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EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS

EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS. EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS. I.- TRAINING NEEDS II.- CONTENTS AND LEVELS III.- LEARNING PATHWAYS IV.- COURSE MODELS. I EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS TRAINING NEEDS. KNOWLEDGE (1). LEGAL FRAMEWORK:

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EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS

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  1. EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS

  2. EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS I.- TRAINING NEEDS II.- CONTENTS AND LEVELS III.- LEARNING PATHWAYS IV.- COURSE MODELS

  3. IEUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS TRAINING NEEDS

  4. KNOWLEDGE(1) • LEGAL FRAMEWORK: 1.1.- Legislation applied to EWC : Directive 94, Recast directive 2009, Articles 13/14 , National Transpositions applied. 1.2.- EWC Agreement: Good knowledge of their agreement, main elements in a good agreement, negociation, renegociation,... 1.3.- Industrial Relations Systems in the EWC countries : Differences and similarities 1.4.- Directive 2002/14 on Information and Consultation rights 1.5.- Other Directives: Directive on European Cooperative Societies, Directive on relocation of the company’s registered office,… 1.6.- 1989 Charter of Fondamental Social Rights for workers 2. COMPANY FRAMEWORK: 2.1.- Good knowledge of the structure of the company: countries, plants, subcontracting, outsourcing, offshoring, etc 2.1.- Social mapping of the company: local representation bodies, collective conventions, employment, working conditions,... 2.3.- Linking the national and European levels 2.4.- Financial and economic situation of the company 2.5.- Company and Multinational Enterprises strategies 2.6.- Health and Safety 3. TRADE UNION FRAMEWORK : 3.1.- ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation) 3.2.- ETUFs ( European Trade Union Federations) 3.3.- EWC Coordinators 3.4.- National organisations

  5. KNOWLEDGE(2) 4 . MAIN FACTORS IN EWC FONCTIONNING 4.1.- Fair use of multilingual, multicultural elements present in the EWC 4.2.- Role of this specific EWC : common aims, expectations, ... 4.3.- Good communication: • Between members • Members and Coordinator • TU Members and their national organisations • TU Members and ETUFs • Other actors 4.4.- Effective coordination • Role and responsabilities of ETUFs and Coordinators • Role and responsabilities of the Selected Committee • Role and responsabilities of EWC Members 4.5.- Effective application of the EWC Agreement 4.6.- Good response to consultation 4.7.- Tasks planning and organising 4.8.- Standard reports from all countries and plants. Continuous reporting top-down and bottom-up 4.9.- Experts support 4.10.- Good search and use of information: about all topics include in 2.1 and 2.2, company strategies, sustainability, etc. 4. 11.- Change anticipation strategies: relocations, mergers, take over, closures 4. 12.- EWC as a proposing and innovating body

  6. KNOWLEDGE(3) • EWC ACTION AND TRADE UNION STRATEGIES FOR EWCs 5.1.- Monitoring of national and local information and consultation procedures and trade union rights 5.2.- EWC and sector coherence: ETUFs role, Transnational Framework Agreements,... 5.3.- National and local collective agreements 5.4.- Identification of issues that are EWC’s and/or national only 5.5.- Action Plan  6. Topics EWCs might deal with at the European company level 6.1.- Financial data 6.2.- Health and Safety 6.3.- Sectoral overview and company strategies 6.4.- Vocational training 6.5.- Employees´ data protection 6.6.- Equal opportunities 6.7.- Social minimum standards ( IFA, CSR, OECD Guidelines…)

  7. SKILLS • Communication and interaction skills: Active listening, speaking in public, writing, reporting, information sharing , ... • Linguistic skills: English suitable • Cross-cultural skills • Negociation skills in European contexts • Working skills: team building and working, networking, problem solving, decision making, autonomy,.. • Linking local, national and Europewideissues • Anticipating and managing the changes • Research, analytical and assessing skills, TU “eye”, (instinct, intuition) • Project elaboration and management • Strategic planning • Initiative and innovation • Integrative / participative management skills • Awareness of the different roles of the individual members at home and in the EWC

  8. ATTITUDES • Acknowledgement of diversity and equity • TU values applying • Open and flexible mind • Tolerance, patience, respect, conflicts avoiding and solving (with pairs) • Competence sharing and delegating • Finding a common systematic approach to work on a topic • Resilience • Building a common and transnational body • Unions and European Trade Union Federations strengthening

  9. IIEUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS TRAINING CONTENTS AND LEVELS

  10. IIIEUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS LEARNING PATHWAYS

  11. EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS LEARNING PATHWAYS Initiativeand Innovation Environmental Issues Sustainability Training policy of thecompany: Vocational Training, Languages, Corporate Social Responsability IMPROVING LANGUAGES SKILLS: ON LINE AND FACE TO FACE ENGLISH AND FRENCH COURSES ON LINE COURSE : EUROPEAN AND WORLDWIDE TRADE UNIONISM AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS

  12. IVCOURSE MODELS

  13. Course 1: “THE GAME RULES” Contentsof thecourse :

  14. Course 2: IMPROVING THE EWC PERFORMANCE Contents of thecourse : * list of topics mentionned in the appendix to the 2009 Directive

  15. 2. Skills to develop: 3. Attitudes to reinforce: Course 3: STRENGTHENING EWC ACTION. Creating transnational strategies for common issues Contents of the course

  16. 2. Skills to develop: 3. Attitudes to reinforce: Course 4: ENLARGING EWC ACTION. CHANGE ANTICIPATION Contents of the course

  17. Course 5a: INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION Contents of thecourse :

  18. Course 5b: HOW TO DO A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY Contents of thecourse :

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