Agreement details
Agreement on a European Works Council
Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 30/03/2006
Body: SNA Europe European Works Council
Created in: 2006
Reason: installation from merger
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Me;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original signed version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | France | duration | 3 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | yes | ||
| termination clause | yes | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | joint | ||
| geograph. scope | EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) | ||
| confidentiality | |||
| confidentiality clause | yes | ||
| scope defined | yes | ||
| bound by conf. | all participants | ||
| sanctions for breach | no | ||
| seats/mandate | |||
| adaptation clause | yes | ||
| seat allocation | workforce size related only | ||
| seat treshold | yes | ||
| selection of reps | according to national law/practice in all countries | ||
| mandate duration | 3 years | ||
| mandate renewable | yes | ||
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Vocational training |
| Equal opportunities |
| Health and safety |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings | once | preparatory meeting foreseen | no | without management | yes |
| duration in days | 2 | ||||
| chairing of meeting(s) | management | ||||
| agenda setting | joint | ||||
| minutes writing | management | ||||
| minutes approving | employee | ||||
| 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 | employee | ||||
| feedback/dissemination to | employee | ||||
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition | employee |
| total members | 4 |
| frequency of meeting without management | |
| frequency of meeting with management | twice |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings | |
| format of extraordinary meetings | |
| plenary meeting | |
| responsibilities | |
| Drawing up of minutes/communiqué | |
Support available to the EWC
| type of expert | |
| selection | employee |
| agreement specifies which expenses are paid for | yes |
| agreement allocates a budget | no |
| expenses paid for | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (not specified) | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.) | |
| training | |
| language training | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| renegotiation of EWC agreement+ | In case of substantial changes to company structure or ownership of the Company or its subsidiaries (mergers, acquisitions) the parties shall renegotiate the agreement (art. 2 f) |
| select committee+ | At least 3 countries must be represented + countries with more than 25% of workforce should have one seat |
| information&consultation+ | Consultation definition: timely information allowing to express opinion concerning a PLANNED measure (art. 4 f) |
| informing employees+ | Informing employees via local/national employee reps about the contents and outcome of I&C is responsibility of EWC members (art. 6 a). EWC members should report back to the EWC about questions and opinions from the local level. |
| Cooperation/link to national level + | Informing employees via local/national employee reps about the contents and outcome of I&C is responsibility of EWC members (art. 6 a). EWC members should report back to the EWC about questions and opinions from the local level. |
Documents linked to this agreement
| SNA Europe European Works Council installation agreement | 30/03/2006 |
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