miércoles, 4 de diciembre de 2013

WORKING CALENDAR 2014

We inform our colleagues that the union CCOO has made an agreement with SELLBYTEL about the working calendar for 2014.

This agreement does not affect all employee in SELLBYTEL due to CCOO do have the minority in the Company and it has not been agreed with UGT or the majority of the Workers Committee

We have asked SELLBYTEL for a copy of this agreement in order to see what they have agreed. Today we still haven’t received anything

jueves, 7 de noviembre de 2013

TWO WORKER REPRESENTATIVES SANCTIONED

TWO WORKER REPRESENTATIVES SANCTIONED DUE TO OUR GOOD WORK FOR THE EMPLOYEES

SELLBYTEL IS ACCUSING

· One representative for having released confidential information about the list of employees that was in title to have a fixed contract. The representative should have given this information to employees before Sellbytel gave the official list to us

THE REPRESENTATIVE HAS NOW BEEN SUSPENDED FOR TWO MONTH WITHOUT SALARY

· Second representative for not having done his/hers job in the project according to the procedure. Even though it is wary clear that the error was made by the transport company, Sellbytel decided to sanction the workers representative

THE REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN SANCTIONED WITH A WRITTEN WARNING

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DOS REPRESENTANTES DE LOS TRABAJADORES SANCIONADOS POR NUESTRO BUEN TRABAJO PARA LOS EMPLEADOS

SELLBYTEL ACUSA

· Un/una representante por haber publicado información confidencial sobre la lista de los empleados que tenían que tener un contrato indefinido. Según Sellbytel, el/la representante enseño dicha información a los empleados antes que Sellbytel comunicarse la lista oficial a UGT

EL/LA REPRESENTANTE YA HA SIDO SUSPENDIDO DOS MESES DE EMPLEO Y SUELDO

· Segundo/a representante por no haber hecho su trabajo en el proyecto de acuerdo con el procedimiento. Aunque está claro que el error fue realizado por el transportista, Sellbytel decidió sancionar al representante de los trabajadores

EL/LA REPRESENTANTE HA SIDO SANCIONADO CON UNA AMONESTACIÓN POR ESCRITO

 

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viernes, 11 de octubre de 2013

DON'T SIGN PAPERS

Before you sign any papers there are some basic rules that you follow.
First, you read what it is you have so sign and ask your self why.
Second, you have to be sure that you don't renounce any of your rights.
Third, you need to have a copy of the paper for your self.
Fourth, make sure that the date and place is correct.

In the PPS project, the employees has been told to sign a paper about confidentiality. This paper is violating your basic rights, therefore we recommend you not to sign the paper. In your contract with Sellbytel (which is your employer) you have already signed this confidentiality, the only deferens is that Sellbytel do not obligate you to NEVER talk about your work as stated in the document that they ask you to sing now.

Remember, you are always in your rights to consult us before you sign anything.

If you already have signed it, we recommend you to ask your Supervisor/Manager to give you the paper back.

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viernes, 20 de septiembre de 2013

FIXED CONTRACTS

On the 22nd of July 2013, we had an agreement in TLC with the Company about the 30% that by law should have a fixed contract.

Due to holidays the agreement was that the Company should have their list ready by the 15th of September 2013. On the 16th we had a meeting where they informed us the names. We found some errors in their list that needed to be corrected. So the second meeting was on the 19th, where the company came to the meeting with the minutes written already before the meeting. They informed us that it was nothing, just minutes saying that the company inform us. But in the text there was a sentence saying that we approved their list. And as the company had not given us time to study the list, and as we found people in the list that already had fixed contracts since months, we did not sign anything.

The minutes that was written before the meeting, was already signed by the CC.OO

We asked the company to change the minutes, and to give us time to study their list.
When the representative from HR left, she took all the papers with her.

Now we are preparing the papers to denounce the Company to TLC, stating that they did not meet the requirements stated in the sentence from TLC on the 22nd of July 2013.

