Common use of Control Measures Clause in Contracts

Control Measures. The parties refer to Chapter 9 of the Working Environment Act on control measures in the enterprise. Matters concerning the need for, design and implementation of, and material changes to the control measures shall be discussed with shop stewards. The enterprise shall keep employees informed through their shop stewards of plans and work in this field, to allow them, as early as possible, to make their views known. Control measures may have their basis in technological, financial, security and health concerns as well as other social and organisational conditions at the enterprise. Applied control measures shall not go beyond the scope needed and must be objectively justified. Employees or groups of employees shall be accorded equal treatment in the implementation of control measures. Before measures are implemented, management and shop stewards shall separately and jointly cooperate in providing employees with information about the purpose and practical consequences of the measures, including how they are implemented and their duration. To the extent that personal data are processed when executing control measures, questions relating to the duration of their storage, storage, deletion etc. shall be discussed with shop stewards and clarifies in compliance with the Personal Data Act and associated regulations. The parties shall, at regular intervals, evaluate the implemented control measures. At the request of either of the social partners at an enterprise, they shall seek to establish a local agreement on the design and implementation of the internal control measures and their area of application. If they fail to reach an agreement, each of them may bring the matter before the central organisations. Employees shall be accorded equal treatment in any deduction in pay for absence due to public service obligations. As regards public, elective offices, please see the Local Government Act and the Working Environment Act. An employee elected to the Storting is entitled to leave of absence. As regards other elective public offices, employees shall be granted leave of absence provided the leave does not negatively affect material business considerations. This does not apply if the duties can be performed outside of working hours.