Agreement details
The ABB Voluntary Agreement
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 05/07/2004
Body: ABB Employees Council Europe
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: Switzerland
Sector(s) of activity: Me;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
English, original signed version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
Germany |
duration |
4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | no |
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| termination clause | yes |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
employee |
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| geograph. scope |
EU + EFTA (EU+CH+IS+LI+NO) |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | no |
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| scope defined | no |
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| bound by conf. |
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| sanctions for breach | no |
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| seats/mandate |
| adaptation clause | no |
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| seat allocation |
workforce size related only |
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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 |
national standard |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| exceptional circumstances, definition |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| competence(s) of the EWC |
| Corporate strategy and investment |
| Changes to working methods / organisation |
| Probable development of the business, production and sales |
| Closures or cutbacks |
| Mergers, take-overs or acquisitions |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Collective redundancies |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
twice |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
|
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
joint |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
management |
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| minutes approving |
employee |
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| interpretation |
main company language + specific languages at request of EWC |
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| translation |
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| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no |
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| feedback/dissemination by |
management |
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| feedback/dissemination to |
rotating |
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Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition |
employee |
| total members |
6 |
| frequency of meeting without management |
twice |
| 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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| Accommodation/travel |
| One expert |
| Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.) |
| Training |
| training |
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| language training |
| economic skills |
| general clause on training |
| financial matters |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | yes |
Exceptional provisions
| New Member States: inclusion of reps |
Art. 2.1 |
| agenda setting+ |
EWC members may propose items for agenda (Art. 4.4) |
| New / revised Directive Prospect |
Art. 10.1: changes to the EWC directive shall launch discussions and negotiation of the present agreement |
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