Common use of PROJECT TIMETABLE Clause in Contracts

PROJECT TIMETABLE. With the extension of the Living Standards Agreement until 31 January 2024, discussions on other issues than the wage item in the parties’ presentation of a claim are postponed. The parties agree to start negotiations on other claims as stated in the following table. The first meeting of each group will be held on the premises of the State Conciliation and Mediation Office where the group’s work will be planned and the scope of the project and the need for subgroups will be assessed. Assuming that the working groups’ projects will be completed in accordance with the timeframe stated in the project plan. Either party may request the assistance of the State Conciliation and Mediation Office in chairing the meeting, if necessary. Project begins Project finishes Work on bookings Started 10 February 2023 Professional training and continuous and life-long learning 19 January 2023 9 November 2023 Working hours (vacation, shortening, holidays, flexibility, etc.), Remote working 14 March 2023 14 December 2023 Other issues (acquired rights, notice period, wage settlement period, trips to and from work, etc.) 16 May 2023 6 September 2023 Pension fund and industrial democracy 13 September 2023 14 December 2023 Facilities and health (illness, health promotion, health protection) 10 October 2023 14 December 2023 Professional retail training is a project that provides employees with the opportunity to undertake studies of up to 90 credits and have their education used to determine their wages. Skills assessment measured against labour market criteria will be used so that employees can use the aforementioned skills as credit to shorten their studies. The courses take place in the premises of the Commercial College of Iceland (Verzlunarskóli Íslands) and consist of distance learning, localised classwork and workplace training. The programme provides 90 credits, 60 credits theoretical work-related courses and 30 credits in workplace training under the guidance of a workplace trainer. The studies are based on competency analyses for the position of retail representative, which has been placed in level 2 of the ISQF, and middle management in shops, which has been placed in level 3 of the ISQF. The employee’s application for the studies is subject to the approval of the company, and the workplace training aspect of the programme takes place in co-operation with the company with the involvement of its workplace trainer. The studies are expected to begin in January 2020, and individuals will be invited to undergo a skills assessment in October/November 2019. The parties to the agreement agree that the skills assessments of employee are to be used in the determination of wages. Either party to the agreement may request that the representatives of the agreement review the manner in which such assessment shall influence the determination of wages. The parties will jointly continue to develop ideas and arrangements for the funding of a rental housing company, with e.g. the involvement of pension funds within the negotiating sphere of the parties. The object of the company is the housing security of tenants, advantageous renting conditions and to create a good investment opportunity for pension funds. The parties to the agreement plan to adopt a new payroll system as a part of the collective wage agreement. Its principal object is to ensure that wage determinations within companies are objective and flexible. The payroll system is to provide an optional arrangement for workplaces as a permitted deviation under Section 5 of the Collective Wage Agreement. The provisions of Section 5 apply in other respects as regards the adoption of new payroll systems in companies. The trade union involved, or trade unions if more than one union is party to the Agreement, shall establish whether the deviations that are agreed from regular terms, and the remuneration in return for them, are compatible, as a whole, with the provisions of law and collective agreements regarding minimum terms, cf. provisions thereto in Section 5.

PROJECT TIMETABLE. With the extension of the Living Standards Agreement until 31 January 2024, discussions on other issues than the wage item in the parties’ presentation of a claim are postponed. The parties agree to start negotiations on other claims as stated in the following table. The first meeting of each group will be held on the premises of the State Conciliation and Mediation Office where the group’s work will be planned and the scope of the project and the need for subgroups will be assessed. Assuming that the working groups’ projects will be completed in accordance with the timeframe stated in the project plan. Either party may request the assistance of the State Conciliation and Mediation Office in chairing the meeting, if necessary. Project begins Project finishes Work on bookings Started 10 February 2023 Professional training and continuous and life-long learning 19 January 2023 9 November 2023 Working hours (vacation, shortening, holidays, flexibility, etc.), Remote working 14 March 2023 14 December 2023 Other issues (acquired rights, notice period, wage settlement period, trips to and from work, etc.) 16 May 2023 6 September 2023 Pension fund and industrial democracy 13 September 2023 14 December 2023 Facilities and health (illness, health promotion, health protection) 10 October 2023 14 December 2023 PROTOCOLS, DECLARATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND APPENDICES‌‌‌‌ Professional retail training is a project that provides employees with the opportunity to undertake studies of up to 90 credits and have their education used to determine their wages. Skills assessment measured against labour market criteria will be used so that employees can use the aforementioned skills as credit to shorten their studies. The courses take place in the premises of the Commercial College of Iceland (Verzlunarskóli Íslands) and consist of distance learning, localised classwork and workplace training. The programme provides 90 credits, 60 credits theoretical work-related courses and 30 credits in workplace training under the guidance of a workplace trainer. The studies are based on competency analyses for the position of retail representative, which has been placed in level 2 of the ISQF, and middle management in shops, which has been placed in level 3 of the ISQF. The employee’s application for the studies is subject to the approval of the company, and the workplace training aspect of the programme takes place in co-operation with the company with the involvement of its workplace trainer. The studies are expected to begin in January 2020, and individuals will be invited to undergo a skills assessment in October/November 2019. The parties to the agreement agree that the skills assessments of employee are to be used in the determination of wages. Either party to the agreement may request that the representatives of the agreement review the manner in which such assessment shall influence the determination of wages. The parties will jointly continue to develop ideas and arrangements for the funding of a rental housing company, with e.g. the involvement of pension funds within the negotiating sphere of the parties. The object of the company is the housing security of tenants, advantageous renting conditions and to create a good investment opportunity for pension funds. The parties to the agreement plan to adopt a new payroll system as a part of the collective wage agreement. Its principal object is to ensure that wage determinations within companies are objective and flexible. The payroll system is to provide an optional arrangement for workplaces as a permitted deviation under Section 5 of the Collective Wage Agreement. The provisions of Section 5 apply in other respects as regards the adoption of new payroll systems in companies. The trade union involved, or trade unions if more than one union is party to the Agreement, shall establish whether the deviations that are agreed from regular terms, and the remuneration in return for them, are compatible, as a whole, with the provisions of law and collective agreements regarding minimum terms, cf. provisions thereto in Section 5.