Agreement details
General Motors (Europe) European Employee Forum
Type: installation agreement
Date of signature: 16/09/1996
Body: General Motors European Employees Forum
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Me;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; English, original signed version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | not specified | duration | 4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | yes | ||
| termination clause | yes | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | joint | ||
| geograph. scope | EEA (=EU+IS+LI+NO) | ||
| 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 only | ||
| seat treshold | no | ||
| selection of reps | according to national law/practice in all countries | ||
| mandate duration | 4 years | ||
| mandate renewable | no | ||
| protection of reps | national standard | ||
Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| consultation |
| transnational |
| 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 |
| New technology policy |
| Reorganisation of production |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Other specified issues not mentioned above |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings | once | preparatory meeting foreseen | no | without management | yes |
| duration in days | |||||
| chairing of meeting(s) | joint | ||||
| agenda setting | joint | ||||
| minutes writing | management | ||||
| minutes approving | joint | ||||
| interpretation | restricted languages | ||||
| translation | all relevant languages | ||||
| must working documents be made available before the meeting ? | no | ||||
| feedback/dissemination by | joint | ||||
| feedback/dissemination to | management | ||||
Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition | employee |
| total members | 5 |
| frequency of meeting without management | twice |
| frequency of meeting with management | |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings | |
| format of extraordinary meetings | |
| plenary meeting | |
| responsibilities | |
| Drawing up of minutes/communiqué | |
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) | |
| Accommodation/travel | |
| Preparatory meeting | |
| One expert | |
| Secretarial and technical assistance | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| Training | |
| training | |
| language training | |
| economic skills | |
| other | |
| legal matters | |
| financial matters | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| principle of subsidiarity+ | Article 1.2 + Article 10 |
| Good cooperation with management | Article 1.2 |
| country extension | Article 1.3: Automatic inclusion of other undertakings entering later in the group |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps | Article 1.3: Automatic inclusion |
| Mandate execution | Article 5.1: EWC members can deposed by the elective bodies |
| management's right to withhold information | Article 13.4 |
| Multiple EWCs within one company | Article 16.1: Agreement entered into as part of a series of I & C agreements (except if EWC for the whole company) |
| information&consultation- | Article 11: The management can be informed after the decision was taken |
| New / revised Directive Prospect | Article 16.4: Possible termination of the agreement if there is a change in the relevant legislation |
| Applicable law | Article 17: To be determined |
| additional EWC meeting foreseen+ | Article 8.1: 5/6 months after the annual Forum meeting, management updates the SC on manufacturing issues, in total 1 emp rep per manufacturing plant in each country will attend this 1 day meeting |
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