zfusfq":"<0>Have you expressly included psychological stress in your risk assessment?</0><1>Section 5(3) no. 6 ArbSchG</1>","m2erp9cksbvv":"<0><1>10</1>9. The works agreement, and what the works council will check</0>","m2f6ejnjh1vs":"'Workplace health promotion measures by the health insurance funds require the business to contribute its own <0>financial and/or personnel resources</0>.'<1/>GKV Prevention Guide, Chapter 6.2.2","m2fcbwpcanof":"<0>9</0>The works agreement, and what the works council will check<1>#</1>","m2fd8rpmqcot":"<0>Does your ASA know the results?</0>","m2fzisaje2fv":"10.2 Realistic timescales<0>#</0>","m2g6mjwd4su3":"<0><1>17</1>16. Two open legal questions we will not decide for you</0>","m2g8b4fpoi5y":"<0/><1>Yes</1>","m2gfip4umup6":"<0>4. Agreement with the health insurance fund</0>","m2gjynkfy3z5":"<0>Corporate health management in figures: Switzerland 2026</0>","m2gkt3n9c8wn":"<0>Before</0> any measure eligible for funding. Written agreement","m2gojhz4ia7v":"5.3 The counterintuitive rule<0>#</0>","m2s51eh7t3f":"Musterberufsordnung für die in Deutschland tätigen Ärztinnen und Ärzte, Section 17 (version adopted by the 130th German Medical Assembly, 13 May 2026). The binding text is the professional code of the relevant state medical association (Landesärztekammer): <0>https://www.bundesaerztekammer.de/themen/recht/berufsrecht</0>","m31qsr35iko":"<0/>Not substantiated<1>Rules of thumb, not data. No German source publishes corporate health management procurement timescales, and we label them as such.</1>","m3eerbf1vvf":"'The health insurance funds support workplace health promotion through health promotion services in businesses, in particular by building and strengthening structures that promote health. To this end, with the participation of the insured persons and those responsible for the business, as well as the <0>occupational physicians and safety specialists</0>, they assess the state of health, including its risks and potential, and develop proposals for improvement …'","m3gj3g6imo7":"<0>Was the works council involved in the process?</0><1>Section 87(1) no. 7 BetrVG</1>","m3oznrreh5d":"<0>And the separation rule, which must be observed without exception:</0> under <1>Section 3(3) ArbMedVV</1>, occupational health checks should not be carried out together with fitness-for-work examinations. <2>A voluntary screening must be kept visibly and organisationally separate from any fitness-for-work examination and, where possible, from mandatory check appointments too.</2> Using the same rooms on the same day is a compliance risk and a risk to trust.","m3rktlzh7tb":"<0>reported, not claimed as caused</0>","m3y6rdj8gk":"<0>Sections 50 and 58 BetrVG</0> govern the responsibilities of the central works council and the group works council. A digital platform for the whole group is negotiated at that level.","m3ym0tlfwkt":"<0>Prohibition of reprisals, disadvantage and use of evidence</0>","m4abv2rebh8":"Two figures for the sake of honesty about data quality: around <0>44% of the documentation sheets</0> give no figure for the number of employees reached, so the 2.06 million is a lower bound. And the €281.96 million includes <1>€17,352,057</1> that the funds <2>did not spend</2> and transferred to the GKV national association under Section 20b(4) SGB V.","m4b6vzrcj0b":"<0>Final provisions</0> with a notice period and <1>an express agreement that the terms continue to apply after expiry</1>, because Section 77(6) BetrVG provides for this only for the enforceable parts","m4nkbbk25ig":"<0>Four points specific to Germany:</0>","m4qn3b20efo":"<0>6</0>Occupational physician and safety specialist: partners, not competitors<1>#</1>","m5agl40a73e":"<0/><1>No</1>","m5bnkcmg6wl":"<0>Calendar days on site</0><1>5</1><2>10 station days / 2 stations</2>","m5p06zohs0p":"<0>The open question:</0> whether a voluntary, employer-funded workplace