Inspection du Travail et des Mines Grand - Duché de Luxembourg

Pierre LORANG Ingénieur Technicien Inspecteur Principal 1er en rang Chef de la Division des Représentations des Salariés Sandro BIRASCHI Chef de Bureau Division des Représentations des Salariés Jill ERNSDORFF Employée Back Office SRS Inspection du Travail et des Mines Grand - Duché de Luxembourg Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 1

Elections of staff delegations 2

Elections of staff delegations «Principal» staff delegations: Regularly 15 wage earners 100 majority (single candidatures) system > 100 proportional (lists) voting system 3

Different representations Youth delegation if regularly 5 young workers Central delegation when more than one establishments makes up a company Joint Comities if regularly 150 wage earners Staff representatives in the Board of Directors if regularly 1000 wage earners European Comities 4

Electoral procedure Secret voting every 5 years Whole procedure takes more than 1 ½ months Management is in charge to organise the elections Timetable to stick to 5

Eligibility (voting rights) voter (active voting rights): Age 18 years old, 6 month (not continuously) with the company candidates (passive voting rights): Age 18 years old, 12 months continuously with the company citizen of a member of the EEU (EEE) or allowance to work, Head of the company and relatives in blood or marriage up to 4th degree, not manager, not director or head of HR 6

In case of complaints about regularity of the electoral process, the director of l ITM and Administrative Court may decide to reorganise elections Elections: Wednesday, November 7 th 13 2013

Friday, October 11th (1 month at least b4 the elections) Post a notice with date, time and place, the number of delegates to elect, voting rights... Last day to introduce a request for postal voting authorisation by the Minister of Labour Copy to the ITM 8

Tuesday, October 22nd (three weeks b4 the elections) Date where the electoral lists have to be provided Posting of notice that complaints against these lists are accepted in writing for three days (within three days as of posting), October 23rd up to 25th Copy of the lists and notice to the ITM 9

Tuesday, October 29th 6:00 PM (15th calendar day b4 opening the elections) Date and Time limit for introducing candidatures 3 days grace (copy to ITM) if insufficient number of candidates up to (Friday November 1st) Monday November 4nd 6:00 PM In case of proportional voting, request for list numbers at the Director of ITM 10

From Friday, November 8th to Tuesday, November 12th (the 3 working days b4 elections) Post Notice of candidatures in the establishment In case of postal voting, this might be Tuesday November 5th (8 days b4 elections) In case of shift work and elections on more than one day: earliest Wednesday November 6th 11

Before November 13th Setup of the electoral office 1 chairman (General Manager or a deputy) 2 assessors (representing staff, appointed by the outgoing staff delegation) Responsible for the organisation of the electoral office Ballot papers, ballot box, electoral cabins, counting Report AND Announcement of the results 12

Wednesday, November 13th Day of elections Opening the electoral office right in time (posted) Secret ballot Closing the electoral office right in time (posted) Counting the votes (immediately closing the office) Record of the election process has to be made Copy (immediately) of the record to ITM 13

Ballot Secret ballot (NO witnesses ) Not too much people (voters) at the same time in the electoral office NO publicity in the electoral office Ballot paper handed out by the chairman Electoral cabin Ballot paper folded (stamp outside) Voter leaves immediately the electoral office 14

From Thursday November 14th to Monday November 18th (3 consecutive days to the elections) Posting notice of the results of the elections an the names of the elected staff delegates 15

Tuesday December 3rd and Wednesday December 4th (b4 and NOT b4 the 15th day after 3rd day of the posting of the results) Complaints about electoral regularity (registered letter) Installation of the staff delegation (if NO complaints) 16

Vote counting (1): Shuffling the ballot papers Verify the number of voters against the number of ballot papers Control/Discuss of the validity of each ballot paper Chairman declares the votes, the assessors point the counting lists Double count of the results Report and Announcement of the results 17

Vote counting (2): Simple majority system: The candidates with the highest number of votes are elected, the following are substitutes Proportional voting system: Seats are distributed among the lists Inside the lists, the candidates with the highest number of votes are elected, the following are substitutes Common: Event of tide vote, the eldest candidate is elected 18

Example of proportional counting: Nombre of vague earners on October 1st 2013 : 240 Seats to be distributed: 6 effective+ 6 substitutes Potential number of voters: 196 voters Effective voters 174 Number of NULL bulletins : 14 Total number of valide votes: 1841 Electoral number 1841/(6+1) = 263,0 264 Minimum of votes for a list 5% of 1841 = 92,05 93 19

First calculation: Name of the list Number of votes per list / Delegates Substitutes electoral number List A 815/264=3.08 3 3 List B 261/264=0.98 0 0 List C 77 0 0 List D 501/264=1.89 1 1 List E 187/264=0.71 0 0 4 4 Total : 20

Supplemental seats: Name of the list Number of votes for a ( Number of seats already got + 1 ) List A 815/4 203.75 List B 261/1 261 List D 501/2 250.5 List E 187/1 187 Name of the list Number of votes for a ( Number of seats already got + 1 ) List A 815/4 203.75 List B 261/2 130.5 List D 501/2 250.5 List E 187/1 187 21 list/ Result : list/ Result :

Final Result: Name of the list Delegates Substitutes List A 3 3 List B 1 1 List C 0 0 List D 2 2 List E 0 0 Total : 6 6 22

Valid VS invalid ballot papers 23

Valable, la liste A prend les 16 voix (scrutins) Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 24

Bulletin valable: Les seize voix ont été utilisées. Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 25

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Valable, même si seulement 10 des 16 voix ont été utilisés Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 27

Bulletin valable, aucun des candidats de la liste n'ayant reçu plus de 2 voix et l'électeur n'ayant pas dépassé les 16 suffrages à sa disposition Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 28

Bulletin valable, l électeur n ayant utilisé que 5 des 16 voix disponibles Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 29

Bulletin NUL, l électeur ayant utilisé plus que 16 voix Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 30

Bulletin du moins DISCUTABLE: Bien que la créativité de l électeur ne soit pas interdite, on pourrait interpréter ceci comme intention de rendre le identifiable Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 31

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Bulletin valable: Suffrage de liste pour la liste A Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 33

Bulletin DISCUTABLE: Même une croix imparfaite est valable en suffrage de liste, à moins que le fait de «cocher» rende le bulletin identifiable Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 34

Bulletin TRÈS DISCUTABLE: Ce ne sont PAS des croix (x ou +) Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 35

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Bulletin NUL, bien que la loi n interdise pas l utilisation d un stylo autre que celui mis à disposition, l intention de rendre ce bulletin identifiable semble manifeste! Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 37

Bulletin BLANC Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 38

Bulletin NUL: texte et/ou dessins Pierre LORANG / Inspection du Travail et des Mines / 11-11 39

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Contact ITM: Division des Représentations des Salariés : 2478-6280 : 29 11 94 96 69 : drs@itm.etat.lu http://elections.itm.lu http://itm.lu 42