The Central Works Council meets at least once every six months at the company’s head office, convened by the employer. It may hold exceptional meetings at the request of the majority of its members.
The use of videoconferencing to convene meetings of the central social and economic committee may be authorised by agreement between the employer and the elected members of the committee. In the absence of an agreement, such use is limited to three meetings per calendar year. A decree determines the conditions under which the central social and economic committee may, in this context, hold a secret ballot.
The agenda for meetings of the Central Social and Economic Committee is drawn up by the Chairman and the Secretary. Consultations made compulsory by a legislative or regulatory provision or by a collective labour agreement are automatically included on the agenda by the Chairman or the Secretary. The agenda is communicated to the members at least eight days before the meeting.
A central health, safety and working conditions committee is set up in companies with at least three hundred employees under the conditions set out in Articles L. 2315-36 to L. 2315-44.
Sub-section 9 of Section 3 of Chapter V of this Title and sub-paragraph 5 of paragraph 3 of sub-section 6 of the same Section 3 are applicable to the central social and economic committee under conditions determined by decree.
The establishment social and economic committee has the same powers as the company social and economic committee, within the limits of the powers entrusted to the head of the establishment. The works social and economic committee is consulted on measures to adapt decisions taken at company level which are specific to the works and which fall within the remit of the head of the works.
The site social and economic committee may call upon an expert as provided for in sub-section 10 of section 3 of chapter V of this title when it is competent in accordance with the provisions of this code.
Where it is necessary to consult both the central social and economic committee and one or more establishment social and economic committees, an agreement may define the order and deadlines in which the central social and economic committee and the establishment social and economic committee(s) give and transmit their opinions. In the absence of an agreement, the opinion of each establishment social and economic committee is issued and forwarded to…
The works social and economic committees are responsible for and supervise the management of all social and cultural activities. However, establishment social and economic committees may entrust the central social and economic committee with the management of common activities. An agreement between the employer and one or more representative employee trade union organisations in the company, concluded under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2232-12,…
The composition of works’ social and economic committees is identical to that of the social and economic committee provided for in Articles L. 2314-1 to L. 2314-3.
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