Agreement details
Albany International EWC
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 01/02/2005
Body: Albany International EWC
Created in: 2000
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Ch;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original unsigned version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | Sweden | duration | 4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | yes | ||
| termination clause | yes | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | employee | ||
| geograph. scope | EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) | ||
| confidentiality | |||
| confidentiality clause | yes | ||
| scope defined | no | ||
| bound by conf. | all participants | ||
| sanctions for breach | yes | ||
| seats/mandate | |||
| adaptation clause | yes | ||
| seat allocation | flat rate combined with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries | ||
| seat treshold | no | ||
| selection of reps | according to national law/practice in all countries | ||
| mandate duration | 4 years | ||
| mandate renewable | yes | ||
| protection of reps | national standard | ||
Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| transnational |
| 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 |
| Probable development of the business, production and sales |
| Company structure |
| Closures or cutbacks |
| Mergers, take-overs or acquisitions |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Collective redundancies |
| Health and safety |
| Environmental protection |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings | twice | preparatory meeting foreseen | no | without management | yes |
| duration in days | |||||
| chairing of meeting(s) | management | ||||
| agenda setting | management | ||||
| minutes writing | joint | ||||
| minutes approving | |||||
| interpretation | main company language + specific languages at request of EWC | ||||
| translation | all relevant languages | ||||
| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no | ||||
| feedback/dissemination by | both | ||||
| feedback/dissemination to | |||||
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition | |
| total members | 3 |
| frequency of meeting without management | |
| frequency of meeting with management | twice |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings | |
| format of extraordinary meetings | |
| plenary meeting | |
| responsibilities | |
| Preparing/organising EWC meetings | |
Support available to the EWC
| type of expert | in-company and/or independent expert |
| selection | employee |
| agreement specifies which expenses are paid for | yes |
| agreement allocates a budget | yes |
| expenses paid for | |
| Paid time-off to attend | |
| Accommodation/travel | |
| One expert | |
| Secretarial and technical assistance | |
| Training | |
| training | |
| language training | |
| economic skills | |
| not specified | |
| financial matters | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | yes |
Exceptional provisions
| expert+ | no limitation to experts |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps | Art. 2.2 |
| select committee | 3 members of the SC must come from different countries (4.6); meetings of SC 2 times per year preferrably as videoconference or phone conference (ibidem) |
| management's right to withhold information | Art. 5.2 |
| information&consultation+ | In exceptional circumstances the EWC is entitled to meaningful consultation, i.e. when it still can be included in the decition makiking process + giving opinions |
| EWC meetings as video/telephone-conference | One regular meeting, another by videoconference or phonecall (art. 6.1) |
| languages | during the first 2 years docs will be translated into all national languages; after initial 2 years this right will be evaluated by the CM and SC (7.3) |
| confidentiality+ | Good regulations (art. 8.1) |
Documents linked to this agreement
| Albany International EWC installation agreement | 20/10/2000 |
| Albany International EWC renegotiated (renewal or extension) | 01/02/2005 |
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