Agreement on cross-border information and consultation at the Goethe institut

Type: renegotiated (renewal or extension)
Date of signature: 14/01/2011
Body: Goethe-Institut European Works Council
Created in: 2001
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: Germany
Sector(s) of activity: So;
Downloads available: German, original signed version ;

Analysis completed

 Constitutional/legal issues

applicable law	Germany	duration	4 years
renewal/renegotiation
renegotiation clause	yes
termination clause	yes
composition/geographical scope
composition	joint
geograph. scope
confidentiality
confidentiality clause	yes
scope defined	yes
bound by conf.	all participants
sanctions for breach	no
seats/mandate
adaptation clause	no
seat allocation	flat rate combined with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries
seat treshold	no
selection of reps	nominated by employee representation bodies and/or trade unions
mandate duration	4 years
mandate renewable	no
protection of reps	uniform company standard

 Information and consultation

terms defined in the agreement

transnational

exceptional circumstances, examples

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

New technology policy

Reorganisation of production

Transfers/relocation

Employment situation and forecasts

Collective redundancies

Other specified issues not mentioned above

 Plenary meetings

frequency of meetings	once	preparatory meeting foreseen	no	without management	no
duration in days
chairing of meeting(s)	employee
agenda setting
minutes writing
minutes approving
interpretation	single (main company) language
translation	single (main company) language
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	once
frequency of meeting with management
initiative for calling extraordinary meetings
format of extraordinary meetings
plenary meeting
responsibilities
Communication/liaison/coordination

 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 EWC duties EWC members (not specified)
Paid time-off for training
Secretarial and technical assistance
General statement on coverage of costs
Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.)
Training
training
general clause on training
advanced communication systems foreseen	no

 Exceptional provisions

candidate countries	Article 2: Covered by the agreement
principle of subsidiarity+	Article 2
protection of EWC members +	Article 4.6: No dismissal the year following the EWC mandate and applies to substitute members and candidates for election
No discrimination / favouring clause	Article 4.7
additional EWC meeting foreseen+	Article 9.2: AT LEAST once per year
priority of information+	Article 10.1: The information to EWC is provided before or at the latest simultaneously with the information to the national workforce representative bodies
management's right to withhold information	Article 10.5

 Documents linked to this agreement

Goethe-Institut European Works Council installation agreement	04/05/2001
Goethe-Institut European Works Council renegotiated (renewal or extension)	14/01/2011

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