Agreement details
Heidelberg Cement European Works Council
Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 08/05/1996
Body: Heidelberg Cement European Works Council
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: Germany
Sector(s) of activity: Bw; Ch;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
German, original signed version ;
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Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
Germany |
duration |
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| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
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| termination clause | yes |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
employee |
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| geograph. scope |
EU |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | yes |
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| scope defined | yes |
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| bound by conf. |
all participants |
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| sanctions for breach | no |
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| seats/mandate |
| adaptation clause | no |
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| seat allocation |
workforce size related only |
|
| seat treshold | no |
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| selection of reps |
according to national law/practice in all countries |
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| mandate duration |
|
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| mandate renewable | no |
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| protection of reps |
protection foreseen, no standard specified |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| transnational |
| exceptional circumstances, examples |
| 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 |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
1 |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
employee |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
management |
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| minutes approving |
joint |
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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 |
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| feedback/dissemination by |
employee |
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| feedback/dissemination to |
employee |
|
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 |
|
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings |
|
| format of extraordinary meetings |
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| 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 |
|
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory meeting |
| One expert |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| training |
|
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| Good cooperation with management |
Article 1 + Article 4 |
| principle of subsidiarity+ |
Article 1 |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps |
Article 3.3: Number of reps to determine in accordance with the legislation on EWC in force at that time |
| No discrimination / favouring clause |
Article 3.5 |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ |
Article 7.2: The EWC shall be entitled to call and hold a meeting in connection with the information provided through the central management |
| information&consultation+ |
Article 7.1: "If necessary, the CM and the chairperson of the EWC may agree on a further exchange of information with the EWC as whole or with parts of the EWC" |
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