Committee

Stakeholder Committee

For the Building Industry’s General Agreement (hereinafter, General Agreement) to meet the needs of the sector, its signatories have provided for the formation of a Stakeholder Committee to the General Agreement (hereinafter, Committee).

The Committee shall include four representatives from each Party: four trade union representatives and four employers’ representatives:

1. Gints Mikelsons, as an Employers’ representative
2. Valdis Birkavs, as an Employers’ representative
3. Andris Berzins, as an Employers’ representative
4. Normunds Grinbergs, as an Employers’ representative
5. Egils Baldzens, as a Workers’ Union representative
6. Natalja Preisa, as a Workers’ Union representative
7. Ieva Gretere, as a Workers’ Union representative
8. Martins Dunskis, as a Workers’ Union representative

The Committee shall review issues related to the implementation and application of the General Agreement and the proposed amendments to the General Agreement, including changes in the minimum wage and the minimum per hourly rate, at least once every calendar year from the date when the General Agreement becomes applicable. The Committee is authorized to sign any amendments, additions and termination clauses of the General Agreement.

The decisions of the Committee require the presence of all its representatives and shall be unanimous. The Committee acts in accordance with Chapter 3 of the General Agreement and the Committee’s rules of procedure. The Committee shall appoint a responsible body to act as the Secretariat. Partnership of Latvian Constructors shall act as the Committee’s Secretariat until March 31, 2022.

The Committee meetings shall be recorded in writing and its decisions shall be made public:

Record of Committee Meeting No 1 of April 17, 2019;

Record of Committee Meeting No 2 of May 30, 2019;

Record of Committee Meeting No 3 of July 31, 2019;

Record of Committee Meeting No 4 of October 25, 2019;

Guidelines for the application of the general agreement;

Record of Committee Meeting No 5 of March 31, 2020;

The Committee's call for COVID-19;

Record of Committee Meeting No 6 of May 22, 2020;

Record of Committee Meeting No 7 of December 18, 2020;

Record of Committee Meeting No 8 of February 18, 2021;

Record of Committee Meeting No 9 of March 31, 2021;

Guidelines for the application of the general agreement 2021;

Guidelines for the application of the general agreement 2021. (RU);

Guidelines for the application of the general agreement 2021. (ENG);

Record of Committee Meeting No 10 of October 7, 2021.