Letter or agreement no15 - Regarding family-work-study balance

The negotiating parties recommend that the local parties create, by local arrangement, a joint inter-union committee on family-work-study balance. The committee’s mandate might include the following:

• to consult employees in order to identify needs related to family-work-study balance;
• to analyze the data received;
• to propose measures tailored to the needs of employees and to the realities of the work environment, and if necessary, to analyze the appropriateness of introducing these measures by means of pilot projects.

The composition, role and operations of the committee are determined by the local parties.