Agreement details
Starwood European Employee Communication & Consultation Council
Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 29/09/2000
Body: Starwood European Employee Communication & Consultation Council
Created in: 2000
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Fh;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
English, original signed version ;
Linked to organisations: European Committee of Food, Catering and Allied Workers' Union within the IUF (ECF-IUF)
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Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
Belgium |
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 |
EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) |
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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 | yes |
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| seat allocation |
workforce size related only |
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| 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 |
national standard |
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Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| information |
| 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 |
| Vocational training |
| Equal opportunities |
| Health and safety |
| Other specified issues not mentioned above |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
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| minutes approving |
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| interpretation |
main company language + specific languages at request of EWC |
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| translation |
main company language + specific languages at request of EWC |
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| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no |
|
| feedback/dissemination by |
joint |
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| 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 |
|
| frequency of meeting with management |
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| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings |
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| format of extraordinary meetings |
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| plenary meeting |
| responsibilities |
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| Agenda setting |
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 |
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| Paid time-off to attend |
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory meeting |
| Debriefing/follow-up meeting |
| One expert |
| Secretarial and technical assistance |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| Training |
| training |
|
| general clause on training |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| principle of subsidiarity+ |
Article 7.2 |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ |
Article 8.1: AT LEAST once a year |
| trade union involvement in EWC |
Article 10.1: The expert can be employed by the ECF-IUF |
| management's right to withhold information |
Article 13 |
| coverage+ |
Article 2: Cover also "related brands owned/leased hotels and owned/leased operation units established in the EU and in the EEA" |
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