Agreement details

Hanson Brick Euroforum

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applicable law	Belgium	duration	4 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 only
seat treshold	no
selection of reps	according to national law/practice in some countries and by specific means in other
mandate duration	4 years
mandate renewable	yes
protection of reps	national standard

frequency of meetings	once	preparatory meeting foreseen	no	without management	yes
duration in days
chairing of meeting(s)	management
agenda setting	both
minutes writing	joint
minutes approving	joint
interpretation	all relevant languages
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	joint
total members	2
frequency of meeting without management
frequency of meeting with management
initiative for calling extraordinary meetings
format of extraordinary meetings

plenary meeting
responsibilities

Drawing up of minutes/communiqué

type of expert
selection
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
Debriefing/follow-up meeting
General statement on coverage of costs
Training
training

language training
advanced communication systems foreseen	no

principle of subsidiarity+	Article 1.3 + Article 2.2
trade union involvement in EWC	Article 4.6: The emp reps may be assisted by union experts of their choice
management's right to withhold information	Article 6.1
country extension	Article 3.2.3: A new rep at the next meeting
expert+	Protocol Article 1.2.1: "The number of experts is limited to the number of reps per country up to a maximum of 3"
renegotiation of EWC agreement+	Article 7.2: The party that wants to end the agreement is obliged to give reasons for the withdrawal and, if appropriate, submit alternative proposals or make amendments before half of the notice period is over
Applicable law	Article 8: For interpreting the breach of the agreement, governed by the English law of contract, for determining whether this agreement complies with the requirements of the Directive, Belgian law