​People with a protracted or chronic illness often find it particularly difficult in the world of work. To counteract this, the legislature in Germany has taken it upon itself to offer all employees who have been unable to work for more than six weeks in the past twelve months an Operational Integration Management (OIM) - in German "Betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement" (BEM). In doing so, the legislature transfers part of the responsibility for the health of the employees in terms of prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation to the specific department.

There is a service agreement at TU Dresden from 10^th December 2009 concerning OIM (BEM). This stipulates that an integration team shall accompany OIM (BEM) at TU Dresden. The integrations team is composed of the liaison officer for employees, representatives of the interest groups and the employees entitled to BEM.

The team openly searches for and discusses measures - tailor-made for the individual employees - conducive to helping staff find their way back into working life and to maintaining health, employability and permanent employment.

As part of OIM (BEM), the following questions can be answered: Can I continue working at my current workplace in the future in the same way as before? Are changes in work organisation or in the workplace itself necessary so that I can remain healthy in the long term? Who can support me on my return? And what is the best way to return?

Participation in OIM (BEM) is voluntary.

Contact persons are the OIM (BEM) Representatives in the Occupational Health Services:

• Dipl.-Psych. Annett Schneider
• Dipl.-Psych. Maxi Paulus

The integration team is completed by the representatives of the staff council:

•   Angela Einert
•   Andreas Mathias
•   Christian Pritzkow

and, if required, a representative of the severely disabled:

•   Roberto Lemmrich
•   Substitute:s.

It is possible to involve a trusted person, e.g. a relative, and other supporters in the OIM (BEM). We ask you to announce this when making the appointment.

Appointment

As a rule, we will contact you by mail to offer you company integration management if you have been unable to work continuously or repeatedly for more than six weeks in the past twelve months. Please then send us back the attached response letter - ideally by e-mail to or to the postal address below.

The BEM is also available to you on a preventive basis. To make an appointment, please send us an  E-mail with your contact details and a brief statement of your concerns. We will get back to you promptly, at least within one working week.

Conversation formats:

•     in person (with FFP2 mask, as of May 2022)
•     via video conference with Big Blue Button or
•     by telephone

Visitor address:

BEM meetings usually take place at Nürnberger Str. 31A, R. 601/2. The entrance to the building is to the right of the jewelry store. We will send you more detailed information in the invitation to the meeting.

Postal address:

Mrs. Paulus / Mrs. Schneider

Technische Universität Dresden
SG 9.4 Gesundheitsdienst
BEM-Beauftragte

01062 Dresden

personal - confidential

Costs: free of charge

Offered languages: German, English

Further information can be found on the website of the Occupational Health Services.