»The Concept of Preferential Treatment in Labour Law. The Preferential Treatment of Works Councils and their Members, of Trade Unions, their Representatives and Employees«: This thesis analyses the preferential treatment of actors in the field of labour law taking a shaping role. For this purpose, the preferential treatment of works councils as is regulated by law and that of trade unions as is not regulated by law are being compared in order to develop legal responses for both. In doing so, illegal and legitimate forms of preferential treatment are being defined, the existing sanction mechanism is being explored, and possible solutions are being identified.weiterlesen