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Employee involvementImplication des travailleurs
Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer
Jean-Claude Le Douaron ASE-ETUCO-EGA
United Steel SA
United Steel AG
United Steel SAUnited Steel ltd
United Steel AS
United Steel AB
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United Steel SE
United Steel SE
United Steel SEUnited Steel SE
United Steel SE
United Steel SE
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SESE
Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Company Nr 2157/2001
Council Directive supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees 2001/86/CE
Involvement – Involvement – Implication –Implication –
Beteiligung - inflytandeBeteiligung - inflytande= Information, consultation &
participation= Information, Anhörung &
Mitbestimmung= Information, samråd & medverkan
Involvement of employeesInvolvement of employees
Means any mechanism, including information, consultation and participation, through which employees’ representatives may exercise an influence on decisions to be taken within the company;
InformationInformation
Means the informing of the body of representative of the employees and/or employees’ representatives by the competent organ of the SE on questions which concern the SE itself and any of its subsidiaries or establishments situated in another Member State or which exceed the powers of decision-making organs in a single Member State at a time, in a manner and with a content which allows the employees’ representatives to undertake an in-depth assessment of the possible impact and, where appropriate, prepare consultations with the competent organ of the SE;
ConsultationConsultation
Means the establishment of dialogue and exchange of views between the body representative of the employees and/or the employees’ representatives and the competent organ of the SE, at a time, in a manner and with a content which allows the employees’ representatives, on the basis of information provided, to express an opinion on measures envisaged by the competent organ which may be taken into account in the decision-making process within the SE;
ParticipationParticipation
Means the influence of the body representative of the employees and/or the employees’ representatives in the affairs of a company by way of:- the right to elect or appoint some of the members of the company’s supervisory or administrative organ; or- the right to recommend and/or oppose the appointment of some or all of the members of the company’s supervisory or administrative organ
SA
AS
GMBH
SEHolding
+ SEAB AG
SA
ltd
SE
AG SE
1. Merger
2. Holding3. Subsidiary
4. Transformation
SE Statute
Dualistic
Monistic
SE
SE Statute
Dualisti
c
Monistic
SNB
SNB 0 % > 1 rep ≦
10%
10 % < 2 rep ≦ 20%
+ SEAB AG + 20 %
Experts
Negotiations VerhandlungenNegotiations Verhandlungen
SNB
Involvement of employees
Implication des travailleurs
Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer
SESENegotiations on involvementNegotiations on involvement
Member States should be able to provide that representatives of TU may be members of a SNB
SNB may request experts of its choice (also EIFs), present at negotiation meetings in advisory capacity
SNB shall take decisions by an absolute majority (representing an absolute majority of the employees)
2/3 majority to terminate or not open negotiations 6 months + (6 months)
Article 4Article 4Content of the agreementContent of the agreement
• …shall negotiate in a spirit of cooperation with a view to reaching an agreement
• scope• composition of the representative body• procedure for the information and consultation• frequency of meetings• resources allocated to the RB• alternative procedures for information and
consultation• participation level
Standard rules (Art 7)Standard rules (Art 7)
The parties so agree; orNo agreement (6 + 6
Standard rulesStandard rulesInformation ConsultationInformation Consultation
Representative body (1 – 10%)Select committeeInformation and consultation on
Strategy Investm
ents
RB
Working
methods
Standard rulesStandard rulesInformation ConsultationInformation Consultation
Regular written reports from managementAgenda of administrative or supervisory
organCopies of all documents submitted to the
general meeting of its shareholders
Exceptional circumstancesExceptional circumstances
…affecting the employees interests to a considerable extent
If the management doesn’t take in to account the opinion of the workers a ⃗further meeting with a view to seeking an agreement. Part 2 c
= negotiations ?
Standard rules - ParticipationStandard rules - Participation
AG SEIf participation rights exist
+ SEAB AG
If > 25% of the employees are covered by participation rights
If < 25% of the employees are covered and the SNB decides so
Standard rules - ParticipationStandard rules - Participation
AS
GMBH
SEHolding
SA
ltd
SESubsidiary
If > 50% of the employees are covered by participation rights
If < 50% of the employees are covered and the SNB decides so
Opting out in case of mergerOpting out in case of merger
Member States may provide that the standard rules referred to in Part 3 of the Annex shall not apply in the case referred to in paragraph 2, point (b) of an SE established by means of merger
But Article 12.3 in the Regulation
In order for an SE to be registered in a Member State which has made use of the option referred to in Article7(3) of Directive 2001/ /EC, either an agreement pursuant to Article 4 of the Directive must have been concluded on the arrangements for employee involvement, including participation, or none of the participating companies must have been governed by participation rules prior to the registration of the SE.
Articulation avec d’autres dispositionsArticulation avec d’autres dispositions Comité d’entreprise européen (Dir. art.13.1): la directive 94/45/CE sur le comité européen ne s’applique pas
sauf en cas d’« option zéro » les dispositions relatives à l’organe de représentation prévues par
accord ou par l’annexe de la directive s’y substituent
Dispositions sur la participation (Dir. art.13.2-3): les dispositions nationales sur la participation ne s’appliquent pas
à la SE (tout en continuant à s’appliquer à ses filiales éventuelles) les dispositions relatives à la participation prévues par accord ou
par les dispositions de référence dans le règlement s’y substituent
Articulation avec d’autres dispositionsArticulation avec d’autres dispositions Représentation et implication nationales (Dir. art.13.3): pas d’atteinte aux droits nationaux d’implication et aux droits de
participation dans les filiales possibilité de prendre des dispositions pour assurer le maintien
des structures nationales de représentation en cas de fusion et donc de disparition des sociétés constituantes
Accords collectifs et dispositions nationales sur les conditions d’emploi (Reg. art.29.4 et 37..9):
en cas de disparition des sociétés constituantes par fusion ou transformation, transfert à la SE des droits et obligations des sociétés participantes en matière de conditions d’emploi résultant de la législation, de la pratique et de contrats individuels ou des relations de travail
Articulation avec d’autres dispositionsArticulation avec d’autres dispositions Prévention du détournement de procédure (Dir.
art.11):
possibilité de mesures pour éviter l’utilisation de la SE aux fins de priver les travailleurs de droits d’implication
ConfidentialitéConfidentialité
Vis à vis des tiers (Dir. art.8.1): non communication d’informations communiquées à titre
confidentiel .pour les représentants et les experts, même après expiration du
mandat
Non communication d’informations (Dir. art.8.2): conseil d’administration ou de surveillance n’est pas obligé de
communiquer des informations lorsque leur nature est telle que, selon des critères objectifs, leur divulgation entraverait gravement le fonctionnement de la SE, de ses filiales ou d’une société participante, ou leur porterait préjudice
cas et conditions selon dispositions nationales
ConfidentialitéConfidentialité
« Tendenzschutz » (Dir. art.8.3): possibilité de dispositions particulières pour les SE à
orientation idéologique, d’information et d’expression d’opinions lorsque ces dispositions existent déjà dans le droit national
Recours (Dir. art.8.4): instauration de procédures de recours sur l’exigence de
confidentialité et la non-communication d’informations possibilité d’instaurer un recours sur la sauvegarde de la
confidentialité