The European Social Dialogue Creating Added Value Chemical Industry, Prague 23 March 2006 Markus Handke, European Commission, DG Employment & Social Affairs

European Commission

Employment & Social Affairs

The European Social DialogueCreating Added Value

Chemical Industry, Prague23 March 2006

Markus Handke, European Commission,DG Employment & Social Affairs

European Commission


Why a social dialogue?

Bargaining area

(Joint initiatives)

Good Governance(Consultation)

European Commission


SocialPolicy

Agenda

Open Method of CoordinationEmployment

Social protection

EuropeanSocialFunds

EuropeanSocial

Dialogue

LegislationMobility - Gender equality

Health and Safety

European Commission


Towards a new era of partnership

Commission

Trade Unions

Employers

1985-1991

Commission

Trade Unions

Employers

2002-...

Commission

Trade Unions

Employers

1991-2001

European Commission


The place of social dialogue at European level

Institutional recognition

Article 138 of the EC Treaty

The European Commission

• promotes consultation of social partners at Community level

• facilitates their dialogue

• ensures a balanced support of both sides

European Commission


The place of social dialogue at European level

Institutional recognition

Article 139 of the EC Treaty

• The dialogue between the social partners can lead, if they wish, to contractual relations, including agreements

Barcelona European Council 2002• The European social model is founded on a healthy economy, a

high level of social protection, education and social dialogue

European Commission


Autonomous agreements: Understanding the mechanisms – Art. 138, 139

Legislativeprocess

Council

Commission

Social Partners

Agreement implemented by a Decision

LEGISLATION COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

No negotiation

or failure

AutonomousAgreement

Consultation

Opinions Negotiation

European Commission


European social partners

• Cross-industry organisations

(UNICE, CEEP, ETUC)

• Cross-industry organisations representing certain categories of workers or undertakings (CEC, Eurocadres, UEAPME)

• Sectoral organisations representing employers organisations or workers unions

European Commission


What forms of European Social Dialogue?

Macro-economic dialogue

Dialogue on employment and social protection

Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment

“Val Duchesse” Social Dialogue - Social Dialogue Summits, Social Dialogue Committee

Sectoral Social dialogue Committees

Tripartite dialogue

Bipartite dialogue

Company level: EWC

European Commission


Fora for Tripartite Concertation

Tripartite Social SummitTripartite Social Summitfor Growth and Employmentfor Growth and Employment

(before Spring European Council each year)(before Spring European Council each year)

Macro-Macro-EconomicEconomic DialogueDialogue

(DG ECFIN)(DG ECFIN)

ConcertationConcertationon on

EmploymentEmployment(EMCO)(EMCO)

ConcertationConcertationonon Social Social ProtectionProtection

(SPC)(SPC)

Trilogue onTrilogue onEducation Education

andandTrainingTraining (DG EAC)(DG EAC)

European Commission


Bipartite dialogue

VoluntaryAutonomousCommission support

• Cross-industry dialogue• Sectoral dialogue

31 Sectoral dialogue committees established (Commerce, Agriculture, Banking, Insurance, Postal Services, Rail Transport, Construction…)

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Topics addressed by the social dialogue

Number of European sectoral joint texts per area (1997-2003)

45

710

1116

1718

2829

30

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35

Sustainable developmentNon-discrimination

Working timeHealth & safety

EnlargementEmployment

Social aspects of EU policiesTraining

Working conditionsSocial dialogue

Economic &/or sectoral policies

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DemographyDemographyThe Commission Green Paper "Faced with demographic change, a new solidarity between the generations", adopted on 16 March 2005

The number of older workers (aged 55 to 64) will increase by 24 million between 2005 and 2030.The number of people aged over 80 will rise from 18.8 million today to 34.7 million in 2030. Social partners' initiatives

Cross-industry (campagne)Construction

Commerce (solidarity between generations)

Contributions to the European Youth Pact

Social partners' initiatives

Cross-industry (campagne)Construction

Commerce (solidarity between generations)

Contributions to the European Youth Pact

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20 - 30

30 - 50

50 - 60

- 17%

+ 7%

+ 12%

European Commission


Vocational trainingVocational trainingEuropean employment strategyObjective: Increase and improve investments in human capital

One worker out of two does not have access to vocational training

Social partners' initiativesCross-industry

(framework of actions)Construction (tutoring)

BankingHORECAAgriculture

Personal services

20 40 60 80 100

high skills

average

low skills

Employment per category of worker

European Commission


Health&SafetyHealth&SafetyEuropean strategy for health and safety at the workplace 2002-2006

Evaluation and preparation of new strategy

Simplification and rationalisation of interventions


Cross-industry (stress)Construction (Guide)

Agriculture (MSD)Sea fishers (accidents)

Maritime transport (harrassment)Extractive industries (silica-crystalline)

Poor and unsafe working conditions

3% of GNP

500 millions work days a year lost

Accidents at work

4% of workers during the year

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RestructuringRestructuringCommunication adopted the 31 March 2005

Second stage consultation of the Social Partners


Cross-industry(Orientations)

BankingTextilesSugar


Cross-industry(Orientations)

BankingTextilesSugar

-20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50

ServicesIndustrieAgriculture

Employment – evolution in the last 25 years (millions)

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Typology of social dialogue texts

Declarations/Opinions Recommendations Agreements 139.2

ConsensusInformation

Follow-upReporting

ImplementationMonitoring

ex-ante evaluation monitoring

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The need for synergies

Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment, macroeconomic dialogue, …

Cross-industry Social dialogue

Sectoral socialdialogue

committees

Tripartite dialogue

Bipartite dialogue

CompanylevelEWC

European Commission


Employer organisation rate

European Commission


> 55 %

45 - 55 %

35 - 45 %

15 - 35 %

< 15 %

Union Union DensityDensity

European Commission


BargainingBargainingCoverageCoverage

More80%

Around60%

Less40%

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Enlargement

• Greater need for social dialogue

• Increased diversity

• Technical capacity of national social partners

• Technical capacity of European social partners

• Representativeness

European Commission


Information sources

• Website of the Commission– http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/

index_en.htm

• EIRO ( European industrial relations observatory online) :

– http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/

Documents

The European Social Dialogue Creating Added Value Chemical Industry, Prague 23 March 2006 Markus Handke, European Commission, DG Employment & Social Affairs