Since 18 June 2021 the German Works Constitution Act has listed a new matter on which the works council has a right of co-determination: the Ausgestaltung von mobiler Arbeit, the arrangement of mobile work. Lawyers point out that whether a company offers mobile work at all remains the employer’s decision. How it works must be agreed with the works council. This covers how much mobile work is possible, when the working day starts and ends, and from which places employees may work. If the two sides cannot agree, a conciliation board decides. Its ruling replaces their agreement.