Agreement details
AXA Group European Works Council
Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 26/06/1996
Body: AXA Group European Works Council
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: France
Sector(s) of activity: Sf;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
French, original unsigned version ;
Linked to organisations: Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond/Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens (ACV/CSC) Bond der Bedienden, Technici en Kaders/Syndicat des Employés, Techniciens et Cadres (BBTK/SETCa) Confederación de Comisiones Obreras (CC.OO.) Confédération française de l'encadrement CGC (CFE-CGC) Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT) Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens (CFTC) Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) Confederazione Italiana Sindicati Lavoratori (CISL) Force Ouvrière (FO) Landelijke BediendenCentrale-Nationaal Verbond voor Kaderpersoneel (LBC-NVK) Liberale vakbond/Syndicat liberal (ACLVB/CGSLB) UNI Finance () Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT)Registered with: European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion)
trade union organisations (national level) not specified
National authorities in respective member States
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
France |
duration |
3 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
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| termination clause | no |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
joint |
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| geograph. scope |
EU |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | yes |
|
| scope defined | yes |
|
| bound by conf. |
all participants |
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| sanctions for breach | no |
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| seats/mandate |
| adaptation clause | yes |
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| seat allocation |
workforce size related but with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries |
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| seat treshold | yes |
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| selection of reps |
by subsequent agreement or consultation |
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| mandate duration |
3 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 |
| exceptional circumstances, examples |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| giving opinion/comments |
| making recommendations |
| 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 |
| Other specified issues not mentioned above |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
2 |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
management |
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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 |
|
| feedback/dissemination by |
joint |
|
| feedback/dissemination to |
employee |
|
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition |
joint |
| total members |
6 |
| frequency of meeting without management |
|
| frequency of meeting with management |
|
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings |
|
| format of extraordinary meetings |
|
| plenary meeting |
| responsibilities |
|
| 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 | yes |
| expenses paid for |
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| Paid time-off to attend |
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory meeting |
| One expert |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| Training |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC Secretary (specified) |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (specified) |
| training |
|
| language training |
| economic skills |
| industrial relations systems |
| other |
| legal matters |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| New / revised Directive Prospect |
Preamble: Updating the agreement if necessity due to the changes of the French transposition of the Directive + Article 6: Taking the changes in the legislation for the renegotiation of the agreement at the end of the term |
| principle of subsidiarity+ |
Preamble |
| trade union involvement in EWC |
Article 2.2.1: 1 seat of observer for Euro-FIET as expert + Article 5.1: Agenda sent to all trade unions present in the company + Article 5.2: Tus in the company informed about extraordinary circumstances + 1 member of a European trade union can be designated as expert |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ |
Article 4.1.1: If wanted, emp reps can have an initial meeting to prepare the annual meeting |
| alternate EWC members |
Article 5.4.2: Allowed to have training |
| time-off+ |
Article 5.8: 120 hours per year for the secretary and 50 hours per year for each SC member |
| Seat distribution/repartition |
Article 2.1: Division of seats by legal structures |
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