Societas EuropaeaSocietas Europaea

Employee involvementImplication des travailleurs

Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer

Jean-Claude Le Douaron ASE-ETUCO-EGA

United Steel SA

United Steel AG

United Steel SAUnited Steel ltd

United Steel AS

United Steel AB

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United Steel SE

United Steel SE

United Steel SEUnited Steel SE

United Steel SE

United Steel SE

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SESE

Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Company Nr 2157/2001

Council Directive supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees 2001/86/CE

Involvement – Involvement – Implication –Implication –

Beteiligung - inflytandeBeteiligung - inflytande= Information, consultation &

participation= Information, Anhörung &

Mitbestimmung= Information, samråd & medverkan

Involvement of employeesInvolvement of employees

Means any mechanism, including information, consultation and participation, through which employees’ representatives may exercise an influence on decisions to be taken within the company;

InformationInformation

Means the informing of the body of representative of the employees and/or employees’ representatives by the competent organ of the SE on questions which concern the SE itself and any of its subsidiaries or establishments situated in another Member State or which exceed the powers of decision-making organs in a single Member State at a time, in a manner and with a content which allows the employees’ representatives to undertake an in-depth assessment of the possible impact and, where appropriate, prepare consultations with the competent organ of the SE;

ConsultationConsultation

Means the establishment of dialogue and exchange of views between the body representative of the employees and/or the employees’ representatives and the competent organ of the SE, at a time, in a manner and with a content which allows the employees’ representatives, on the basis of information provided, to express an opinion on measures envisaged by the competent organ which may be taken into account in the decision-making process within the SE;

ParticipationParticipation

Means the influence of the body representative of the employees and/or the employees’ representatives in the affairs of a company by way of:- the right to elect or appoint some of the members of the company’s supervisory or administrative organ; or- the right to recommend and/or oppose the appointment of some or all of the members of the company’s supervisory or administrative organ

SA

AS

GMBH

SEHolding

+ SEAB AG

SA

ltd

SE

AG SE

1. Merger

2. Holding3. Subsidiary

4. Transformation

SE Statute

Dualistic

Monistic

SE

SE Statute

Dualisti

c

Monistic

SNB

SNB 0 % > 1 rep ≦

10%

10 % < 2 rep ≦ 20%

+ SEAB AG + 20 %

Expert

Negotiations VerhandlungenNegotiations Verhandlungen

SNB

Involvement of employees

Implication des travailleurs

Beteiligung der Arbeitnehmer

SESENegotiations on involvementNegotiations on involvement

Member States should be able to provide that representatives of TU may be members of a SNB

SNB may request experts of its choice (also EIFs), present at negotiation meetings in advisory capacity

SNB shall take decisions by an absolute majority (representing an absolute majority of the employees)

2/3 majority to terminate or not open negotiations 6 months + (6 months)

Article 4Article 4Content of the agreementContent of the agreement

• …shall negotiate in a spirit of cooperation with a view to reaching an agreement

• scope• composition of the representative body• procedure for the information and consultation• frequency of meetings• resources allocated to the RB• alternative procedures for information and

consultation• participation level

Standard rules (Art 7)Standard rules (Art 7)

The parties so agree; orNo agreement (6 + 6

Standard rulesStandard rulesInformation ConsultationInformation Consultation

Representative body (1 – 10%)Select committeeInformation and consultation on

Strategy Investm

ents

RB

Working

methods

Standard rulesStandard rulesInformation ConsultationInformation Consultation

Regular written reports from managementAgenda of administrative or supervisory

organCopies of all documents submitted to the

general meeting of its shareholders

Exceptional circumstancesExceptional circumstances

…affecting the employees interests to a considerable extent

If the management doesn’t take in to account the opinion of the workers a ⃗further meeting with a view to seeking an agreement. Part 2 c

= negotiations ?

Standard rules - ParticipationStandard rules - Participation

AG SEIf participation rights exist

+ SEAB AG

If > 25% of the employees are covered by participation rights

If < 25% of the employees are covered and the SNB decides so

Standard rules - ParticipationStandard rules - Participation

AS

GMBH

SEHolding

SA

ltd

SESubsidiary

If > 50% of the employees are covered by participation rights

If < 50% of the employees are covered and the SNB decides so

Opting out in case of mergerOpting out in case of merger

Member States may provide that the standard rules referred to in Part 3 of the Annex shall not apply in the case referred to in paragraph 2, point (b) of an SE established by means of merger

But Article 12.3 in the Regulation

In order for an SE to be registered in a Member State which has made use of the option referred to in Article7(3) of Directive 2001/ /EC, either an agreement pursuant to Article 4 of the Directive must have been concluded on the arrangements for employee involvement, including participation, or none of the participating companies must have been governed by participation rules prior to the registration of the SE.

Articulation avec d’autres dispositionsArticulation avec d’autres dispositions Comité d’entreprise européen (Dir. art.13.1): la directive 94/45/CE sur le comité européen ne s’applique pas

sauf en cas d’« option zéro » les dispositions relatives à l’organe de représentation prévues par

accord ou par l’annexe de la directive s’y substituent

Dispositions sur la participation (Dir. art.13.2-3): les dispositions nationales sur la participation ne s’appliquent pas

à la SE (tout en continuant à s’appliquer à ses filiales éventuelles) les dispositions relatives à la participation prévues par accord ou

par les dispositions de référence dans le règlement s’y substituent

Articulation avec d’autres dispositionsArticulation avec d’autres dispositions Représentation et implication nationales (Dir. art.13.3): pas d’atteinte aux droits nationaux d’implication et aux droits de

participation dans les filiales possibilité de prendre des dispositions pour assurer le maintien

des structures nationales de représentation en cas de fusion et donc de disparition des sociétés constituantes

Accords collectifs et dispositions nationales sur les conditions d’emploi (Reg. art.29.4 et 37..9):

en cas de disparition des sociétés constituantes par fusion ou transformation, transfert à la SE des droits et obligations des sociétés participantes en matière de conditions d’emploi résultant de la législation, de la pratique et de contrats individuels ou des relations de travail

Articulation avec d’autres dispositionsArticulation avec d’autres dispositions Prévention du détournement de procédure (Dir.

art.11):

possibilité de mesures pour éviter l’utilisation de la SE aux fins de priver les travailleurs de droits d’implication

ConfidentialitéConfidentialité

Vis à vis des tiers (Dir. art.8.1): non communication d’informations communiquées à titre

confidentiel .pour les représentants et les experts, même après expiration du

mandat

Non communication d’informations (Dir. art.8.2): conseil d’administration ou de surveillance n’est pas obligé de

communiquer des informations lorsque leur nature est telle que, selon des critères objectifs, leur divulgation entraverait gravement le fonctionnement de la SE, de ses filiales ou d’une société participante, ou leur porterait préjudice

cas et conditions selon dispositions nationales

ConfidentialitéConfidentialité

« Tendenzschutz » (Dir. art.8.3): possibilité de dispositions particulières pour les SE à

orientation idéologique, d’information et d’expression d’opinions lorsque ces dispositions existent déjà dans le droit national

Recours (Dir. art.8.4): instauration de procédures de recours sur l’exigence de

confidentialité et la non-communication d’informations possibilité d’instaurer un recours sur la sauvegarde de la

confidentialité