screening falls under this exception has not been decided. The analogy with the occupational physician holds only for ASiG and ArbMedVV tasks, for which there is a special statutory provision; a voluntary screening bought in by the employer is not covered by it. What is binding, moreover, is not the model code but the <1>professional code of the individual state medical chamber</1>, and these differ.","m5qhus1fsd9":"7.7 The figure that closes the objection 'the fund does that for free anyway'<0>#</0>","m5v3cwbyf9h":"<0>9</0>8. Taxes: the €600 and the much larger second route","m5ymykn4fiu":"<0>2</0>What the risk assessment really requires, and what it is not<1>#</1>","m64c5hkj1m9":"<0>Sharps container to DIN EN ISO 23907 at the point of use</0>, no decanting","m6atz4wftc9":"For context: in 2024, the health insurance funds judged the success of the workplace health promotion they fund mainly by <0>employee satisfaction (73%), employer satisfaction (68%), acceptance and take-up (62%) and processes and workflows (25%)</0>. Health outcomes, absence and costs do not appear among the indicators reported. A provider therefore cannot borrow evidence of impact from the funder.","m6cmzo1skrr":"BGF-Koordinierungsstelle: <0>https://www.bgf-koordinierungsstelle.de</0>","m6frqg4nxit":"<0>Menu</0><1><2/></1>","m6sgj3wlsrj":"<0>20</0>Disclaimer","m73nda5af1w":"<0><1>3</1>2. What the risk assessment really requires, and what it is not</0>","m7agtimpcus":"'<0>Anonymisation must be demonstrated to the employee representative body.</0>'","m7q0kh4dtp8":"<0>Health Prime AG</0><1>Samstagernstrasse 55</1><2>8832 Wollerau</2><3>info@health-prime.ch</3><4>+41 44 250 28 71</4><5>WhatsApp Chat</5>","m7s3c6mnozd":"<0>Data protection in corporate health management</0>","m8d46ew5n9a":"Section 3a(2) ArbStättV: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbst_ttv_2004/__3a.html</0>","m91wwcz5s0w":"<0>Sickness absence is a context measure tracked over 24 months, not a target.</0> Contractual commitments are made on process and outcome key figures.","m94wkwkmjdc":"Basis of calculation: <0>15 to 20 minute slots give about 20 to 24 participants per station per day</0>, including changeover, buffer and break times. Parallel stations multiply this figure. In shift operations each shift must be planned separately: a plan covering only the day shift structurally reaches about a third of the workforce in a three-shift operation.","m9g5cpsqvhw":"<0>Terms and conditions</0>","m9hsvlk2xx8":"<0>Instruction</0> under Section 12 ArbSchG","m9ijk878ksi":"Section 3 no. 34 EStG, Section 8(2) sentence 11 and (4) EStG, Section 42e EStG: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__3.html</0> · <1>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__8.html</1> · <2>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/estg/__42e.html</2>","m9jv9goo210":"The <0>hygiene plan</0> is the responsibility of the employer who has the activity carried out; TRBA 250 Annex 1 is the template","m9vf6y6a6yc":"<0>How often there is a committee at all:</0> in 2024, only <1>42%</1> of workplace health promotion activities funded by health insurance funds had a steering committee, even though the guide requires one. And only <2>41%</2> named the occupational physician as a partner.","mabzxej4wr9":"6.3 The ASA as steering group<0>#</0>","mafmrehtoc":"Sections 25 and 26 ArbSchG (fines and penalty provisions): <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__25.html</0> · <1>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/arbschg/__26.html</1>","maibh2aq3ep":"<0><1>12</1>11. Screening day planner</0>","mas195709rb":"<0><1>18</1>17. Choosing a provider: the questions to ask every provider</0>","mb4wk8e8pks":"Sections 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9(3) and 11 ASiG: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/asig/</0>","mb8bcm39uxd":"<0>4</0>Who decides, and what