Agreement details
Accord de renouvellement du Comité d'entreprise européen (C.E.E.) du Groupe Imerys
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 07/04/2010
Body: Imerys Works Council Agreement
Created in: 2001
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: France
Sector(s) of activity: Ch;
Downloads available: French, original signed version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | France | duration | 4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | yes | ||
| termination clause | yes | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | joint | ||
| geograph. scope | EU + EFTA (EU+CH+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 | 4 years | ||
| mandate renewable | no | ||
| protection of reps | national standard | ||
Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| transnational |
| exceptional circumstances, examples |
| information 2009/38 |
| consultation 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 |
| Health and safety |
| Environmental protection |
| Other specified issues not mentioned above |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings | once | preparatory meeting foreseen | no | without management | yes |
| duration in days | |||||
| chairing of meeting(s) | management | ||||
| agenda setting | joint | ||||
| minutes writing | management | ||||
| minutes approving | employee | ||||
| interpretation | all relevant languages | ||||
| translation | all relevant languages | ||||
| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no | ||||
| feedback/dissemination by | joint | ||||
| 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 | twice |
| frequency of meeting with management | |
| 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 | independent expert |
| selection | employee |
| agreement specifies which expenses are paid for | yes |
| agreement allocates a budget | no |
| expenses paid for | |
| Paid time-off to attend | |
| Paid time-off for training | |
| Accommodation/travel | |
| Preparatory meeting | |
| One expert | |
| Secretarial and technical assistance | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.) | |
| Training | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC Secretary (specified) | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties Members of SelCom (specified) | |
| training | |
| economic skills | |
| other | |
| general clause on training | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| principle of subsidiarity+ | Preamble + Article 3.3 |
| employees not represented in EWC | Article 2.2: Receive the minutes |
| Mandate execution | Article 2.4: Possible removal of EWC members |
| priority of information+ | Article 3.3: Both processes in parallele |
| anti-domination+ | Article 4.1: The SC members should come from different countries |
| time-off | Article 5.3: 5 days per year for the secretary, 3 days for SC members and 1 day for EWC members |
| expert- | Article 5.5: The expert is not paid by the mangement, the only paid expert is an accountant, can't attend the plenary meetings |
| Termination of EWCs | Article 6.3: 1 year after the denunciation of agreement the latter will cease to apply |
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