Common use of Election of shop stewards Clause in Contracts

Election of shop stewards. (1) Members of the Financial Services Union are entitled to elect one or more shop stewards from among their number in the company in accordance with a local agreement or with the rules stated below. (2) The number of shop stewards, their distribution between the individual units in the company and their term of office may be laid down in a local agreement between the company management and the representatives elected by the employees/the union representative. (3) In companies without a local agreement, shop stewards may be elected in accordance with the following rules: (A) Only members of the Financial Services Union are electable as shop stewards. (B) In companies with at least three members, a shop xxxxxxx can be elected. (C) In companies made up of several units (offices/branches/departments), a shop xxxxxxx may be elected in accordance with the following rules: Geographically distinct units with at least ten members: one shop xxxxxxx. Geographically distinct units each with fewer than ten members may, together with other units in the same company, elect a shop xxxxxxx when a total of at least ten members of the Financial Services Union are employed in the units in question. (D) Head offices, regional head offices and administrative centres with at least ten members may elect a shop xxxxxxx for each organisationally and managerially discrete area. Where there are fewer than ten members in the individual organisational units, together with other units at head offices/regional head offices/the centre a shop xxxxxxx can be elected when a total of at least ten members of the Financial Services Union are employed in the units jointly. If, in accordance with this provision, an organisational unit includes more than 50 employees and/or negotiations are initiated between managers in the department and the union representative with an eye to electing one or more extra shop stewards, so that at any given time the shop xxxxxxx structure offers a true reflection of the managerial structure. Note The 10-member limit referred to in letter C was introduced at the time of renewing the collective agreement in 2012. This limit will not enter into effect at the individual companies until the expiry of the present election period for shop stewards.