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Liaison Committee

The Liaison Committee is a forum for deliberations between management and employees about the development and future of the Faculty of Science as a workplace.

The Liaison Committe helps qualify management’s decision-making basis when important decisions need to be made regarding working conditions, staff policies and collaborative conditions.

The committee deals only with matters that fall under the managerial right. Accordingly, the committee does not deal with matters governed by legislation, political decisions or collective agreements.

Thus, the Liaison Committee considers, among other things:

  • Working conditions and staff policies
  • Trust and collaboration
  • Organisational and social work environment
  • Changeovers and organisational development

  • Management representatives (A side)

    • Marianne Holmer, dean (chair)
    • Martin Svensson, Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

    Employee representatives (B side)

    • Kristian Debrabrant, DM (academic staff) (deputy chair)
    • Christian Bilde Dannevang, Djøf
    • Kent Daugaard, Danish Metal Workers’ Union
    • Marek Bang Poulsen, DM (administrative staff)
    • Michelle Pedersen, HK
    • Tanja Christensen, DL-F/HK

  • The Liaison Committee meets six times per year; four of the meetings are joint meetings with the Faculty Work Environment Committee.

    Meetings in 2024

    • 26 January (only Liaison Committee)
    • 11 March (both committees)
    • 3 June (both committees)
    • 27 August (only Liaison Committee)
    • 24 October (both committees)
    • 5 December (both committees)
    Find agendas and minutes on the committees' shared Sharepoint site

  • It has been agreed that the Liaison Committee holds six ordinary meetings a year, of which four meetings are joint meetings with the Faculty Health and Safety Committee. About 14 days before each meeting, the Chair and the Vice-Chair hold a preliminary meeting.

    The management and employee representatives are aware of the provisions regarding their mutual duties to provide information, cf. the Agreement regarding Cooperation and Joint Consultation Committees in the State (pdf). Both parties will continuously assess whether any matter require information or discussion in the Liaison Committee, including matters relating to:

    • Goals, strategy and finances
    • Personnel policies
    • Rationalisation projects and organisational restructurings
    • Psychosocial work environment, well-being, stress and offensive behaviour
    • Competence development of academic and technical/administrative staff

    The employee representatives will continuously assess whether there are any views and matters among the employees which relate to the well-being of the employees and which are important for the cooperation.

    Fixed items on the agenda

    • Annual deliberation on flexitime at the Faculty of Science
    • Workplace Assessment and Well-Being Survey
      • Every three years: Results of the mandatory Workplace Assessment (WPA) and the Well-Being Survey are discussed. Each unit also begins work on WPA action plans.
      • Other years: Scrutiny of WPA action plans

    Only Liaison Committee:

    • Budget
    • Minutes from the latest meeting of the Central Liaison Committee
    • In odd-numbered years, appointment of members to the faculty's Liaison Committee.

    • Work environment discussion
      • The Faculty Health and Safety Committee presents the goals for the year in relation to mental and physical well-being (work environment consultants from SDU HR participate to discuss the results of the internal survey).
    • Status on faculty strategies and action plans.
    • Status on competence development for academic and technical/administrative staff.
      • Accounting for the spending of competence funds in the previous year. SDU HR provides an overview of the staff's participation in courses in the previous year.

    Only Liaison Committee:

    • Budget (in case of major adjustments).
    • Minutes from the latest meeting of the Central Liaison Committee.
    • Budget
      • Presentation of the semi-annual financial statement and the first budget draft for the coming year
      • Salary development
      • Turnover on externally funded projects
    • Remote work
      • Status on remote work for academic and technical/administrative staff, including work environment
    • Status on WPA action plans

    Only Liaison Committee:

    • Digitalisation of work processes
    • Budget (in case of significant changes)
      •  At the end of October, the budget for next year is sent to the committee members for information, including new Student FTE forecasts
    • Evaluation of the year in the two committees
    • Annual cycle
      • Adjustment, if necessary, of the committees’ annual cycles

    Only Liaison Committee:

    • Budget
    • Minutes from the latest meeting of the Central Liaison Committee
    • Employee development interviews:
      • Reporting of employee development interviews, including the number of interviews held.
      • The Liaison Committee identifies any relevant focus areas that should be addressed in the coming year’s employee development interviews.
      • Approval of any changes to the organisation of employee development interviews.

Faculty of Science University of Southern Denmark

  • Campusvej 55
  • Odense M - DK-5230
  • Phone: +45 6550 2099

Last Updated 09.08.2023