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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 I.- TRAINING NEEDS II.- CONTENTS AND LEVELS III.- LEARNING PATHWAYS IV.- COURSE MODELS
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
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
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…)
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
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
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
Course 1: “THE GAME RULES” Contentsof thecourse :
Course 2: IMPROVING THE EWC PERFORMANCE Contents of thecourse : * list of topics mentionned in the appendix to the 2009 Directive
2. Skills to develop: 3. Attitudes to reinforce: Course 3: STRENGTHENING EWC ACTION. Creating transnational strategies for common issues Contents of the course
2. Skills to develop: 3. Attitudes to reinforce: Course 4: ENLARGING EWC ACTION. CHANGE ANTICIPATION Contents of the course
Course 5a: INITIATIVE AND INNOVATION Contents of thecourse :
Course 5b: HOW TO DO A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY Contents of thecourse :