Agreement details
Heidelberg Cement European Works Council
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 22/09/2004
Body: Heidelberg Cement European Works Council
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: Germany
Sector(s) of activity: Bw; Ch;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
Czech, original unsigned version ;
Dutch, original unsigned version ;
English, original unsigned version ;
French, original unsigned version ;
German, original unsigned version ;
Polish, original unsigned version ;
Swedish, original unsigned version ;
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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 |
EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | yes |
|
| 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 | 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 |
nominated by employee representation bodies |
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| mandate duration |
4 years |
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| mandate renewable | yes |
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| protection of reps |
uniform company standard |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| negotiations |
| competence(s) of the EWC |
| Economic and financial situation of the company |
| Corporate strategy and investment |
| Changes to working methods / organisation |
| Probable development of the business, production and sales |
| Company structure |
| Closures or cutbacks |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Research and development policy |
| Collective redundancies |
| Health and safety |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
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| agenda setting |
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| minutes writing |
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| minutes approving |
joint |
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| interpretation |
all relevant languages |
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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 |
5 |
| frequency of meeting without management |
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| frequency of meeting with management |
twice |
| 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 for EWC duties EWC members (not specified) |
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory meeting |
| Debriefing/follow-up meeting |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.) |
| training |
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| advanced communication systems foreseen | yes |
Exceptional provisions
| expert+ |
expert might explicitely be TU officer |
| informing employees |
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| communication system+ |
access to intranet + construction of a special website |
| principle of subsidiarity |
Preamble |
| selection / appointment of EWC members+ |
An employee only body: management has no right to nominate EWC members (Art. 3.2) |
| No discrimination / favouring clause |
Art. 3.5 |
| select committee+ |
Sel Com members shall be from different countries (art. 3.7) |
| legal personality+ |
Legal representation (internal + external) is performed by the Sel Com (art. 3.7) |
| translation / interpreters+ |
Agenda, documents in advance of meetings as well as minutes from EWC meetings are translated into all relevant languages and sent to repsective EWC members (art. 4.1) |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ |
Art. 4.2 - agreement of management necessary |
| information&consultation+ |
EWC is mentioned as having co-determination rights (Art. 4.2) |
| informing employees+ |
EWC members have the obligation to transmit information to local employee reps art. 7); where there are no such bodies they should be established ASAP |
| New / revised Directive Prospect |
Art. 9 |
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