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)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
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
KNOWLEDGE (2)
5. 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…)
KNOWLEDGE (3)
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 Europewide issues • 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
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
II
EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS TRAINING CONTENTS AND LEVELS
LEARNING CONTENTS EWC 1 EWC 2EWC 3, 4, 5…
KNOWLEDGE
1. LEGAL FRAMEWORK
1.1 Legislation applied to EWC + +
1.2 EWC Agreement + +
1.3 Employee representation systems + +
1.4 Directive 2002 on inform and consultation + +
1.5 Autres Directives: ES, site relocation... +
1.6 1989 Charter of Fondamental Social Rights +
2. COMPANY FRAMEWORK
2.1 Structure of the company + +
2.2 Social mapping of the company + +
2.3 Linking national and European issues + + +
2.4 Financial and economic situation + +
3. TRADE UNION FRAMEWORK
3.1 ETUC +
3.2 ETUFs : Role and responsabilities +
3.3 Coordinators: Role and responsabilities +
3.4 National organisations +
LEARNING CONTENTS EWC 1 EWC 2EWC 3, 4, 5…
4. EWC FUNCTIONNING
4.1 Multilinguism, multiculturalism, .... +
4.2 Good communication +
4.3 Effective coordination +
4.4 Effective application of EWC agreement + +
4.5 Good search and use of information + + +
4.6 Good response to consultation + +
4.7 Tasks planning and organising + + +
4.8 Reporting + + +
4.9 Experts support + + +
4. 10 Creating European strategies for common issues + + +
4.11 Right articulation EWC rights/national rights + + +
4. 12 Change anticipation strategies +
4. 13 EWC : proposing and innovating body +
5. EWC AND TRADE UNIONS
5.1 Monitoring national and local consultation procedures and trade union rights + +
+
5.2 EWC and sector coherence + + +
5.3 National and local collective agreements + + +
5.4 Identification of EWC and/or national issues + + +
5.5 Action plan + + +
LEARNING CONTENTS EWC 1 EWC 2EWC
3, 4, 5…
6.-OTHER EWC WORKING TOPICS
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…) + + +
LEARNING CONTENTS EWC1 EWC 2EWC 3, 4, 5…
SKILLS
1. Communication and interaction skills + + +
2. Linguistic skills + + +
3. Negociation skills + + +
4. Working skills + + +
5. Striking the balance of national and European + + +
6. Research, analytical and assessing skills + + +
7. Strategic planning + + +
8. Anticipating and managing the changes + +
9. Project elaborating and managing +
10. Initiative and Innovation +
LEARNING CONTENTS EWC 1 EWC 2EWC 3, 4, 5…
ATTITUDES
1. Acknowledge of diversity and equity + + +
2. Trade union values applying + + +
3. Open and flexible mind + + +
4. Tolerance, respect, conflicts avoiding-solving + + +
5. Competence sharing and delegating + + +
6. Resilience + + +
7. Building a common transnational body + + +
8. TUs and ETUFs strengthening + + +
III
EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS LEARNING PATHWAYS
EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS LEARNING PATHWAYS
IMPROVING LANGUAGES SKILLS: ON LINE AND FACE TO FACE ENGLISH AND FRENCH COURSES
EnvironmentalIssues
Sustainability
ON LINE COURSE : EUROPEAN AND WORLDWIDE TRADE UNIONISM AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SYSTEMS
IV
COURSE MODELS
Course 1: “THE GAME RULES”
Course 2: IMPROVING THE EWC PERFORMANCE
* list of topics mentionned in the appendix to the 2009 Directive
Course 3: STRENGTHENING EWC ACTION. Creating transnational strategies for common issues
Course 4: ENLARGING EWC ACTION. CHANGE ANTICIPATION
Course 5a: INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION
Course 5b: HOW TO DO A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY