Main personnel representatives of portugal

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Personnel representatives, portugal

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this power point deals with the main personnel representatives of Portugal.
It first explains what is a personnel representative, the, explains the way to elect them, their missions, duties, their means and finally the status they have.........................;

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[...] Election at least every 4 years. Election must be supported by at least 100 people or 20% of the workforce. Elections should be democratic & commission should be representative. < number > Election and appointment Safety, hygiene and health representatives Since 2005 Elected directly by secret ballot of all workers from lists put forward by the trade unions or at the initiative of at least 20% of the workers in the undertaking. Number of representatives varies between one (for undertakings with fewer than 61 workers) and seven (for undertakings with more than 1,500 workers). [...]

[...] Image: Sous-titre 2 MAIN PERSONNEL REPRESENTATIVES OF PORTUGAL < number > I. Definition Workplace representation of employees: Term used to designate union representatives at enterprise level, as one of the expressions of the constitutionally recognized right of employees to engage in trade union activity in the workplace. Three main channels: Trade union delegates (Delegado sindical) Worker's commissions (Comissão de Trabalhadores: CTs) Safety, hygiene and health representatives (Representantes dos trabalhadores para a segurança, higiene e saúde no trabalho) Although in theory there are 3 channels of workplace representation of employees for most issues – through the Workplace union representatives and through an elected works council, in practice works councils are relatively rare. [...]

[...] Ensure that existing collective agreements are properly applied. Negotiate new collective agreements at company level. Entitled to information & consultation on the situation, structure & probable development of employment. Right to call employees meeting with 48 hours notice. This wording is in line with the EU framework directive on information and consultation (2002/14/EC). In addition, in areas, such as working time, training and temporary close-downs, the trade union delegates should be informed and consulted, if there is no works council. [...]

[...] special restrictions on transfer to a different place of work Workers' commissions members are protected by constitutional law. Their competences and procedures are regulated in the Labour Code. Safety, hygiene and health representatives are not covered by any specific legislation. Similar protection to Workers' commission members. [...]

[...] The General Workers' Union (União Geral de Trabalhadores, UGT) views EWCs as an innovation that will increase the Europeanisation of labour relations.] < number > II. Election and appointement system Trade union delegates Elected in direct secret ballot by the trade union members. Term of office cannot be more than 4 years. No limit on the number of representatives. But restriction on the number (varies according to the size of the enterprise) who may enjoy the special forms of protection provided by law. [...]