2. SECTION TWO COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT.

3. WHAT IS A COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT?

4.  Article (54) A collective labour agreement is an agreement which is; drafted the Arabic language and concluded by the collective negotiations two parties. Such agreement shall include provisions related to improving the work’s terms and conditions in addition to elevating productivity.

5. THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT:  1. an written accord.  2. in Arabic language.  3. a product of collective negotiations labour relation two parties or representatives.  4. the main goal of such accord is improving work conditions for the employees in general.  5. finally to elevate (left up) productivity of the instillation.

6. THE VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT.

7.  Article (55) The collective labour agreement shall be binding starting from the date stated in it. A copy of such agreement shall be given to each of the collective negotiations’ parties, a copy of the agreement shall be deposited at the Ministry.

8. PARTIES OBLIGATIONS.  1. to respect the date of the agreement; where the both sides obligations start with.  2. each party will has a copy of the agreement to adhere to.  3. depositing a copy of the agreement within the Ministry of Labour to be a wittiness of the agreement, as well as to intervene in any misunderstandings between the two parties.

9. THE AGREEMENT TEMPORAL (TIME BASED) FRAMEWORK.

10.  Article (56)  The duration of the collective labour agreement shall be three years. The collective negotiation shall be conducted upon the request of either of the work’s two parties to three months before its expiration. The agreement shall remain valid until a new agreement is reached. Both production parties may agree to open the door to negotiations if it was necessary to do so.

11. TO NOTICE !  1. the time period of any collective agreement is three years no less or more.  2. no agreement between the two parties can be achieved in contradiction to this condition.  3. a new negotiation may started three months before the expiration of the existing agreement, add to that the parties have the right to renew the existing agreement with the same condition for another three years.  4. the existing agreement shall remain valid till achieving and signing a new one.  5. it should be known that, the two parties can both agree for the necessity to open the door to re-negotiate any matter within the agreement.

12. THE CONTENT OF THE LABOUR COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT.

13.  Article (57) According to the provisions of this Law, the collective labour agreement must as a minimum requirement include the following:  1. Freedom to exercise union’s activities.  2. The minimum wage limit for all types of work.  3. The conditions governing the employment of workers and releasing them from work.  4. A bipartite (two party) committee in order to settle any disputes that may arise from the implementation of the agreement.

14. THE INCLUDED PERSONS.

15.  Article (58)  1. The provisions of a collective labour agreement shall apply to:  a) All the related employer’s workers.  b) The employers and their representatives..  2. Persons other than the parties to the collective labour agreement shall have the right to join such agreement according to a written agreement concluded between such persons. Such agreement shall be submitted to the Ministry.

16.  Three categories of persons are related to a collective agreement:  1. the workers.  2. the employer or his representative.  3. other person who would like to join the parts their agreement by signing a separate accord to express his willing and depositing that accord at the Ministry of Labour.

17. THE MINISTRY INVOLVEMENT.

18.  Article (59)  The Minister shall issue the instructions necessary for the implementation of the collective labour agreement.

19.  This issue will consider an extra guarantee for the faithful implementation of the agreement, and that had been mentioned by article 17 of the Arabic Labour Convention No. 11 of 1979.