SCRUTINY OF MANAGEMENT
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| CONTROLO DE GESTÃO SCRUTINY OF MANAGEMENT |
The right of the workers' commission to scrutinize and monitor management at enterprise level, as enshrined in Article 54(5b) of the Constitution and regulated in Article 29 of the Workers' Commissions Act, is expressed in its empowerment to perform various functions such as: assessing and giving an opinion on the enterprise's budgets and economic plans; ensuring that the enterprise makes proper use of its technical, human and financial resources and complies with legal and statutory rules; advocating measures for the improvement of production to both management bodies and employees; making suggestions, recommendations or criticisms regarding apprenticeship, re-training and further training and improvements in health and safety arrangements; and reporting the occurrence of unlawful acts or facts. Under Article 27 of the Act, exercise of this right is prohibited in certain core state activities such as scientific and military research, public postal services and telecommunications, and activities which are of relevance to national defence or which involve, directly or by delegation, the prerogatives of the Assembly of the Republic, the Government and other bodies of national sovereignty and of the Regional Assemblies and Regional Governments.
Please note: the European industrial relations glossaries were compiled between 1991 and 2003 and are not updated. For current material see the European industrial relations dictionary.
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