Common use of Employers Clause in Contracts

Employers. > BusinessEurope BusinessEurope promoted the framework agreement to different stakeholders and EU institutions, through presentations at a number of EU conferences and events, including the following: • Joint event of the European Parliament and AGE • European Social Observatory event on active ageing • Commission conference on Employment and Social Developments in Europe • Event of the European Chemical Employers Group on the very topic • OECD conference on effective retirement • Eurofound seminar on working conditions at different ages BusinessEurope has also promoted implementation of the agreement through its Social Affairs Committee and has been involved in the joint activities mentioned above. It also organises jointly with the International Training Centre of the ILO the Employers Young Professional Academy (EYPA), including through funding of the European Commission DG Employment. As part of this project in 2017, the framework agreement was used as an example to explain how negotiations work between the EU level social partners. A representative of ETUC was also involved in this action. BusinessEurope was involved in the joint EU funded project led by its member federation BusinessHungary, involving employers’ organisations from seven countries, entitled 11 “Bridging the AGEGAP - development of social partner initiatives for managing age- related challenges”. The project aimed to help national transposition of the framework agreement. BusinessEurope participated in a number of events and meetings related to the project, as well as providing support more generally to understand the content of the autonomous framework agreement and devise actions at national level. > SMEunited SMEunited (former UEAPME) has widely disseminated the autonomous framework agreement to all its cross-industry and sectoral members after its adoption. The agreement follow-up was regularly on the agenda of the SMEunited Social Affairs Committee especially ahead of the yearly reporting exercise. Furthermore, SMEunited participated in all European Social Partners’ joint seminars “Reinforcing the European social dialogue and industrial relations” to support and promote social dialogue, where the content of the autonomous framework agreement was presented and its implementation regularly discussed. > SGI Europe SGI Europe widely disseminated the autonomous framework agreement throughout its network of national correspondents and to its European sectoral members EFEE and HOSPEEM. The agreement’s implementation was closely monitored by SGI Europe social affairs board as a standing item on its agenda. SGI Europe secretariat provided support to its members and, at their request, presented the agreement on several occasions during national seminars to showcase a key example of social partner cooperation at European level. In the context of its EU funded project “Social services in cross-industry social dialogue” the Framework agreement was presented, and guidance was provided for its implementation during four technical expert seminars involving SGI Europe’s members and external stakeholders throughout 2019.