Agreements setting up joint professional or inter-professional committees lay down, for the benefit of employees taking part in negotiations, as well as in meetings of joint committees, the procedures for exercising the right to be absent, compensation for loss of wages or the maintenance of wages, as well as compensation for travel expenses.
These agreements also determine the terms of protection against dismissal for employees who are members of these committees and the conditions under which they benefit from the protection provided by the provisions of Book IV relating to protected employees.