Round Table social dialogue Private Security

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Round Table social dialogue
Private Security

• RIGA 22 March 2006

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Social Dialogue in Luxembourg

• Presentation
• Léon JENAL
• Trade Union officer
• Luxembourg

Affiliate member of
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Short presentation Luxembourg

• Population 450.000
• Working Population 320.000
• Work force 200.000 residents
• 120.000 coming from border countries
• France/Belgium/Germany
• Private security sector 2500 workers
• 3 important companies
• Brinks 1000 employees Group 4 Falck 1000
  employees
• PEDUS Security 250 employees
• (Different smaller companies 250 employees)
• All companies are organized and affiliated in a
  Employers Federation (ALEGA)
• Affiliated to COESS

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Trade Unions

• 2 national representativ Unions
• ( National representatitv  means that these
  Unions are authorized to act and negociate in
  all kinds of activity branches/sectors)
• OGBL 60.000 members
• LCGB 35.000 members
• 3 smaller Unions 20.000 members
• (trading only in secific sectors covering
• Public workers/Banking and Insurance sector etc.)

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Social dialogue levels

• Social dialogue in Private security sector exists
  on 3 levels
• Company level
• Sectoral level
• National level

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Social dialogue Company level

• Social partners
• Employer
• Personal representativs
• (elected- foreseen by law for all company having
  more than 15 workers)
• At this level of social dialogue are treated all
  kinds of problems and organizational questions on
  a base of rights an obligations of both partners.
  This concerns the daily bussiness and the respect
  of law and/or collectiv agreement.
• Trade Union
• (Supporting the personal representativs in their
  actions.)

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Social dialogue Sectoral level

• Social partners
• Employers Federation
• (executive board)
• Trade Unions
• (supported by the company works councils)

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Social dialogue Sector

• Subjects treated
• All kinds off different sectoral conflicts
• Collective agreement

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Social dialogue Sector

• Problem/conflicts
• Transfer of contracts
• Non-respect of law and standards.

• Collective agreement
• Based on a specific Legislation there is an
  obligation to negociate upon request from the
  Unions.
• A collective agreement can be negociated for a
  company and/or a group of companies of the same
  activity branch or sector
• Goal
• To regulate and fix the pay and working
  conditions for the sector.

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Social dialogue Sector

• Subjects to be negotiated (1)
• Duration of the contract
• (legal duration of minimum 3 months to max. 36
  months)
• Undersigning partners qualites
• (Company or federations name/Unions name)
• Aplication
• Professional and territorial frame
• Begin and end of contract aplication

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Social dialogue Sector

• Subjects to be negotiated (3)
• Terms and conditions of hiring
• Terms and conditions of dismissal
• Working time
• Details of daily/weekly/monthly working hours and
  time off
• Public holidays
• Paid holidays
• Wages
• Pay conditions based on e.g. age/qualification/du
  ty
• Wage extra charges
• increase for overtime/night shift/Sunday work/
• Mutual engagement of equal salary for men and
  women

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Social dialogue Sector

• Subjects to be negotiated (3)
• Text of mutual respect an disposals to prevent
  sexual and moral harassment and mobbing.
• Training conditions
• Conditions and disposal for employment
  maintaining

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Social dialogue Sector

• Subjects to be negotiated (4)
• Final dispositions
• After common agreement and signature by all
  involved social partners, the final text is
  submitted to Ministry of work for official
  introduction and to be legalized.
• The social partners are asking at this stage to
  the ministry to declare the agreement for
  sectoral obligation.

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Social dialogue National level

• Social partners
• Companies of the private security sector
• Trade Unions
• Police authority
• Ministry of Labor
• Ministry of Justice

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Social dialogue National level

• Subjects treated
• Legislations in Private security
• Crime/ attack prevention on CIT
• Cooperation rules between public and private
  security
• Training Programs

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Social dialogue Conclusion

• Social Dialogue
• is the basic instrument to create and to keep
• Social Peace
• in the sector of private security
• and also on national level.