Übersetzung für "Preserve employee interests and working conditions " (Englisch → Französisch) :

Employers then become aware of their employees’ interests, and employees are better able to grasp the importance of the company they are working for being able to continue operating profitably and competitively, so that everyone, employers and employees alike, can benefit by ensuring that the company they are working in continues to exist and continues to function.

We are concerned, then, with small businesses that are also strong or are able to become so and that can manage to pay good wages and ordinary taxes, provide their employees with good working conditions and maintain good union relations.

7. Calls once again for it to be ensured that all road-transport employees enjoy decent working conditions matched by high employment standards which are conducive to safety on Europe’s roads;

These subsidiary requirements must satisfy the provisions set out in the Annex; these stipulate, inter alia, that: - the competence of the European Works Council will be limited to information and consultation on matters which concern the Community- scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings as a whole or at least two of its establishments or group undertakings situated in different Member States; - the European Works Council will have a minimum of 3 members and a maximum of 30 members and, where its size so warrants, will elect from among its members a select committee of no more than 3 members; - four years after the ...[+++] European Works Council is established it shall examine whether to open negotiations for the conclusion of the agreement on the method of ensuring that employees are informed and consulted, or to continue to apply the subsidiary requirements adopted in accordance with the Annex; - the European Works Council will have the right to meet with the central management once a year, to be informed and consulted, on the basis of a report drawn up by the central management, of the progress of the business of the Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings and of its prospects; - where there are exceptional circumstances affecting the employees' interests to a considerable extent, particularly in the event of relocations, closures or collective redundancies, the select committee or, where no such committee exists, the European Works Council, will have the right to be informed; - the members of the European Works Council will inform the employees' representatives of the content and outcome of the information and consultation procedure; - the operating expenses of the European Works Council will be borne by the central management; in compliance with this principle, Member States may lay down budgetary rules regarding the operation of the European Works Council.

The common position states that the subsidiary requirements must satisfy the provisions set out in the Annex; these stipulate, inter alia, that: - the competence of the European Works Council will be limited to information and consultation on matters which concern the Community- scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings as a whole or at least two of its establishments or group undertakings situated in different Member States; - the European Works Council will have a minimum of 3 members and a maximum of 30 members and, where its size so warrants, will elect a select committee of no more than 3 members; - four years after the European Work ...[+++]s Council is established it shall examine whether to open negotiations for the conclusion of the agreement on the method of ensuring that employees are informed and consulted, or to continue to apply the subsidiary requirements adopted in accordance with the Annex; - the European Works Council will have the right to meet with the central management once a year, to be informed and consulted, on the basis of a report drawn up by the central management, of the progress of the business of the Community-scale undertaking or Community-scale group of undertakings and of its prospects; - where there are exceptional circumstances affecting the employees' interests to a considerable extent, particularly in the event of relocations, closures or collective redundancies, the select committee or, in the absence of such a committee, the European Works Council will have the right to be informed; - the members of the European Works Council will inform the employees' representatives of the content and outcome of the information and consultation procedure; - the operating expenses of the European Works Council will be borne by the central management; in compliance with this principle, Member States may lay down budgetary rules regarding the operation of the European Works Council.

What is required is to define a number of basic rules which, having regard on the one hand to firms' needs for flexibility and on the other, the aspirations of a number of workers, aim -while taking into account the diverse situations in the Member States and the autonomy of management and labour- to : - prevent any spread in the increasing prevalence of insecurity and segmentation on the labour market and promote an improvement in workers' living and working condition ...[+++]s, notably by ensuring that the employees concerned by such relationships enjoy treatment comparable to that enjoyed by employees working full time for an indefinite duration, for example as regards access to training and social services; - eliminate the distortions of competition which could be caused by differences in the social costs resulting in particular from differences in the national rules governing these employment relationships, notably in relation to social security schemes and the costs connected with seniority and dismissals; ./.