The members of the European Works Council set up by agreement are entitled, without loss of salary, to the training necessary for the exercise of their mandate under conditions determined by the agreement.
Where, instead of setting up a European Works Council, the special negotiating body opts for the establishment of one or more information and consultation procedures, the agreement shall lay down the arrangements by which the employees’ representatives may meet in order to carry out a consultation on the information communicated to them and which relates, in particular, to transnational issues significantly affecting the interests of the employees.
The employees’ representatives within the framework of an information and consultation procedure and the experts who assist them are bound : 1° Professional secrecy for all matters relating to manufacturing processes; 2° An obligation of discretion with regard to information of a confidential nature and given as such by the employer.
A European Works Council shall be established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the following cases: 1° Where the head of the Community-scale undertaking or dominant undertaking refuses to set up a special negotiating body or to open negotiations within six months of receipt of the request provided for in Article L. 2342-4 ; 2° Where the special negotiating body has not concluded an agreement within three…
The European Works Council meets at least once a year. It is informed in particular about : 1° The structure of the undertaking or group of undertakings ; 2° Its economic and financial situation 3° The likely development of its activities; 4° Production and sales; 5° The employment situation and probable trends; 6° Investments; 7° Substantial changes in organisation, the introduction of new working methods or new production processes; 8°…
At least once a year, the European Works Council is consulted at a meeting on a report relating to 5° to 11° of article L. 2343-2. The consultation is carried out in such a way as to enable the employee representatives to meet with the employer and to obtain a reasoned response to any opinion they may express.
When exceptional circumstances arise or decisions are taken which considerably affect the interests of employees, in particular in the event of relocation, closure of undertakings or establishments or mass redundancies, the board referred to in Article L. 2343-7 or, if there is no such board, the European Works Council, shall be informed. The board or the committee shall, at its request, meet with the employer in order to be informed…
The European Works Council is made up of : 1° The head of the undertaking or of the dominant undertaking in the Community-scale group, assisted by two persons of his choice in an advisory capacity; 2° Staff representatives from the establishments of the undertaking or undertakings making up the Community-scale group. The head of the undertaking or of the dominant undertaking in the Community-scale group of undertakings and any other…
Changes in the composition of the European Works Council resulting from changes in the structure or size of the Community-scale undertaking or group of undertakings may be decided by agreement concluded within the European Works Council between the employer and the employees’ representatives.
The European Works Council has legal personality. It is chaired by the head of the undertaking or of the dominant undertaking in the Community-scale group. The committee appoints a secretary. It elects a bureau of a maximum of five members, which benefits from material conditions enabling it to carry out its activities on a regular basis.
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