What resources does the Social and Economic Committee (ESC) have?
Verified 13 October 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
In order to carry out its tasks, the Social and Economic Committee (ESC) can benefit from various means.
The resources available to the CSE vary according to the number of employees in the company: less than 50 employees or 50 employees or more.
We are taking stock of the regulations.
Less than 50 employees
No, the ESC: titleContent has no budget.
Yes, the employer provides the ESC: titleContent a room necessary for them to carry out their duties and, in particular, for them to meet.
To inform employees, the ESC: titleContent has a billboard. It must be different from the one used for union communications.
The CSE may also display information at designated union communication locations, as well as at the entrances to workplaces.
Members of the ESC: titleContent receive training in health, safety and working conditions.
The duration of the training shall be:
- 5 days at their 1er mandate,
- 3 days in case of renewal of their mandate.
Time spent on training is taken from working time.
The employee is paid by the employer.
Training time is not deducted from delegation hours.
Funding for this training is provided by the employer.
The employer shall cover the travel expenses of the members of the EESC. This support is within the price limit of 2nde class of railway for the shortest route between the establishment and the place of training.
Subsistence expenses are covered by the employer up to a fixed amount for duties of officials.
50 or more employees
The ESC: titleContent has an operating budget and a budget for social and cultural activities (SCA).
The employer provides an operating grant to the CSE based on the size of the company.
The operating budget of the EESC is set at:
- 0.20% of the gross wage bill in companies of 50 to 1 999 employees
- 0.22%in companies of at least 2 000 employees.
The budget for social and cultural activities is set by company agreement.
In the absence of an agreement, the annual contribution shall be calculated by reference to the ratio of the contribution to the gross wage bill for the preceding year.
Thus, the ratio of the contribution to the gross wage bill for year N cannot be less than the same ratio existing for year N-1.
Example :
A company has assigned €75,000 of subsidy. The payroll is €750,000.
The ratio of this contribution is 75,000/750,000 = 0.1 10%.
The ESC may transfer part of the annual surplus from its operating budget to the budget for social and cultural activities.
Transfer to the budget for social and cultural activities is possible within the limits of 10% of that surplus.
The ESC may also transfer all or part of the annual surplus of the budget for social and cultural activities to the operating budget
Yes, The Employer provides the ESC: titleContent a furnished room (tables and chairs, for example).
The employer provides the necessary equipment (telephone line, documentation for example) to the CSE to carry out its mission.
To inform employees, the ESC: titleContent has a billboard. It must be different from the one used for union communications.
The CSE may also display information at designated union communication locations, as well as at the entrances to workplaces.
Members of the ESC: titleContent receive different training.
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Training health, safety and working conditions
1st term
EESC members are trained in health, safety and working conditions.
The training shall be of a duration of 5 days.
Funding for this training is provided by the employer.
Time spent on training is taken from working time. The employee is paid by the employer. Training time is not deducted from delegation hours.
The employer shall cover the travel expenses of the members of the EESC. This support is within the price limit of 2nde class of railway for the shortest route between the establishment and the place of training.
Subsistence expenses are covered by the employer up to a fixed amount for duties of officials.
Renewal of mandate
The length of training varies depending on whether the employee is a member of the Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee in companies with 300 or more employees or not.
Members of the EESC
EESC members are trained in health, safety and working conditions.
The training shall be of a duration of 3 days.
Funding for this training is provided by the employer.
Time spent on training is taken from working time. The employee is paid by the employer. Training time is not deducted from delegation hours.
The employer shall cover the travel expenses of the members of the EESC. This support is within the price limit of 2nde class of railway for the shortest route between the establishment and the place of training.
Subsistence expenses are covered by the employer up to a fixed amount for duties of officials.
Members of the Committee on Health, Safety and Working Conditions in companies with 300 or more employees
They receive training in 5 days.
Funding for this training is provided by the employer.
Time spent on training is taken from working time. The employee is paid by the employer. Training time is not deducted from delegation hours.
The employer shall cover the travel expenses of the members of the EESC. This support is within the price limit of 2nde class of railway for the shortest route between the establishment and the place of training.
Subsistence expenses are covered by the employer up to a fixed amount for duties of officials.
Economic training
1st term
Members holders of the ESC elected for 1re time receive an economic training course of up to 5 days.
Funding for this training is provided by the EESC.
Renewal
When the member of the EESC has exercised his or her mandate for 4 consecutive years or not, he shall again receive an economic training period of up to 5 days.
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