INDEFINIDOS

El 22 de Julio de 2013 conseguimos llegar a un acuerdo en el TLC con la empresa, acerca del 30% de indefinidos que debería de haber por ley en Sellbytel.

Debido a las vacaciones, el acuerdo decía que la empresa debería tener las conversiones realizadas para el 15 de septiembre de 2013. No obstante, la primera reunión al respecto fue el 16, donde nos informaron de los nombres. Debido a varios errores detectados en la lista, realizamos otra reunión el 19, donde la empresa vino con un acta ya pre-escrita diciendo que era simplemente para informarnos de los nombres. Por el contrario, en el acta se expresaba que aprobábamos la lista de nombres, sin haber tenido tiempo siquiera de estudiar la lista. Además, en la lista entregada, incluso había personas que desde hace meses tenía ya su contrato indefinido, por lo que no firmamos el acta aportada.

A pesar de esto, el acta si ha sido firmada por CCOO.

Solicitamos a la empresa de cambiar el acta y darnos tiempo para estudiar detenidamente la lista. Cuando la representante de la empresa se fue, se llevó todos los papeles con ella, por lo que no podemos estudiar la misma.

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lunes, 2 de septiembre de 2013

SMALL MEETING ROOMS

To many people in the meeting room? or is it the meeting room that is to small?

We have seen that on the 6th floor, in meeting rooms calculated respectively for 10 and 13 people, there has been training for respectively 22 and 28 people.

This is not only a security risk, but also a risk for the hygiene. People can get sick due to lack of oxygen and due to bacteria.

We have denounced these incidents internally to the Committee of Health and Security. We have been promised that this issue will be solved latest today.

If we tomorrow see that the issue consist, we are going to denounce it to the proper authority, (ITC, Inspección de Traball Catalunya)

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martes, 13 de agosto de 2013

NEWS AUGOST 2013

EQUALITY PLAN
Finally after two and a half year we do have a equality plan in the Company
It has taken months and several hundred man hours.
We do have it on print in our office, if you want to read it

FIXED CONTRACTS, 30%
We do now, after two and a half years, have an agreement with the Company about how to implement the article in our collective agreement mentioning that 30% of the staff do have to have a fixed contract

PVD
It is a long story and it is still ongoing. It is very clear that the Company won’t implement the article in the collective agreement mentioning the 5 minutes break every hour. We have tried to negotiate and we have been very large at many points, but they will not accept the fact that the PVD is part of our collective agreement

CHANGES IN SANCTIONS POLICY
Regarding sanctions for being late at work, the Company has decided that the sanctions as maximum can be 7 days suspension when the warning is grave or very grave

MEDICAL VISIT
We do have 35 hours per year to visit our doctor during working hours. These hours cannot be denied. All you have to do is to register them in SBW. This is the only official way to inform the Company that you need time to go to doctor.
The 35 hours in including the time used for transport

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PLAN DE IGUALDAD

Después de dos años y medio, por fin tenemos un Plan de igualdad en la empresa. Ha costado muchos meses y horas negociarlo.

Lo tenemos imprimido en nuestra oficina, por si queréis echarle un vistazo.

INDEFINIDOS 30%

Por fin hemos alcanzado un acuerdo con la empresa acerca del 30% de indefinidos obligatorio por convenio.

PVD

Es una historia muy larga y sigue en curso. Está muy claro para nosotros que la empresa no aplicará el artículo del convenio en el que tenemos que tener 5 minutos de pausa cada hora. Hemos intentado negociar en muchas ocasiones, pero no aceptarán que el PVD es parte de nuestro convenio.

CAMBIO EN LA POLÍTICA DE SANCIONES

En cuanto a las sanciones por retrasos al puesto de trabajo, la empresa ha decidido que la sanción máxima en la falta muy grave será de 7 días de suspensión en vez de entre 12 días y 2 meses como dice el convenio.

