Bachelor's Thesis — HR, Employment Law, Compensation & Benefits

REEL GmbH

Bachelor's thesis focused on modernizing compensation structures within a leading firm in the aluminum industry. Collaborating with HR to analyze existing agreements and propose improvements.

Posted 6/5/2026internshipVeitshöchheim • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Hard Skills

empirical methodsquestionnaire designbasic statisticsdata analysiscompensation designlabor lawcollective bargaining lawworks constitution law

Soft Skills

analytical working stylestructured working stylehigh reliabilityattention to detailstrong communication skillscollaborationpreparing complex information

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Industry Keywords

Human Resourcespersonnel managementcollective agreementposting guidelinesemployee surveybenchmarkingmodern works agreement

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Topic: Conceptualizing a modern works agreement based on an empirical benchmarking and employee survey
Department: Human Resources / Personnel Management
As part of your bachelor's thesis, you will support us in modernizing our compensation and posting/assignment regulations
Analysis of the existing Federal Assembly Collective Agreement (BMTV) and the posting guideline with regard to structure, content, strengths and weaknesses
Research and benchmarking of market-standard compensation and posting/assignment models for assembly and service employees
Design and execution of an employee survey within the target group
Preparation of the results in the form of presentations and as a decision-making basis for management
Development of a conceptual proposal for a new, modern works agreement to replace the BMTV and related works agreements and internal regulations
You will be professionally supervised by an experienced HR team throughout the entire project.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Enrolled in a degree program in Economics, Business Psychology, Law, Business Law, Human Resource Management, or a comparable field of study
Interest in labor law, collective bargaining law, works constitution law and modern compensation design
Basic knowledge of empirical methods (particularly questionnaire design and basic statistics) is desirable
Analytical and structured working style, high reliability and attention to detail
Enjoy working with data and preparing complex information for different audiences (management, HR, works council, employees)
Strong communication skills and willingness to collaborate with various stakeholders
Very good German language skills and good English language skills, both written and spoken
Confident user of the MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)