each role needs to know<1>#</1>","mb8bsxs36zf":"Our starting point is not a model of our own but the make-up of the steering committee that the <0>GKV Prevention Guide itself sets out in Chapter 6.3.2</0>: company management, managers, HR department, <1>works or staff council</1>, occupational physician, safety specialist, where applicable the BEM officer, work and organisational psychology, representative body for employees with disabilities, equal opportunities officer, addiction and conflict officers, sustainability or CSR officer. It adds: 'Existing structures for health in the workplace, such as the <2>occupational safety committee under Section 11 ASiG</2>, should also be used as a steering structure for health promotion.'","mb8kk405lo5":"Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen: <0>SOFI-Impulspapier BGM 2025</0>: <1>https://sofi.uni-goettingen.de/fileadmin/Impulspapiere/SOFI-Impulspapier_BGM_2025.pdf</1>","mb90wlclpgb":"<0>But the process is a precondition</0> (BMF para. 20): a structured in-company process, an internal committee, a needs analysis, and involvement of the employees or their representatives and of the occupational health and safety specialists.","mbfgcuu5mfx":"<0>Station days required</0><1>10</1><2>200 participants / 22 per station and day</2>","mbnlskixrl8":"Who finds out <0>who</0> took part? And who expressly does not?","mbqme4w7hpp":"<0>Barrier-free, step-free access</0>","mc4kv0rmf8r":"<0>Works council</0>","mc7kx17pfyt":"<0>Is the assessment up to date, meaning revised since the last significant change to activities, work equipment or organisation?</0>","mc8b45n2tdz":"<0/>Well substantiated<1>for the standard set of clauses; check the legal position on the GDPR in each individual case</1>","mcd5y06hqwq":"<0>2. Early involvement</0>","mchmof4nxo3":"7.1 The legal basis<0>#</0>","mcm0hdgyttf":"9.3 What the works council will check<0>#</0>","md0l4h8d9i0":"<0>Health Prime AG</0><1>Samstagernstrasse 55</1><2>8832 Wollerau, Switzerland</2><3>Phone +41 44 250 28 71</3><4>info@health-prime.ch</4>","md5p327j8zf":"n ≥ 5, n ≥ 10 when broken down by health topic, <0>fixed in the works agreement</0>","md8j098ya1p":"The planner assumes about <0>20 to 24 participants per station per day</0>, in 15 to 20-minute slots. Its most useful output is shift coverage: how many employees the chosen schedule structurally fails to reach. It promises no participation rate and shows no cost saving.","md9auo4aqzk":"Disclaimer<0>#</0>","mdclrgj2p32":"<0>The business expects the health insurance fund to pay permanently.</0> The funds' remit is 'time-limited in the sense of help towards self-help'. Budget for year three from the start.","mdgj0lfonq6":"<0>New screenings for 2026</0>","me3gwjvcmpp":"<0>Section 20(6) SGB V</0> sets benchmark figures: from 2019 a total of <1>€7.52</1> per insured person, of which at least €2.15 for Section 20a and at least <2>€3.15 for Section 20b</2>, adjusted annually. The overall benchmark for 2024 was €8.53, and actual spending was €9.21. <3>To put this in context: the law says 'should', and the Prevention Report calls it a 'benchmark'. It is a soft target for the funds, not an obligation for you.</3> The widely quoted formula '€7, of which €2 for workplace health promotion' is the outdated 2015 version.","me56cjyf48l":"<0>Conflict resolution</0>","megd1y1000d":"<0>Participation collapses in shift-work and multi-site operations</0>, because the programme runs at head office during the day.","mehdw6gtztp":"Section 2(2) GOÄ: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/go__1982/__2.html</0>","meogpf12te6":"<0>Federal Ministry of Finance</0>","mes4dh47e01":"16.1 Itinerant medical practice ('im Umherziehen')<0>#</0>","mf2uqjpyd0j":"<0>Three rules for level 3, to be set down in writing before the programme starts:</0>","mfca36igqka":"<0><1>13</1>12. Registration, communication, capacity and