HORAS MÉDICA

Disponemos de 35 horas al año para visitas médicas en el horario laboral. Estas horas no pueden ser denegadas. Lo único que tienes que hacer es registrarlas en SBW. Esta es la única manera oficial de informar a la empresa de que asistirás al médico. En las 35 horas se incluye el tiempo que utilizas en el médico más el tiempo de desplazamiento

 

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lunes, 12 de agosto de 2013

SEVERAL EMPLOYEES GOES TO COURT

Several employees goes to court demanding the Company for violating the labour law for giving economically sanctions when they give a warning

We are awaiting the outcome

 

Varios empleados han demandado al a Empresa por violar la ley laboral penalizando con sanciones económicas cuando tienen una falta (más conocido como aplicar multa de haber)

Estamos a la espera del resultado

EQUALITY PLAN

Finally we do have an equality plan in Sellbytel.

UGT asked for the plan already in March 2011, and the Company informed us that there were no equality plan.
Since then we have been asking the Company several times to implement an equality plan, but without any luck.

Then April this year we got help from the ITC (Inspección de Trabell Catalunya) and that helped a lot.

Now the equality plan is in place, signed, and approved. Now we just need to see it on the Intranet.

UGT has been working hard in order to finish the plan. We had professional help coming from the union, and all, almost all, our suggesting's has been implemented in the equality plan. To start with, the Company thought that it could be done in 3 weeks, we told them that was impossible. And we were right. Several time the end date had to be postponed. After 3 month and several hundreds man hours, we succeed to finish the plan.

We welcome the new equality plan and we do hope that the plan will be implemented successfully in the Company policy.

If you have any questions, or if you want to read the equality plan, you are more than welcome to visit our office at any time. Here we do have the plan on print.

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jueves, 8 de agosto de 2013

MEDICAL VISIT

When you need to visit your doctor, you have to try to get the appointment in your free time. But as we all know, the doctors are very busy, and it can therefore be very difficult to get an appointment out of office hours. So in order to not wait to long to visit your doctor, you take the appointment you can get.

By the way, you don't have to call your medical centre to get the appointment, you can book it on the Internet, www.catsalut.cat

Once you have the appointment, you book the time you need, including transport, in Sellby-World. The time you book in Sellby-World, does not have to be approved, nor can it be denied. Said with other words, you don't have to discuss the time you need to your medical visit.

You do have 35 hours per year to visit your doctor during office hours. These hours are not to be recovered.

If you use more than 35 hours per year to visit your doctor, the Company can choose to deduct the hours in your salary.

 

If you have any questions/doubts, please don't hesitate to contact us

jueves, 1 de agosto de 2013

MUY IMPORTANTE "INDEFINIDOS"

 

La Sección Sindical UGT informa a todos los empleados de Sellbytel Group, Barcelona:

 

El lunes 22 de julio de 2013, comparecimos en el Tribunal Laboral de Catalunya, para llegar por fin a un acuerdo entre la Empresa Sellbytel y el Sección Sindical sobre los contratos a convertir en indefinidos.

 

Ambas partes acuerdan que los criterios para designar aquellos trabajadores que pasan a la condición de fijos en plantilla sean:

-Que de los 74 trabajadores que faltan para llegar al 30% de indefinidos según convenio, 37 de ellos con una antigüedad en la Empresa antes de 31/12/2009 adquirirán la condición de fijos en plantilla por razones estrictas de antigüedad en la Empresa.

-Que para los 37 restantes que tienen que pasar a fija, se aplicarán los criterios según convenio.

 

El procedimiento de pase a fijos en plantilla detallado anteriormente deberá concluirse a 15 de Septiembre de 2013 como máximo

Changes in the pay slip

With the new system Meta4, you might have noticed that you no longer have 30 days on your pay slip. You have now 1 month.

 

So how do you calculate your salary if you worked less than 1 month?

