Agreement details
EWC Agreement as amended in May 2002 and Dec 2004
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 10/12/2004
Body: HP European Works Council
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Me;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original unsigned version ;
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Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | Belgium | duration | 4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | yes | ||
| termination clause | yes | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | employee | ||
| geograph. scope | EU + EFTA (EU+CH+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 | according to national law/practice in all countries | ||
| mandate duration | 4 years | ||
| mandate renewable | no | ||
| protection of reps | national standard | ||
Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| consultation |
| 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 |
| Probable development of the business, production and sales |
| Closures or cutbacks |
| Mergers, take-overs or acquisitions |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Collective redundancies |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings | twice | preparatory meeting foreseen | no | without management | yes |
| duration in days | 2 | ||||
| chairing of meeting(s) | |||||
| agenda setting | joint | ||||
| minutes writing | management | ||||
| minutes approving | joint | ||||
| interpretation | main company language + specific languages at request of EWC | ||||
| translation | main company language + specific languages at request of EWC | ||||
| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no | ||||
| feedback/dissemination by | |||||
| feedback/dissemination to | management | ||||
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition | employee |
| total members | 5 |
| frequency of meeting without management | |
| frequency of meeting with management | four times |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings | |
| format of extraordinary meetings | |
| plenary meeting | |
| responsibilities | |
| Agenda setting | |
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 | |
| Accommodation/travel | |
| More than one expert | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| training | |
| general clause on training | |
| legal matters | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | yes |
Exceptional provisions
| EWC meetings as video/telephone-conference | Possibility mentioned in art. 2. For issues with low priority (defined) information will be disseminated by management via electronic communication: internal EWC conference calls, email, web sites … (art. 9.4) |
| information&consultation+ | Emphasis that information must be deliveered in writing and in good time = before a physical EWC meeting (or a teleconference) in order to give feedback to management before implementaiton of a decision (Art.2) = influence on management's deicision before they are taken. Management shall inform EWC about the impact of their recommendations (Art.2) |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps | Representatives of Applicant Countries to the European Union included in the EWC (Art. 4) - as soon as they become EU members they obtain full seat in EWC according to number of employees |
| information&consultation | Three levels of information (high priority, medium and low) introduced (ongoing matters, ad hoc and exceptional circumstances) and to be handled by different levels of management (Art. 6). EWC members may submit their questions to management on an ongoing basis and get responses and report back to employees as appropriate (Art. 13) |
| extraordinary circumstances | Extraordinary circumstances (extra meeting foreseen, art. 9.2) are to be differentiated from 'ad hoc' issues on which EWC members give consultation to management electronically/by phone/email |
| management's right to withhold information | Art. 9.4 |
| informing employees+ | EWC members are obliged to collect information from employees in assorted ways (art. 13.3) |
| continuity in case of merger+ | If HP is acquired by another company the current agreement remains in force until the end of the EWC's term of office, also if the acquiring company has an EWC in place (art. 18.2) |
| principle of subsidiarity | art. 19 |
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