Agreement details
Agreement
Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 19/09/2007
Body: UPS Communication Forum
Created in: 1999
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Tr;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original signed version ;
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Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | Germany | duration | 4 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 | no | ||
| seat allocation | workforce size related but with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries | ||
| seat treshold | no | ||
| 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 |
| transnational |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| giving opinion/comments |
| competence(s) of the EWC |
| Economic and financial situation of the company |
| Changes to working methods / organisation |
| Probable development of the business, production and sales |
| New technology policy |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Human resource management practices |
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 | joint | ||||
| 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 | joint | ||||
| feedback/dissemination to | management | ||||
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition | joint |
| total members | 8 |
| frequency of meeting without management | four times |
| 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 | |
| Accommodation/travel | |
| Preparatory meeting | |
| Debriefing/follow-up meeting | |
| One expert | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.) | |
| Training | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (specified) | |
| training | |
| language training | |
| other | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| recount of employees+ | Article 3.3: Annual review |
| Termination of EWCs | Article 3.3: If below the required tresholds of the Directive, the EWC shall be dissolved |
| gender balance+ | Article 3.6: "If possible, women and men should be represented in accordance with their numerical proportion of the workfoce" |
| time-off | Article 7.2: Maximum of 8 hours before each EWC meeting |
| Eligibility for EWC | Article 7.4: Taking care that EWC members appointed should have a sufficient command of English |
| No discrimination / favouring clause | Article 8.2 |
| representative agent | Article 10.1: Possible change of representative agent, and so of applicable law, by the management |
| Mandate execution | Article 3.7.1: 1/4 of the EWC members can request the SC to remove a EWC member on the grounds of gross violation |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ | Article 4.3: The emp reps of the EWC shall convene 6 months after the annual conference |
| information&consultation- | Article 4.4: Emp reps shall not have any claim to the provision of specific papers and documents (e.g. the balance sheet) |
| transnationality- | Article 4.4: Must affect 3 countries |
| going public- | Article 6.2: EWC members may not make any written statements in any form, including the use of electronic media |
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