Agreement details

Northern Foods Employee Communication and Consultation Forum

Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 14/12/1999
Body: Northern Foods Employee Communication and Consultation Forum
Created in: 1999
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United Kingdom
Sector(s) of activity: Fh;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original unsigned version ;
Linked to organisations:
  Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU)
  GMB (GMB)
  Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU)
  Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU)
  Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW)

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applicable law	United Kingdom	duration	3 years
renewal/renegotiation
renegotiation clause	yes
termination clause	yes
composition/geographical scope
composition	joint
geograph. scope	EU
confidentiality
confidentiality clause	yes
scope defined	yes
bound by conf.	all participants
sanctions for breach	yes
seats/mandate
adaptation clause	yes
seat allocation	workforce size related but with guaranteed/extra representation for one or more countries
seat treshold	no
selection of reps	by some specific means in some countries and by another method in others
mandate duration	3 years
mandate renewable	no
protection of reps	national standard

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

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

Agenda setting

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
Secretarial and technical assistance
General statement on coverage of costs
Training
training

economic skills
other
legal matters
financial matters
advanced communication systems foreseen	no

Multiple EWCs within one company	1 EWC for the Group and 1 EWC for each operating company + Article 8: Clear rules of the operating company forums
Good cooperation with management	Article 1.3
management's right to withhold information	Article 2.2
confidentiality+	Article 2.2: Giving reasons for confidentiality
principle of subsidiarity+	Article 2.3 + 2.4
representation of different employee cat.	Article 3.4: Reflecting the employee groups
country extension	Article 3.5: Amendment to the number of seats in such cases
conflict resolution+	Article 10.2: Joint selection of a mediator
renegotiation of EWC agreement+	Article 9.2: "Should the parties fail to agree the re-negotiation of any such clauses, then the services of an external mediator agreeable to both parties will be employed"
priority of information	Article 2.2: Exclusion from the agenda of "changes that impact on any emps, before the emps directly affected have been informed about them" and "where such changes have a transnational dimension then the SC will be contacted at the same time as the emps directly affected in order to convene a meeting of the NFF"