German labor law defines good time by its purpose. When an employer plans new technical systems, new work processes or new workplaces, it must inform the works council, and the law names the Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz, the use of artificial intelligence, explicitly. It must consult the works council so rechtzeitig …, dass Vorschläge und Bedenken des Betriebsrats bei der Planung berücksichtigt werden können, early enough that the works council’s proposals and concerns can still be taken into account in the planning. The same law asks employer and works council to meet at least once a month. They must negotiate disputed questions mit dem ernsten Willen zur Einigung, with the serious will to reach agreement.