Agreement details
Vinci European Works Council agreement
Type: renegotiated (change of terms of agt)
Date of signature: 17/03/2010
Body: Vinci European Works Council
Created in: 2002
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: France
Sector(s) of activity: Bw;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
English, original signed version ;
French, original signed version ;
German, original signed version ;
Linked to organisations: Confédération française de l'encadrement CGC (CFE-CGC) Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT) Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) European Association of Chemical Distributors (FECC) European Confederation of Executives and Managerial Staff/Confédération Européenne des Cadres (CEC) European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Force Ouvrière (FO)Registered with: Conseil des Prud'hommes
Direction départementale du travail, de l'emploi et de la formation professionnelle de Nanterre
European Industry Federations / European Trade Union Federations
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
France |
duration |
4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
|
| termination clause | no |
|
| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
joint |
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| geograph. scope |
EU + EFTA (EU+CH+IS+LI+NO) |
|
| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | no |
|
| scope defined | no |
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| bound by conf. |
|
|
| sanctions for breach | no |
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| seats/mandate |
| adaptation clause | yes |
|
| seat allocation |
workforce size related only |
|
| seat treshold | yes |
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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 |
national standard |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| consultation |
| information 2009/38 |
| 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 |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Collective redundancies |
| Vocational training |
| Equal opportunities |
| Health and safety |
| Environmental protection |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
|
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
management |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
employee |
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| minutes approving |
management |
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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 |
|
| feedback/dissemination by |
employee |
|
| feedback/dissemination to |
management |
|
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition |
employee |
| total members |
3 |
| frequency of meeting without management |
|
| frequency of meeting with management |
four times |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings |
|
| format of extraordinary meetings |
|
| plenary meeting |
| responsibilities |
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| 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 | no |
| expenses paid for |
|
| Paid time-off for training |
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory 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 Members of SelCom (specified) |
| training |
|
| economic skills |
| industrial relations systems |
| other |
| legal matters |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| anti-domination+ |
Article 2.1: "No country may hold a number of seats greater than the absolute majority" |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps |
Article 2.1: Automatic integration |
| principle of subsidiarity+ |
Article 3 |
| selection / appointment of EWC members+ |
Article 4: "No member may be appointed by management" |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ |
Article 6: AT LEAST once |
| trade union involvement in EWC |
Article 7: An expert appointed by the EFBWW and an expert appointed by the FECC shall assist the SC in carrying out its functions + Article 10: EFBWW and FECC must approve the 10 EWC members who shall renegotiate the agreement |
| time-off+ |
Article 8: 168 hours annually for the secretary and 120 hours for assistant secretaries |
| training+ |
Article 9: EWC members (and alternates) shall benefit from 12 days of training during their term of office |
| alternate EWC members |
Article 9: Allowed to have training |
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