Agreement details
BPB European Works Council
Type: renewed or post-merger agreement
Date of signature: 07/01/2002
Body: BPB European Works Council
Created in: 1996
Reason: installation from scratch
Ended in: Reason: Headquartered in: United Kingdom
Sector(s) of activity: Bw; Ch;
Downloads available: English, full text version ;
English, original signed version ;
Linked to organisations: Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT) Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) GMB (GMB) Industriegewerkschaft Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG Bau)Registered with: European Commission (DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion)
National authorities (government) not specified
Analysis completed
Constitutional/legal issues
| applicable law |
United Kingdom |
duration |
4 years |
| renewal/renegotiation |
| renegotiation clause | yes |
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| termination clause | no |
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| composition/geographical scope |
| composition |
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| geograph. scope |
EU + EFTA (EU+CH+IS+LI+NO) |
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| confidentiality |
| confidentiality clause | no |
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| scope defined | no |
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| bound by conf. |
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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 |
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| seat treshold | yes |
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| selection of reps |
nominated by employee representation bodies and/or trade unions |
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| mandate duration |
4 years |
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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 |
| exceptional circumstances, definition |
| 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 |
| Mergers, take-overs or acquisitions |
| New technology policy |
| Transfers/relocation |
| Employment situation and forecasts |
| Research and development policy |
| Collective redundancies |
| Vocational training |
| Health and safety |
| Environmental protection |
Plenary meetings
| frequency of meetings |
once |
preparatory meeting foreseen | no |
without management | yes |
| duration in days |
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| chairing of meeting(s) |
management |
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| agenda setting |
joint |
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| minutes writing |
joint |
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| minutes approving |
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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 |
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| feedback/dissemination to |
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Select committee and extraordinary committee
| presence of Select Committee foreseen | yes |
| composition |
employee |
| total members |
3 |
| frequency of meeting without management |
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| 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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| 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 |
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| Paid time-off to attend |
| Paid time-off for training |
| Accommodation/travel |
| Preparatory meeting |
| Secretarial and technical assistance |
| General statement on coverage of costs |
| Training |
| Paid time-off for EWC duties Members of SelCom (specified) |
| training |
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| general clause on training |
| advanced communication systems foreseen | no |
Exceptional provisions
| principle of subsidiarity |
Art. 1 and art. 8.1 |
| guests/external parties+ |
EFBWW |
| New / revised Directive Prospect |
A meeting of signatory parties will take place in the event of any modification to the provisions of the directive (...) or of any new directive on EWCs art. 4 |
| New Member States: inclusion of reps |
Art.4: signatory parties shall meet if new member states accede to the EU; EU applicant countries are assigned an observer seat (art. 5) |
| selection / appointment of EWC members+ |
For countries with observer status the validation of the election procedure will be certified by the EWC on the bais of a report prepared by EFBWW (Art. 5.4) |
| information&consultation+ |
EWC members are to be informed regularly (at least once a quarter) by management by means of a digest / a summary or compilation of existing publications (on top of various internal publications or circurals) Art. 7.1 |
| No discrimination / favouring clause |
Art. 8.2 |
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