Employee Involvement - Transnational Company Agreements Transnational company agreements are concluded by one or more representatives of a company or a group of companies on the one hand, and one or more workers’ organisations on the other. They cover working and employment conditions and/or relations between employers and workers or their representatives. Indeed, the internationalisation of company organisation, mergers and take-overs, the emergence of European companies, the increasing mobility of the factors of production and the ever more transnational scale of restructuring operations bring with them a growing need for transnational negotiation within firms. Against the backdrop of new approaches to dialogue and corporate social responsibility, companies and workers’ representatives have begun agreeing texts in various forms, drawn up jointly for application in more than one Member State. These initiatives help to anticipate cross-border employment developments, launch flanking measures for restructuring and manage human resources in transnational companies. However, the rapid development of transnational negotiations since 2000 already concerned over 10 million workers worldwide in 2012, raising some fundamental practical, legal and political questions for the social actors and the European Union. These issues relate to the discrepancy between the transnational scope of the texts concluded and national norms and references. The EU supports the development of transnational company agreements through exchanges of experience, financial support, monitoring and studies. An expert group has been set up by the Commission with that aim. Various reports and studies are available. Reports Commission staff working document SWD(2012)264 - Transnational company agreements: realising the potential of social dialogue Commission staff working document SEC(2008)2155 - The role of transnational company agreements in the context of increasing international integration Mapping of transnational texts negotiated at corporate level Expert Group on transnational company agreements: Results and follow-up General Presentation / Report / Draft elements for conclusions Expert Group on transnational company agreements: Sixth meeting of the Expert Group on 11 October 2011 Minutes of the sixth meeting of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements of 11 October 2011 Latest developments in the field of transnational company agreements: Presentation Database on transnational company agreements: Presentation Legal effects of company agreements: General Presentation / Study results executive summary in EN / Final report Expert Group on transnational company agreements: Fifth meeting of the Expert Group on 3 May 2011 Minutes of the fifth meeting of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements of 3 May 2011 Latest developments in the field of transnational company agreements: Presentation / Lessons learned from a series of ITC ILO workshops with and for management representatives Latest examples of transnational company agreements: Presentations on Alstrom and ETEX, the experience of members of the European HRD circle Legal effects of transnational company agreements: General presentation / Study results / Views from comapny Pfleiderer AG Expert Group on transnational company agreements: Fourth meeting of the Expert Group on 26 October 2010 Minutes of the fourth meeting of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements of 26 October 2010 Latest developments in the field of transnational company agreements: Presentation Latest examples of transnational company agreements: Presentations on Thales, GDFSuez and AirFrance-KLM Latest research activities at ILO Links between transnational company agreements and other levels of social dialogue: General presentation / Study results / Views from company PPR / Views from EMCEF for the chemical sector Expert Group on transnational company agreements: Third meeting of the Expert Group on 7 May 2010 Minutes of the third meeting of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements of 7 May 2010 Follow-up on Study on international private law aspects (final results to be found under 'studied'): Presentation Latest developments in the field of transnational company agreements: Presentation Latest examples of transnatiional company agreements: Presentation on Unicredit and Statoil Form and transparency in transnational company agreements: Issues paper / General presentation / Presentation on Club Méditerranée Database on transnational company agreements: Specifications / Presentation Expert Group on transnational company agreements: Second meeting of the Expert Group on 27 November 2009 Minutes of the second meeting of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements of 27 November 2009 Latest developments in the field of transnational company agreements: Presentation / List of agreements Latest examples of transnational company agreements: Presentations on Solvay and Volkswagen Latest research activities at ILO and European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions Implementation and disputes relating to transnational company agreements: Issues paper / General presentation Study on international private law aspects (final results to be found under 'studies'): Main findings / Presentation Expert Group on transnational company agreements: First meeting of the Expert Group on 14 May 2009 Rules of procedure of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements Minutes of the first meeting of the Expert Group on transnational company agreements of 14 May 2009 Transnational company agreements in times of economic and social change: Issues paper / General Presentation - Presentations: Example of Ford of Europe from the point of view of management and European Works Council Actors involved in transnational company agreements: Issues paper / General presentation - Insiders views: Example of Areva European agreement on equal opportunities - Presentation - European Metalworkers' approach to transnational company agreement - Presentation Conference on 13 and 14 November 2008 Anticipating change and restructuring in the transnational agreements Report of company workshop: Anticipation and management of change - the role of transnational texts adopted at the company level Report of the French EU Presidency conference - 'Transnational company agreements. Dialog, rights, anticipating corporate restructuring, actors: A new perspective' Seminar - Study Seminar on 27 November 2006 Second study seminar - Transnational agreements - Presentation Document de travail 1: Accords transnationaux Etude complémentaire - Méthode Working document 2: Transnational agreements - Complementary study - Updated list of existing transnational texts for the European area concluded before 2006 Working document 3: Transnational agreements - Complementary study - First findings Compte rendu du séminaire d'étude du 27 novembre 2006 Seminar - Study Seminar on 17 May 2006 Opening speech of Mr Bernhard Jansen Case study Arcelor: presentations by Mr Luis Miguel Fernandez, EMF coordinator and Mr Jean-Yves Tollet, Head of international coordination of labour law, Arcelor Compte rendu du séminaire d'étude du 17 Mai 2006 'The development of transnational agreements - First approach' - March 2006 Transnational texts negotiated at corporate level: facts and figures: Working document / Annex: Table / Presentation Study on 'Transnational collective bargaining: past, present and future' - Presentation Studies Study on the characteristics and legal effects of agreements between companies and workers' representatives (2011): Executive Summary / Final report Study on international private law aspects and dispute settlement related to transnational company agreements: Executive summary / Final report / Annex 1 / Annex 2 Synthesis Report on conciliation, mediation and arbitration in the European Union Individual reports: Austria / Belgium / Denmark / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Ireland / Italy / Luxembourg / Netherlands / Portugal / Spain / Sweden / United Kingdom Study on 'Transnational collective bargaining: past, present and future': Final Report Conference 2008 'Anticipating change and restructuring in transnational agreements': - Restructuring and anticipation dimension of existing transnational agreements: Analysis / Overview table - Background Paper on International Framework Agreements - Background document