Agreement details
EADS EWC renegotiated agt
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 23/10/2008
Body: EADS European Works Council
Created in: 2000
Reason: installation from merger
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: Netherlands
Sector(s) of activity: Me;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
English, original unsigned version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
Netherlands |
duration |
4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
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| termination clause | yes |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
employee |
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| geograph. scope |
EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | yes |
|
| 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 |
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| seat treshold | no |
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| selection of reps |
according to national law/practice in all countries |
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| mandate duration |
4 years |
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| mandate renewable | no |
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| protection of reps |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| information |
| consultation |
| 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 |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Collective redundancies |
| Environmental protection |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
four times |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | no |
| duration in days |
1 |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
management |
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| minutes approving |
employee |
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| interpretation |
all relevant languages |
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| translation |
all relevant languages |
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| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no |
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| feedback/dissemination by |
employee |
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| feedback/dissemination to |
management |
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Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition |
employee |
| total members |
6 |
| 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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| Agenda setting |
Support available to the EWC
| type of expert |
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 EWC members (not specified) |
| Paid time-off for training |
| Accommodation/travel |
| More than one expert |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| training |
|
| not specified |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| frequency of meetings+ |
4 meetings a year: 2 with management + 2 without management; followed by 4 meetings of an Economic Committee with management |
| subcommittees/working group+ |
The EWC has 4 European (sub-)committees for Airbus, Astrium, Eurocopter and Defence and Security. Possibility of establishing national committees for 2 or more subsidiaries in a given country. |
| priority of information |
Rules for priority of access to information between bodies on national level and the EWC |
| confidentiality- |
All information disclosed to EWC is confidential = not for disclosure outside of company; 2 levels of confidentiality are introduced. |
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