Agreement details
Agreement regarding the establishment and operation of SPIE's European Works Council
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 10/12/2007
Body: Spie European Works Council Agreements
Created in: 2001
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: France
Sector(s) of activity: Bw;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
English, original unsigned version ;
French, original signed version ;
Spanish, original unsigned version ;
Linked to organisations: European Confederation of Executives and Managerial Staff/Confédération Européenne des Cadres (CEC) European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
France |
duration |
4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
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| termination clause | yes |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
joint |
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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. |
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| sanctions for breach | no |
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| seats/mandate |
| adaptation clause | yes |
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| seat allocation |
flat rate combined with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries |
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| seat treshold | no |
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| selection of reps |
according to national law/practice in some countries and by specific means in other |
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| mandate duration |
4 years |
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| mandate renewable | yes |
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| protection of reps |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| consultation |
| exceptional circumstances, definition |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| competence(s) of the EWC |
| Economic and financial situation of the company |
| Changes to working methods / organisation |
| Probable development of the business, production and sales |
| Company structure |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Vocational training |
| Health and safety |
| Environmental protection |
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) |
management |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
joint |
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| minutes approving |
joint |
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| interpretation |
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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 |
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| feedback/dissemination to |
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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 |
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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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| Communication/liaison/coordination |
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 | no |
| expenses paid for |
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| Paid time-off for EWC duties Members of SelCom (not specified) |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (not specified) |
| Paid time-off for training |
| Accommodation/travel |
| More than one expert |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| Training |
| training |
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| economic skills |
| other |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| trade union involvement in EWC |
A representative of ETUC may assist Select Committee in its operations (Art. 3.5) |
| extraordinary circumstances+ |
Extraordinary circumstances definition in art. 5.3 considers events in one country also exceptionall |
| Cooperation/link to national level + |
In case of exceptional circumstances the local level must be informed immediately (Art. 5.3) |
| training+ |
Separate training bloc of 3 days for training by ETUC (Art. 5.8) |
| time-off+ |
Art. 5.6 |
| New / revised Directive Prospect |
General Clause art. 6 |
| continuity in case of merger |
The EWC shall cease to exist if SPIE is taken over by another company with an EWC in place (art. 7) but its members shall for an SNB |
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