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Basic Elements of a Collective Agreement

Basic Elements of a Collective Agreement. Strengthening Social Dialogue in the Tourism Industry National Training Seminar Estonia 4 and 5 June 2007, Tallinn. What is a collective agreement. Between an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organizations, on the one hand, and.

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Basic Elements of a Collective Agreement

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  1. Basic Elements of a Collective Agreement Strengthening Social Dialogue in the Tourism Industry National Training Seminar Estonia 4 and 5 June 2007, Tallinn

  2. What is a collective agreement • Between an employer, a group of employers or one or more employers’ organizations, on the one hand, and • One ore more representative workers’ organizations All agreements in writing regarding working conditions and terms of employment, concluded

  3. Consultation of members • identify issues • new issues • pending issues • issues for improvement • decide muscle and activities • endorse claim • approve/disapprove • partly • entirely • decision by union executive committee • coordination at confederal trade union level

  4. Levels of Collective Bargaining • Collective bargaining can take place atnational, at sector and/or at company level • mainly at national level: Belgium, Finland, Ireland • mainly at sector level: Austria, Cyprus, Denmark Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden • mainly at company level: Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, United Kingdom

  5. Content collective agreement • Recognition • Job Classification • Wages • Hours • Transport • Leave • Vocational training • Job security • OSH • Welfare • Union-management relations • Duration and signatories

  6. Wages • Rates for day and night work • Review wages • Bonus system objective criteria • Special skills • Wage corrections for inflation

  7. Hours • Normal hours of work per week • Part-time work • Over-time

  8. Leavethree week summer holidaysone week winter holidays1st Septemberadditional holidays for elderly workers3 days paid sick leavegraduation of children

  9. Vocational training • Annual and new staff training • New working tools and new technology • Language training

  10. Job security

  11. Transport • Compensation for expenses – • Public transport • Private transport means • Compensation in time • Night travel – taxi vouchers

  12. OSH Safe working tools and chemicals Ergonomical furniture and design Risk analysis Healthy working environment Heavy weights Anti-allergic chemicals (cleaning, laun dry, etc. Improved regular health checks

  13. Welfare • Nutritive, healthy meals • Regular lunch breaks • Refreshments

  14. Privacy • Private lockers, accessibal only for the individual worker • Private space

  15. Union-management relations • Clear • Mutual respect and understandig • Trade union office and equipment • Time off fot trade union work • Regular exchange of information • Trade union observer in management meetings

  16. Duration and signatories

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