Agreement details
Agreement on the AXA Group European Works Council
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 06/10/2005
Body: AXA Group European Works Council
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: France
Sector(s) of activity: Sf;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original unsigned version ;
Linked to organisations:
Union Network International (UNI-Europa)
Registered with:
national authorities (not specified)
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | not specified | duration | 4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | yes | ||
| termination clause | no | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | joint | ||
| geograph. scope | EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) | ||
| confidentiality | |||
| confidentiality clause | yes | ||
| scope defined | yes | ||
| bound by conf. | |||
| sanctions for breach | no | ||
| seats/mandate | |||
| adaptation clause | no | ||
| seat allocation | workforce size related but with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries | ||
| seat treshold | yes | ||
| selection of reps | nominated by employee representation bodies | ||
| mandate duration | 4 years | ||
| mandate renewable | no | ||
| protection of reps | national standard | ||
Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| exceptional circumstances, definition |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| giving opinion/comments |
| making recommendations |
| 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 |
| Mergers, take-overs or acquisitions |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Vocational training |
| Human resource management practices |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings | twice | preparatory meeting foreseen | no | without management | no |
| duration in days | |||||
| chairing of meeting(s) | management | ||||
| agenda setting | joint | ||||
| minutes writing | employee | ||||
| minutes approving | joint | ||||
| interpretation | all relevant languages | ||||
| translation | |||||
| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no | ||||
| feedback/dissemination by | employee | ||||
| feedback/dissemination to | rotating | ||||
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition | joint |
| total members | 12 |
| frequency of meeting without management | eight times |
| frequency of meeting with management | |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings | |
| format of extraordinary meetings | |
| plenary meeting | |
| responsibilities | |
| Preparing/organising EWC meetings | |
Support available to the EWC
| type of expert | 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 | |
| Paid time-off for training | |
| Accommodation/travel | |
| Debriefing/follow-up meeting | |
| More than one expert | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| Training | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC Secretary (specified) | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (specified) | |
| training | |
| language training | |
| economic skills | |
| industrial relations systems | |
| legal matters | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| principle of subsidiarity | Recitals |
| information&consultation+ | Management commmitts to provide all documents early enough to allow EWC to make comments or ask questions and EWC may make (written) recommendations (art. 3.3). In agreement on Social Dialogue (Annex 1): AXA pledges to provide data and information that includes alternative solutions for employees involved (Principle 2) |
| select committee+ | Eight two-day meetings a year; on request the Bureau may devote a monthly meeting to an EU candidate country facing a major cross-funcitonal or cross-border problem (art. 4.1.1) |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps | On request the Bureau may devote a monthly meeting to an EU candidate country facing a major cross-funcitonal or cross-border problem (art. 4.1.1) |
| subcommittees/working group+ | Within the Bureau a social and financial commissions may be established (Art. 5.2) |
| continuity in case of merger | In case of acquisition or merger with a company having an EWC, pending establishment of a new body, the solution best fitted to the circumstances shall be sought (art. 2.1) |
| training | Language training (75 hours/year) available for members of Select Committee (Art. 5.4.1) |
| training+ | Each year 3 day training sessions, part of which established solely by labour organisations (art. 5.4.2) |
| budget+ | The EWC Secretariat has an annual budget of 85.000 Euros (in form of a credit line) for all expenses including meetings, travel, interpretation, committee expenses and experts (art. 5.7) |
| informing employees+ | EWC members representing more than one country may hold meetings with elected or appointed representtives of the said entitites twice yearly (art. 5.9) |
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