Agreement details
Grace Business-Group-Forum
Type: renegotiated (change of terms of agt)
Date of signature: 01/06/1999
Body: Grace Business-Group-Forum
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in:
Reason:
Headquartered in: United States
Sector(s) of activity: Ch;
Downloads available: English, full text version ; German, original unsigned version ;
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law | Germany | duration | 3 years |
| renewal/renegotiation | |||
| renegotiation clause | no | ||
| termination clause | yes | ||
| composition/geographical scope | |||
| composition | joint | ||
| geograph. scope | EU + EFTA (EU+CH+IS+LI+NO) | ||
| confidentiality | |||
| confidentiality clause | yes | ||
| scope defined | yes | ||
| bound by conf. | all participants | ||
| sanctions for breach | no | ||
| 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 | nominated by employee representation bodies | ||
| mandate duration | 3 years | ||
| mandate renewable | no | ||
| protection of reps | national standard | ||
Information and consultation
| terms defined in the agreement |
| transnational |
| role of the EWC |
| information and consultation |
| 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 |
| Health and safety |
| Environmental protection |
| Human resource management practices |
| 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) | management | ||||
| agenda setting | joint | ||||
| minutes writing | management | ||||
| minutes approving | management | ||||
| 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 | 1 |
| frequency of meeting without management | |
| frequency of meeting with management | |
| initiative for calling extraordinary meetings | |
| format of extraordinary meetings | |
| plenary meeting | |
| responsibilities | |
| 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 | |
| Paid time-off to attend | |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties EWC members (not specified) | |
| Preparatory meeting | |
| One expert | |
| General statement on coverage of costs | |
| Communication facilities (email, fax, phone, PC, etc.) | |
| Training | |
| training | |
| language training | |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| trade union involvement in EWC | Article 3: Expert might explicitly be a trade union functionaries |
| Multiple EWCs within one company | Article 10: Each business group shall be responsible for holding a Forum meeting + Article 1.2.1: Each unit has a forum |
| recount of employees+ | Article 1.4: Automatic change in case of change in the structure of the group + Article 4.4.5: Annual review |
| principle of subsidiarity+ | Article 1.5 |
| management's right to withhold information | Article 7 |
| support for EU projects+ | Article 10.3: Cooperation to obtain any funds or subsidies made available by the Commission |
| translation / interpreters- | Article 1: The company shall provide "in-house" translators |
Documents linked to this agreement
| Grace Business-Group-Forum renegotiated (change of terms of agt) | 01/06/1999 |
| Grace Business-Group-Forum installation agreement | 01/01/1996 |
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