rooms</0>","mfkt32jwad3":"5.6 Other provisions that are often overlooked<0>#</0>","mfruygxpml8":"<0>Non-textile, cleanable floor and cleanable work surface</0>","mfsni17y5vu":"<0>The correct position is</0> that the risk assessment is a statutory duty that the occupational safety authority can enforce by order. <1>Ignoring that order</1> is what becomes expensive and, if repeated, a criminal offence. The practical risk is real enough; it needs no exaggeration.","mfvvqad5l3s":"Compared with 2023, spending rose by 5%, while the number of businesses reached <0>fell</0> by 5% and the number of employees by 6%.","mgidyyx31v8":"Funding from the funds is also finite by design. The BMF puts it this way: health insurance funds support businesses '<0>for a limited period, as help towards self-help</0>' (para. 43). The guide adds that businesses should be enabled 'to continue workplace health promotion on a lasting basis and on their own responsibility even after GKV funding has ended'. <1>Plan for the third year from the start.</1>","mgryskh8ly0":"<0/><1>Participation during working hours (to be settled in the works agreement)</1>","mh1tq8359xf":"What we do know: AOK Rheinland/Hamburg provides an industry snapshot with no size limit, a company snapshot from 35 to 50 AOK-insured employees and a company health report from 50. As a matter of method, key figures are reported only for groups of 10 or more insured persons and 10 or more cases of incapacity for work per diagnosis group. Mobil Krankenkasse names 50 insured persons. BARMER requires a 'sufficient number' without giving a figure. TK, DAK, IKK and BKK do not publish a threshold. <0>This is fund practice, not law.</0>","mh9aakdlpsb":"<0>26.8%</0><1>of organisations have holistic corporate health management</1><2>#whatsnext 2025</2>","mhn4bghajpo":"<0>14</0>13. Metrics and evaluation","mhskfjlhplz":"<0>12</0>11. Screening day planner","mht3vrhi0fi":"Kiesche, E.: <0>Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement. Betriebs- und Dienstvereinbarungen. Analyse und Handlungsempfehlungen</0>, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung and Bund-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-7663-6274-2, 125 agreements analysed","midjz5y1kb":"<0>Working time and time off</0>","mie91iz29pv":"<0>3</0>Risk assessment: readiness check<1>#</1>","mih4zdjhl3e":"<0>A subsidy from the health insurance fund is budgeted for and then refused</0>, because the measure was not agreed in advance, because it is an 'isolated measure by external providers', or because it is 'screening without interventions'.","mixq34gbfgi":"<0>Section 11 ASiG</0> requires every business with <1>more than 20 employees</1> to have an <2>occupational safety committee</2> made up of the employer or a representative, <3>two works council members</3>, occupational physicians, safety specialists and safety officers, which meets <4>at least once a quarter</4>.","mj0m7nkw8hx":"<0>The threshold for the small-business models was raised from 10 to 20 employees</0> (Annex 1 'up to 20', Annex 2 'more than 20', employer model 20 to 50). Anyone still writing 'up to 10 employees' is out of date.","mj9zrfq8qxp":"<0>Couch</0> for vasovagal reactions","mjb7kbsz39s":"<0>Objectives</0>","mjs4cxo0san":"<0>Safe instruments (safety lancets and needles) mandatory for blood sampling</0>, <1>no recapping</1>","mjtte3d0yhq":"<0>A company screening day cannot be ZPP-certified, and neither can a corporate health management programme.</0> Anyone advertising 'ZPP-certified corporate health management' is misdescribing a course portfolio. Certification is free of charge, is valid for three years (digital courses initially for one year), is usually decided within ten working days and covers the <1>course concept plus the course leader's qualification</1>.","mjxp5r4jdp1":"'Workplace health promotion (BGF) is a package of services, <0>voluntary</0> for employers and employees alike, that <2>supplements</2> <1>statutory occupational health and safety</1> … and … occupational reintegration management (Section 167(2) SGB IX).'