The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Employee Involvement) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2009

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and extent

    2. 2.EC Directive and EC Regulation

    3. 3.Interpretation

    4. 4.Application of these Regulations

  3. PART 2 PARTICIPATING COMPANIES AND THE SPECIAL NEGOTIATING BODY

    1. 5.Duty on participating company to provide information

    2. 6.Complaint of failure to provide information

    3. 7.Function of the special negotiating body

    4. 8.Composition of the special negotiating body

    5. 9.Complaint about establishment of special negotiating body

  4. PART 3 ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF UK MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL NEGOTIATING BODY

    1. 10.Ballot arrangements

    2. 11.Conduct of the ballot

    3. 12.Appointment of UK members by a consultative committee

    4. 13.Representation of employees

  5. PART 4 NEGOTIATION OF THE EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AGREEMENT

    1. 14.Negotiations to reach an employee involvement agreement

    2. 15.The employee involvement agreement

    3. 16.Decisions of the special negotiating body

    4. 17.Decision not to open, or to terminate, negotiations

    5. 18.Complaint about decisions of special negotiating body

  6. PART 5 STANDARD RULES ON EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT

    1. 19.Standard rules on employee involvement

  7. PART 6 COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT

    1. 20.Disputes about the operation of an employee involvement agreement or the standard rules on employee involvement

    2. 21.Penalties

    3. 22.Misuse of procedures

    4. 23.Exclusivity of remedy

  8. PART 7 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

    1. 24.Breach of statutory duty

    2. 25.Withholding of information

  9. PART 8 PROTECTION FOR MEMBERS OF SPECIAL NEGOTIATING BODY ETC.

    1. 26.Right to time off for members of special negotiating body etc.

    2. 27.Right to remuneration for time off under regulation 26

    3. 28.Right to time off: complaints to tribunals

    4. 28A.Extension of time limit to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings

    5. 29.Unfair dismissal

    6. 30.Subsidiary provisions relating to unfair dismissal

    7. 31.Detriment

    8. 32.Detriment: enforcement and subsidiary provisions

    9. 33.Conciliation

  10. PART 9 MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 34.Industrial Court proceedings

    2. 35.Labour Relations Agency

    3. 36.Restrictions on contracting out: general

    4. 37.Restrictions on contracting out: Part 8

    5. 38.The Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 1999

    6. 39.Existing employee involvement rights

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE

      STANDARD RULES ON EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT

      1. PART 1 COMPOSITION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY

        1. 1.(1) The management of the SE must arrange for the...

        2. 2.Where its size so warrants, the representative body must elect...

        3. 3.The representative body must adopt rules of procedure.

        4. 4.The representative body must inform the competent organ of the...

        5. 5.(1) Four years after its establishment, the representative body must...

      2. PART 2 STANDARD RULES FOR INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION

        1. 6.(1) The competence of the representative body is limited to—...

        2. 7.(1) The competent organ must, if the representative body so...

        3. 8.(1) In the circumstances set out in paragraph 6(2)(c), the...

        4. 9.Without prejudice to regulations 24 and 25, the members of...

        5. 10.The representative body and the select committee may each be...

        6. 11.(1) The costs of the representative body must be borne...

      3. PART 3 STANDARD RULES FOR PARTICIPATION

        1. 12.(1) In the case of an SE established by transformation,...

        2. 13.(1) In the case where— (a) an SE is established...

        3. 14.(1) The representative body must decide on the allocation of...

  13. Explanatory Note