Complaint and Reporting Offices at the University of Mannheim

This page provides an overview of the complaint and reporting offices at the University of Mannheim. The list is in alphabetical order.

When you file a complaint, we will review the circumstances of the case and take further action where appropriate. Please note that filing a complaint initiates a formal procedure. To process the complaint and investigate the circumstances of the case, it may be necessary to disclose the information you provide and, where applicable, your identity to other responsible offices and to persons involved in or accused in connection with the matter. For this reason, a complaint cannot be treated with the same level of confidentiality as a consultation. The measures taken in response to a complaint depend on the individual case and may, for example, involve criminal or disciplinary proceedings.

To ensure that you are aware of your rights and obligations in the complaint procedure and the procedural options available to you, we recommend that you first arrange a non-binding, confidential consultation with the appropriate contact persons.

Office/name	Target group	Topics
Complaint office for discrimination under the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) and sexual harassment - employees and applicants Website Please contact the head of Division V. We also recommend that you first seek advice from the contact person for (anti-)discrimination or the contact persons for sexual harassment.	Employees or applicants who experience discrimination within the scope of the AGG or sexual harassment by other employees	Discrimination under the AGG on the grounds of: ethnic origin gender religion or belief disability age sexual identity Sexual harassment
Complaint office for discrimination under the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) and sexual harassment - students Website Please contact the head of the Legal Division. We also recommend that you first seek advice from the contact person for (anti-)discrimination or the contact persons for sexual harassment.	Students who experience discrimination within the scope of the AGG or sexual harassment	Discrimination under the AGG on the grounds of: ethnic origin gender religion or belief disability age sexual identity Sexual harassment
Central internal reporting office under the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) for state universities and institutions in Baden-Württemberg established at the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg Intranet (in german) Postal address: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg „Hinweisgebermeldestelle“ Königstraße 46 70173 Stuttgart	All employees	Reports concerning: criminal offenses in the workplace violations of provisions subject to administrative fines where such provisions serve to protect life, physical integrity, or health or to protect the rights of employees or their representative bodies other violations of federal or state legislation and directly applicable legal acts of the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, particularly data protection legislation violations of federal and generally applicable rules governing procedures for the award of public contracts with a contract value at or above the EU thresholds violations of tax laws applicable to legal entities statements by civil servants that constitute a breach of their duty of loyalty to the constitution

Office/name

Target group

Topics

Complaint office for discrimination under the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) and sexual harassment - employees and applicants

Website

Please contact the head of Division V.

We also recommend that you first seek advice from the contact person for (anti-)discrimination or the contact persons for sexual harassment.

Employees or applicants who experience discrimination within the scope of the AGG or sexual harassment by other employees

Discrimination under the AGG on the grounds of: ethnic origin gender religion or belief disability age sexual identity
Sexual harassment

Complaint office for discrimination under the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG) and sexual harassment - students

Website

Please contact the head of the Legal Division.

We also recommend that you first seek advice from the contact person for (anti-)discrimination or the contact persons for sexual harassment.

Students who experience discrimination within the scope of the AGG or sexual harassment

Discrimination under the AGG on the grounds of: ethnic origin gender religion or belief disability age sexual identity
Sexual harassment

Central internal reporting office under the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG) for state universities and institutions in Baden-Württemberg established at the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Intranet (in german)

Postal address:
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
„Hinweisgebermeldestelle“
Königstraße 46
70173 Stuttgart

All employees

Reports concerning:

criminal offenses in the workplace
violations of provisions subject to administrative fines where such provisions serve to protect life, physical integrity, or health or to protect the rights of employees or their representative bodies
other violations of federal or state legislation and directly applicable legal acts of the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, particularly data protection legislation
violations of federal and generally applicable rules governing procedures for the award of public contracts with a contract value at or above the EU thresholds
violations of tax laws applicable to legal entities
statements by civil servants that constitute a breach of their duty of loyalty to the constitution

Independent confidential counsel for sexualized discrimination, sexual harassment, and violence

Michaela Spandau, Stuttgart

(appointed by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts)

External website (in German)
Phone: +49 711 673 53 70

Confidential, free counseling and support for individuals affected by sexual or sexualized discrimination, harassment, or violence at higher education institutions.

Safety and Emergencies

In an emergency, university members can find information and assistance on theSafety and Emergencies page.