Working conditions for managers

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1. Definition of managers     1.1 How do you identify a manager in your country?     1.2 Are there distinct groupings within the category of managers?     1.3 Are there any specific public agencies/services aimed at promoting the job market for managers? 2. General and specific conditions of employment for managers     2.1 Compared with employment contracts for non-managerial employees, are there special laws that apply to employment contracts with managerial staff?     2.2 Are the terms and conditions of contracts with managers normally the result of individual contract bargaining or of collective bargaining?     2.3 Are managers in your countries subject to working time regulation on the basis of the European Working Time Directive?     2.4 What are the most common fringe-benefits?     2.5 Please describe if a flexible part of managers’ income is based on business results in your country:     2.6 On what basis are cancellation periods for dismissals of managerial staff regulated in your country?     2.7 How long is the cancellation period for dismissals of managerial staff on average (excluding board members)?     2.8 How long are generally cancellation periods for managerial employees compared to non-managerial employees?     2.9 Do national laws against arbitrary dismissals also apply to managerial staff?     2.10 Is the employer forced by law to give an explanatory statement in case of dismissal in order to prevent arbitrary decisions?     2.11 What other precautions are there against unfair dismissals?     2.12 What do you consider to be the most important elements in an employment contract for managers?     2.13 What kind of assistance do organisations of managers provide their members in contract negotiations?     2.14 What is the average replacement rate of public pensions for managers (at their highest seniority level), as a proportion of the last salary?     2.15 What is the average replacement rate of occupational and private pensions for managers (at their highest seniority level), as a proportion of the last salary? 3. Managers’ role in collective bargaining     3.1 In what way are unions or managers’ associations present in your country’s companies     3.2 Are there unions or managers’ associations negotiating collective agreement for managers in your country?         3.2.1 If yes, at what level?     3.3 Regardless of the question whether in your country managers’ organizations engage in collective bargaining or not: do collective agreements apply to the contracts of managerial staff?     3.4 If yes, do collective agreements overrule individual contracts?     3.5 What kind of collective rules are known in your system of industrial relations:     3.6 What other services, related to employment contract and employment conditions are offered by union and managers’ associations to their members? 4. Employee representation     4.1 Do you have elected employee representatives in your companies (excluding systems of employee representation on boards of directors or supervisory boards)?         4.1.1 If yes to 4.1 - at what level?         4.1.2 If yes to 4.1 - what is the legal basis of this representative body?         4.1.3 If yes to 4.1 – how is the employee representation for managers organised?     4.2 Is there an Employee representation at the board level ?         4.2.1 How are company boards structured in your country?         4.2.2 If companies with monistic system exist in your country, please answer the following points:         4.2.3 If companies with a dualistic board system exist in your country, please answer the following points: