Agreement details
Tenovis European Works Council
Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 04/06/2004
Body: Tenovis European Works Council
Created in: 2004
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: 2004
Reason: acquisition
Headquartered in: Germany
Sector(s) of activity: Me;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
German, original signed version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
Germany |
duration |
4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
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| termination clause | yes |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
employee |
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| geograph. scope |
EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | yes |
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| scope defined | yes |
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| bound by conf. |
all participants |
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| sanctions for breach | no |
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| seats/mandate |
| adaptation clause | yes |
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| seat allocation |
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| seat treshold | no |
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| selection of reps |
according to national law/practice in all countries |
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| mandate duration |
4 years |
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| mandate renewable | no |
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| protection of reps |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| exceptional circumstances, examples |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| giving opinion/comments |
| competence(s) of the EWC |
| Economic and financial situation of the company |
| Corporate strategy and investment |
| Changes to working methods / organisation |
| Company structure |
| Closures or cutbacks |
| Mergers, take-overs or acquisitions |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Collective redundancies |
| Vocational training |
| Trade union rights |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
2 |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
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| minutes approving |
joint |
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| interpretation |
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| translation |
all relevant languages |
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| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no |
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| feedback/dissemination by |
employee |
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| feedback/dissemination to |
management |
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Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition |
employee |
| total members |
3 |
| frequency of meeting without management |
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| frequency of meeting with management |
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| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings |
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| format of extraordinary meetings |
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| plenary meeting |
| responsibilities |
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Support available to the EWC
| type of expert |
independent expert |
| selection |
employee |
| agreement specifies which expenses are paid for | yes |
| agreement allocates a budget | no |
| expenses paid for |
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| Paid time-off to attend |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (not specified) |
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory meeting |
| Debriefing/follow-up meeting |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| training |
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| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| guests/external parties |
TU reps can be experts (art. 7.1) |
| information&consultation+ |
1) quarterly reports from management to the EWC; 2) I&C must be timely (art. 5.1.5); 3) Central management communicates with the EWC also in writing, outside of meetings (Art. 5.1.8) |
| Eligibility for EWC |
EWC members must be employee representatives in the meaning of national law (Art. 3.2) |
| selection / appointment of EWC members |
Employee only EWC: management cannot nominate reps/members of the EWC (Art. 3.2) |
| Mandate execution |
1) EWC members may be recalled if they loose their national mandate (Art. 4.2); 2) Additional insurance may be provided to EWC members for potential personal or material damages resulting from their work in EWC (Art. 9.4) |
| access to company premises+ |
Available for EWC members, Sel Com and experts (Art. 7.2) |
| No discrimination / favouring clause |
Art. 9.1 |
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