The calculation is: [30/100*the worked days (natural days)]

 

Or you can use the table below:

Salario

miércoles, 22 de mayo de 2013

NEWS Nº 5



In Manzana project, some unfair warnings has been redrawn after negotiations with HR

Several employees have taken their warnings to the lawyer. It is free if you are affiliated in UGT. If you are not affiliated, you need to go to C/Girona 2, where you will be assigned a lawyer, and if you win you will have to pay a fee of aprox 30% of the amount you win.

The work in the equality commission is in process. We do have meetings every Friday. ITC has given a dead line, the 19th of July 2013

Problems with the bonus system in a project in c/Pamplona.
Employees did have some complains.
After we had meetings in the project, they are now making changes for the better.

PVD:  
Since July 2012, ITC obligated the company to implement the PVD in a logic way together with the committee.
Unfortunately, the company implemented a software without being in contact with us and without trying and evaluating this mentioned software for a few workers first. (SBT only informed us about this application in written but without having a meeting, showing the exact features and function of this software)  
After a huge mess, we managed to have another try in order to organise the best way for this law (eye pause)... again without success. 
It is clear by now that Sellbytel simply does not want to implement this law. Neither according to how exactly the convention says nor an alternative agreement although they have been told by a high authority last year in July to do so immediately!
It is very difficult to stay in a clear communication with SBT since they try to complicate things and block our rights.
In this case, we did our best but could not get to an end. 
Therefore, we see ourselves obligated to go back to the inspection and hand over the case to them. 
We really want to apologize for this whole mess but, believe us, if it was up to us the PVD was by now implemented without inconvenience for the employees and the company

martes, 14 de mayo de 2013

HOLIDAYS



We have 23 holiday’s days per year (calculated in working days). That means we earn 1,916 day per month.

When you are new in the company, you cannot expect to be granted holidays the first 3 month.

When you have been here one year, then you are in title to request your holidays in any period when you want (Estatuto de los Trabajadores). 

If you leave before the 31st of December of the year in which you have taken holidays, the sum for the excess holidays that you have taken will be discounted from the final settlement.

When holiday’s are to be taken, is always a mutual agreement between you and the company. You request your holidays on SellbyWorld, and you should receive an answer within 1 week.

Holidays cannot be paid out in cash. This is not possible according to the Labour Law (Estatuto de los trabajadores) unless it is an end of contract.

viernes, 5 de abril de 2013

Suggestion to negociation

We have given following suggestion to negociation to the compamy:


PROYECTO DE ACUERDO SOBRE DÍAS DE LA ENFERMEDAD DEL NIÑO

Sugerimos que padres con niños menores de edad, puedan coger hasta tres días no retribuidos cuando el niño este enfermo. Los días de ausencia serán de carácter no retribuidos. El empleado presentará un justificante de visita a nombre del niño.
Si ambos padres trabajan en la misma Empresa, los días no retribuidos solo podrán ser cogidos por uno de los padres.

En el texto del acuerdo se ha utilizado el masculino como genérico para englobar a los trabajadores y las trabajadoras, sin que esto suponga ignorancia de las diferencias de género existentes, al efecto de no realizar una escritura demasiado compleja.

martes, 12 de marzo de 2013

SHORT NEWS, March

SHORT NEWS Nº 3


  • We are negotiating with the company in order to have the seniority bonus applied to all employees

  • We are negotiating with the company in order to have the ticket restaurant provided to all employees

  • We are still negotiating the Visual screen pause (PVD) with the company

  • We are discussing with the company to comply with the section 13 and 14 of the fifth Collective agreement related to the work placement of the structural personal with 30% of permanent contract

  • The pressure of all extinguisher will be measured in March

  • The screen reflection in the manzana proyect will be measured beginning of March

  • An employee has won in a court against the company for illegal dismissal during maternity leave

  • We are working on an English version of the Spanish collective agreement of the Contact Centre
  • The Sellbytel Unions are working with the company to elaborate an equality plan

WEEKENDS, art. 25

The company called us for an urgent meeting about contracts.

