Common use of Modernisation Clause in Contracts

Modernisation. The parties agree to arrive at specific agreements on company level during this Collective Agreement period on a clear modernisation and flexibilisation of the Collective Agreement for the Textile Care Industry. To this end, the preconditions will be set out in concrete terms on the basis of further study, which will include flexibility, work schedules, day working hours (without overtime pay) and a budget neutral settlement of allowances. The income of the present employees will not decrease. External experts will be engaged for this. Approximately three companies that have a works council/employee representative body will run an administrative (shadow) trial, aimed at working out working hours scheduling (bottleneck test). The parties will make these agreements by 1 July 2017 and set these agreements out in a new Collective Agreement, in which this will be described in more detail in a specific, coherent text (so-called A and B parts). The decision-making will take place within Raltex.