<3/>GKV Prevention Guide, version of 17 December 2025, chapter 6.4","mjye20gzud1":"6.1 The roles<0>#</0>","mkbnkmcdh5g":"HR receives only <0>aggregated figures</0>","mkhgd0w9pfb":"<0>2. Outcome</0>","mkjw6whscz0":"Section 23(3), Sections 50, 58, 77(6), 80, 88 no. 1 and 89 BetrVG: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/betrvg/</0>","ml6g23nlmuo":"<0>Voluntariness</0>","mlgesxhn794":"<0>Payroll account records:</0> a certificate of participation plus <1>a declaration by the employer</1> on the structured process (para. 27), alternatively a <2>certificate from the health insurance fund</2> (para. 28), and for talks an attendance list with the main content (para. 29).","mlhhref2ups":"<0>About us</0>","mlqzm59orfh":"<0>Internal marketing</0>","mlr4h2f4ypk":"<0>Have measures been derived and their effectiveness checked?</0><1>Section 3(1), Section 6 ArbSchG</1>","mm30a57htt3":"9.1 Outline of a model works agreement on corporate health management and workplace health promotion<0>#</0>","mm3l64hyedg":"<0>Is there a rule on how to handle results that concern individual line managers?</0>","mm3ru1qfiji":"<0>Excluded</0> (para. 34) are, among others, gym membership fees, physiotherapy treatments, massages, <1>screenings not linked to workplace health promotion interventions</1>, and meal, travel and accommodation costs.","mm6x98x11al":"MPBetreibV, version of 20 February 2025: <0>https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/mpbetreibv_2025/</0>","mmdkleo2yym":"<0>Our three-level model:</0>","mmfyjru2w07":"<0>2018: 47% of employees</0> said their company offered workplace health promotion, and <1>25% of all employees</1> took part (Hollederer 2022, n = 20,012). That corresponds to roughly 59% participation among those informed.","mmgtv9g0a5v":"<0>Workshops and seminars</0>","mmpwv0fxkd8":"<0>13</0>Key figures and evaluation<1>#</1>","mmte1ymguwu":"<0>Health insurance fund</0>","mnrlku7wmx0":"10.1 Phases<0>#</0>","mntpaek2qzk":"<0>What is new from 2026 is also the most topical reason to take up the subject now.</0> Section 21(1a) ArbSchG, introduced by the Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz (Occupational Safety Inspection Act), verbatim:","moag25gchal":"<0>11</0>10. The process: from the first idea to the report","mobl1o8l2y1":"<0>Official regulations and guidelines</0>","mobravrpg1e":"The standard objection 'our people are spread across forty different funds' is resolved in the guide: a business can approach <0>any health insurance fund of its choice with which some of its employees are insured</0>, and 'the services of a health insurance fund in a business are available to <1>all employees regardless of their membership</1> of that fund'.","moi3wgxbda8":"<0>1. Target vision and budget</0>","movjwrdf8c9":"<0>14</0>Participation: what is realistic and what drives it<1>#</1>","mox967mbuyx":"<0>No lump-sum invoices</0> (para. 30): if the measure, accommodation, meals and travel are invoiced as a single amount, an estimated apportionment is not permitted. The BFH has confirmed this (judgment of 23 November 2023, VI R 24/21). <1>Ask every provider for separate invoice items.</1>","mozfak9gubh":"<0>Employee survey</0>","mpkpgttgtxp":"<0>Section 5(3) no. 6 ArbSchG</0> expressly names '<1>mental stress at work</1>' as a source of hazard. This item was inserted in 2013. <2>Section 6 ArbSchG</2> requires the result, the measures determined and the review of their effectiveness to be documented.","mpq2u1vr8s":"<0>External service providers</0>: which data they receive and which they do not, duty of confidentiality, deletion periods","mq2e5h109tn":"<0>Law and data</0>","mqsj1242blq":"The <0>weaker</0> a statutory requirement is, the <1>stronger</1> the