It turned out to be a meeting where they wanted to have an agreement with us about making contracts where the employees are working every weekend.

We said NO

We cannot and will not make an agreement on behalf of the employees that goes against the article 25 in the collective agreement, that guarantee all workers 2 weekends of per month.
A weekend is considered as 48 hours beginning Saturday at 00:00 Hours to Sunday 24:00 Hours.


viernes, 1 de marzo de 2013

DISMISSALS, HOW TO SIGN

There are 2 kinds of dismissals in Spain.

The legal dismissal, (procedente).
You are being dismissed due to a legal reason and you are in tittle to receive your settlement "finiquito" which is your last salary including the pending holidays, pending compensation days, your bonus from last month and the bonus you have earned in the current month, overtime etc.

You sign as received, and if there is an error in the calculation, you have 1 year to file a complain.


The illegal dismissal, (improcedente).
You are dismissed due to a reason that isn't totally correct, and/or the company cannot proof the reason given. Here you will be in tittle to receive not only the settlement "finiquito" but also a compensation for the illegal dismissal.

Sign the dismissal letter with "NO CONFORME", and then your signature.
You will not get your compensation paid before you have been in something called CMAC.

You have to file your complain about the disagreement with the dismissal within 20 working days (CMAC).

It is important that you go to CMAC, otherwise the compensation will be considered as a normal salary by the tax office, and you will have to pay extra taxes when you make your declaration.

Any questions, send us an email

Remember that you can always ask for some of us to be with you at any time.

jueves, 24 de enero de 2013

RESULT OF THE PARTIAL ELLECTION

RESULT OF THE PARTIAL ELLECTION
UGT won 4 out of the 6 vacancies
We would like to express our gratitude and thank you for voting, and confiding in us
The Committee consists now of:
UGT: 14
CCOO: 9

RESULTADE DE LAS ELECIONES PARCIALES
UGT ganó 4 plazas de 6 vacantes
Nos gustaría expresar nuestra gratitud, daros las gracias por votar y confiar en nosotros
El Comité está compuesto ahora por:
UGT: 14
CCOO: 9

martes, 22 de enero de 2013

NOTICIAS 07/01/2013 - 20/01/2013


Hemos dicho bienvenido a 2 nuevos proyectos localizados en la planta 10
We have said welcome to 2 new projects located on the 10th floor

Ha sido mucho trabajo con la propaganda de las elecciones sindicales, para las 6 plazas vacantes
We have had a lot of work with the propaganda for the Committee elections, for the 6 vacancies

Reunión del Comité de Empresa.
CCOO se presentó con un miembro solo, Christian
Meeting in the workers council.
CCOO was represented by only 1 person, Christian

Han sido muchos despidos en el proyecto Manzana Store. Hemos dado ayudo a muchos de estos después el despido
There have been a lot of dismissals in the A- Store project. We have had to help many of them after their dismissal

Reuniones en el sindicato
Meetings in the Union

Hemos ganado la controversia sobre el 30% de contratos indefinidos.
Hemos tenido esta controversia con la Empresa durante un año, y por fin el Comisión Paritaria de Interpretación de Convenio nos ha dado razón
We have won the dispute regarding the 30% on fixed contract.
We have had this dispute with the company for about 1 year, and finally the  Joint Commission of Interpretation of the collective agreement has given us right

OS RECORDAMOS QUE HABRA ELECIONES DEL COMITÉ DE EMPRESA EL 23 DE ENERO 2013
(Diagonal: planta 14, Pamplona: sala de conferencia, Mas Blau: Prat D)

WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THERE WILL BE ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE ON JANUARY, 23rd 2013
(Diagonal: 14th floor, Pamplona: Conference room, Mas Blau: Prat D)