Basic Elements of a Collective Agreement

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Basic Elements of a Collective Agreement

• ILO-UNI Course on Collective Bargaining
• Postal and Telecom Sector
• 22 March 2 April 2004
• Turin

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What is a collective agreement
All agreements in writing regarding working
conditions and terms of employment, concluded

• Between an employer, a group of employers or one
  or more employers organizations, on the one
  hand, and

• One ore more representative workers
  organizations, or in the absence of such
  organizations, representatives of the workers,
  duly elected and authorized by them in accordance
  with national laws and regulations, on the other

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Content collective agreement

• Recognition
• Duration and signatories

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Collective Agreement

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

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Recognition

• Identify parties (employer(s) and trade union(s)
• CBA is binding parties and employees
• Supercedes previous CBA (articles)
• Parties will establish a protocol which governs
  cba procedures, including information provisions

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Job Classification

• There will be a system to evaluate jobs
• Evaluations and their revisions are being done
  jointly by management and trade unions
• The agreed job descriptions and evaluation will
  be included in Appendix

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Wages

• Agreed wage increases
• Compensation for increase in costs of living
• Negotiate wage increase in relation to
  productivity
• Wages are being paid in accordance with the wage
  scales and job classifications and cannot be
  lower than legal minimum wages
• Monthly wages will be paid not later than the
  20th day of each month
• Wage increase in fixed amounts or percentages
• Bonus/shift allowances, including for higher
  education
• Overtime
• Remuneration for working on public holidays
• Allowances for inconveniences
• Bonus for long service
• Parties will agree retirement benefits in the
  framework of apension scheme
• Etc. etc

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Hours

• Working days and working hours per week
• Working hours per day flexible time workings in
  shifts rest times
• Part time work pro-rata entitlements
• Registration of worked time
• Definition of overtime

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Leave

• Annual leave, holidays periodes
• Parental leave
• Sick leave
• Special leave
• Public holidays
• Unpaid leave
• Educational leave
• Civic duties

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Job security

• Promotions, up-grading, transfers
• Training and re-training
• Duration of individual contracts
• Probation period
• Notice
• Reorganization
• Procedure for filling vacancies

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Vocational training

• Multiple skilling
• Prepare for introduction and use of new
  technology
• Compensation for time of training outside the
  normal working hours
• Free access to training
• Employer pays

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Transport

• The employer will provide or pay an allowance for
  transport of employees to and from the place of
  work.
• The employer will compensate for the of private
  vehicles for official use.
• In case the employee uses a company car for his
  work, he is allowed to use the car for private
  travel. The employer will secure appropriate
  insurance coverage.

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OSH

• The employer will provide a risk free working
  environment.
• There will be an occupational and health
  committee, composed of management and workers
  representatives, who have free access to all
  workplaces for supervision.
• The committee will receive all information it
  deems necessary to carry out its task.
• The employer will arrange for constant training
  on OSH, the implementation of it will be the
  responsibility of the trade union.
• Special protective gear.

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Welfare

• The employer shall introduce and maintain welfare
  measures, in line with proposals from the Welfare
  Committee, composed of a representation of
  workers, as per Appendix ..

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Privacy

• The employer will be responsible to protect
  individual privacy, in line with Appendix ..

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Union-management relations

• The employer will provide facilities, including
  funds for trade union education, for trade union
  functioning within the company.
• The employer will provide the trade union
  representative with all information about the
  company which is relevant to enable the union to
  represent the workers interests.

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Duration and signatories

• 1 April 2004 until next time!!