co-determination. Sections 3 and 5 ArbSchG are framework provisions that need filling in: they set a goal but no method. Where the employer has room for discretion, the works council has a say in how it is used. Anyone who argues 'the law does not tell us anything specific, so we do not need to ask the works council' has it exactly the wrong way round.","mquxmkqo3z3":"DGUV Vorschrift 2, version in force since 1 January 2026. The version issued by the competent employers' liability insurance association is the binding one: <0>https://www.dguv.de/de/praevention/vorschriften_regeln/dguv-vorschrift_2/index.jsp</0>","mqwkqcjtzhf":"<0>53%</0><1>of employees know of a health programme at their workplace</1><2>BIBB/BAuA 2024</2>","mr4g8l2dbu2":"7.3 The funding criteria, verbatim, and they can make or break a project<0>#</0>","mrefixi7n0l":"<0><1>20</1>Disclaimer</0>","mrg2fdokgax":"<0>Section 87(1) BetrVG</0> begins: 'The works council shall have a right of co-determination, <1>in so far as no provision is made by law or collective agreement</1>, in the following matters'. Three items are relevant to a health programme:","mrk7tyw9a3e":"<0>16</0>15. What typically goes wrong: 17 failure patterns","mrkpaibzy3a":"<0>Vein screening</0>","mrnnjhyf41j":"<0>7</0>6. Occupational physician and occupational safety specialist: partners, not competitors","mrxyvyxefhx":"<0>The steering group has neither mandate nor budget.</0> Only 42% of funded activities have a steering committee at all; where corporate health management is handled in the occupational safety committee (ASA), it ends up under 'any other business'.","mrzjajk0m99":"iga: <0>iga.Report 40</0>, 1st edition, November 2019: <1>https://www.iga-info.de/fileadmin/redakteur/Veroeffentlichungen/iga_Reporte/Dokumente/iga-Report_40_Wirksamkeit_und_Nutzen_Gesundheitsfoerderung_Praevention.pdf</1>","ms0zcuxu7w4":"<0>2</0>1. Mandatory or voluntary: the most important difference first","ms27uyztqv6":"<0>4</0>3. Risk assessment: readiness check","ms3onjbiry8":"A risk assessment identifies. It delivers no measures and does not replace workplace health promotion. The reverse is equally true: <0>a health day does not fulfil any duty under Section 5 ArbSchG.</0> The results of the risk assessment may, however, be <1>used</1> as a basis for identifying needs for workplace health promotion. Producing it is not a service of statutory health insurance, and the GKV Guide says so expressly.","msjhs4zd80q":"<0>Then there are the three workplace health promotion fields of action, often confused with the four fields of action in individual prevention.</0> Under Chapter 6.5, they are:","msuy9nzabov":"<0><1>7</1>6. Occupational physician and occupational safety specialist: partners, not competitors</0>","mt0ztoj65sn":"<0>Section 80(1) no. 9 and (2) BetrVG:</0> the works council must promote occupational health and safety measures and be informed in good time and in full, including the necessary documents. These rights <1>also exist where no co-determination applies</1>.","mt30bm22xjd":"<0>6</0>5. The works council: the most important stakeholder, and usually your ally","mt3ys6aeqos":"<0>Cost coverage</0>","mt547lpxbfz":"<0>Why:</0> booking data is participation data. Participation data for a health measure is health data, because it allows conclusions to be drawn about the person. Anyone who routes it through HR destroys the entire data architecture. And the established expectation of German employees, shaped by occupational health checks, is: the employer learns <1>that</1> I was there, never <2>what</2> came out of it. With a voluntary screening, the employer does not even learn that.","mt8l93b5lhz":"7.5 Multiple funds and the coordination office<0>#</0>","mtxgfgl0eb3":"<0>A one-off health day with no follow-up.</0> The guide accepts it as an 'entry point', not as a programme. The realistic yardstick is an average duration of 24 months.","mtzfluck7iq":"For the tax exemption, the <0>tax office</0> itself requires a structured process with a needs analysis and the involvement of employee representatives. Anyone who bypasses the works council puts the tax exemption at risk, not just industrial peace.","mu4je8ntg6a":"<0>3. Impact</0>","mut5xkf6wk0":"<0>No before-and-after line is drawn across the turn of 2021/2022.</0> The electronic sick note (eAU) structurally changed how absences are recorded. WIdO's own model calculation gives 20.8 rather than the measured 23.3 days of absence for 2025 without the eAU.","mv5muze2rkg":"<0/>Well substantiated<1>in the rationale, a design decision in implementation</1>","mvld53pzpzi":"5.2 The trap providers miss most often<0>#</0>","mvmyo2kzqw4":"<0>Section 5(1) ArbSchG</0>, verbatim:","mvo46lr59u7":"<0>Data protection officer</0>","mvr400j7gc8":"BAuA: <0>Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderung 2024: Entwicklung von Angebot und Teilnahme</0>, baua: Fakten, series BIBB-BAuA-57, 2026: <1>https://www.baua.de/DE/Angebote/Publikationen/Fakten/BIBB-BAuA-57</1>","mw1fzxl02fg":"<0>8</0>Taxes: the €600 and the much larger second route<1>#</1>","mwb5dlds2oe":"<0>15</0>14. Participation: what is realistic and what drives it","mwkj22i1wp6":"<0>1</0>Mandatory or voluntary: the most important difference first<1>#</1>","mwtbnhfjbma":"<0>Contact</0><1><2/></1>","mxd4wer8of8":"The <0>works council</0> has an enforceable co-determination right that extends even to a booking tool, however voluntary participation is.","mxikjjcp0vb":"<0>Thyroid ultrasound</0>","mxlmdhil9dy":"<0>Further development</0>: 'evaluate and update every three years'","mxo65qc77w":"<0>GDA guideline 'Gefährdungsbeurteilung und Dokumentation'</0>, as at 5 December 2025. You will find the seven process steps there, not in the mental stress guideline.","mxr9cfq7hh9":"<0>Legal sources</0>","mxrbpi8plh5":"2.2 The risk assessment diagnoses, it does not treat<0>#</0>","mxsyh14d6v5":"<0>10</0>The process: from the first idea to the report<1>#</1>","my7077teoef":"<0>Section 87(1) no. 6, voluntariness is irrelevant</0>","mya019d6dbm":"A programme that is <0>purely voluntary, genuinely anonymous, does no tracking and gives no workplace-related feedback</0> can reasonably be treated as free of co-determination. But the corridor is narrow, and hardly any real programme stays within it:","mynu9rpk46c":"The full account with the budget helper is on our page <0>The business case for corporate health management in Germany</0>. Here is what you need for project planning.","myo9tgr2eiz":"<0/>Not substantiated<1>individual case studies, cannot be generalised</1>","myq9gxk12gq":"<0>5. Works agreement</0>","mysu4lmnzax":"The obligation applies <0>per establishment</0>. A group with twelve sites has twelve ASAs, and a group-wide programme cannot be steered through any single one of them.","mz3i664feha":"<0>Basic care: 2.5 / 1.5 / 0.5 hours per employee per year</0> for care groups I to III.","mz7qaxfo342":"<0><1>9</1>8. Taxes: the €600 and the much larger second route</0>","mzeqquhnijd":"<0>Risk assessment and workplace health promotion get confused</0>, and the company treats a health day as meeting its duty under Section 5 ArbSchG. From 2026 a minimum inspection rate of 5% applies.","mzhth1zcv8t":"<0/>Disputed<1>partly required by law, partly a duty of care. To be walked through with the occupational physician and the provider before the first delivery.</1>","mzwhb4sfpz8":"6.2 DGUV Regulation 2 as amended from 1 January 2026<0>#</0>","mzy72loswcf":"<0><1>2</1>1. Mandatory or voluntary: the most important difference first</0>","mzynqkm5f4r":"<0>The open question:</0> whether a framework contract with an employer meets the requirement of a 'personal agreement in each individual case' has not been conclusively settled.","t1fzvydj1vxj":"+{0} {1} {2} {3} {4}","t1gn2ycuv8p4":"{0}%","t29tealerxyy":"{0}"}}