Common use of Development Activities Clause in Contracts

Development Activities. In accordance with the principles of this agreement, salaried employees and their representatives shall be provided with the opportunity to take part in developing and implementing any change in work organisations, technology, working conditions and duties at work. Development activities and any associated application of new technology must seek more meaningful, varied and progressive employee duties and improved productivity. This will facilitate the personal development of salaried employees at work and improve their ability to undertake new duties. The measures adopted must not result in an increase in overall work burden that jeopardises the health and safety of the salaried employee. Implementation of cooperation Cooperation between the employer and salaried employees may be arranged through a committee of permanent character, through task forces established for the purpose of implementing improvement projects or through negotiations between the employer and the staff. The enterprise and its employees and salaried employees shall be evenly represented on any task force that is convened for the purpose of implementing an improvement project. The salaried employees shall nominate their own representatives, who shall primarily be salaried employees at the improvement site in question. Cooperation body A cooperation body may be set up by local agreement to consider various aspects of development activities and other matters. This cooperation body may replace separate cooperation and labour protection commissions, and other corresponding committees. To the extent locally agreed, the same cooperation body may also be responsible for activities and plans under the Act on Co- operation Within Undertakings, the Act on Occupational Safety and Health Enforcement and Cooperation on Occupational Safety and Health at Workplaces, the Occupational Health Care Act and the Act on Equality Between Women and Men.