Why choose the VAA? To get ahead!
Membership of the VAA gives you legal certainty in the workplace, allows you to plan your professional life and gives you an opportunity to help shape your working conditions. The association regards itself as a service organisation which is defined by its member-oriented approach. The services offered by the VAA are tailored specifically to the needs of its members, so the association can guarantee that members’ interests will be represented effectively.
Personal benefits:
- Quick access to legal information, direct legal advice and legal protection
- Information on all aspects of professional life
- Cross-company contacts
- Access to the VAA applications network
- Attractive collaborations
- Excellent value for money
- Tax-deductible membership fee
- Tax and investment advice on preferential terms
Collective benefits:
- Interests are represented within the company and politically
- Better earnings thanks to collective agreements
- Better working conditions for all employees
Who can become a member?
- Employees in executive positions and other employees not covered by the standard collective agreement
- Highly qualified experts
- Young professionals with an academic degree
- Students and PhD candidates in all fields
Information on membership in the VAA
- Executive Committee Act (Sprecherausschussgesetz in englischer Übersetzung)80 KBDownload PDF
- Application for membership (English)247 KBDownload PDF
- General Information (2024 – English)577 KBDownload PDF
- Legal protection guidelines (English)106 KBDownload PDF
- Statutes of the VAA (English – 2024)619 KBDownload PDF
- Framework Collective Agreement (English)107 KBDownload PDF
- VAA – From the Start (2022)3 MBDownload PDF
- Rights of Termination (English – 2020)369 KBDownload PDF
- Part-time Work and Parental Leave (English – 2019)642 KBDownload PDF
- Law on Paid Annual Leave (English – 2019)612 KBDownload PDF
- VAA fee schedule (English)95 KBDownload PDF