Paritarian Social Funds in the Construction Industry
DUPP
Danish Union of Plumbers and Pipefitters
COUNTRY
DENMARK
ADDRESS
WEBSITE
CONTACT
General Information Employee Group Covered Eligibility Contributions Public Financing Information to Employees Training activities Teaching products Dissemination of information about products Regulatory and supervisory authorities
General Information
Presentation
The union is organizing plumbers, pipe fitters and chimney sweepers. Including apprentices the union has 10.000 members.
The main part of the members are employed in the VVS-business. The employers are organized in Dansk VVS (the employers’ organization). VVS stands for Heating, Ventilation and Sanitation
Languages used in the fund
Danish
Board composition
The Executive Council has a total of 24 members: President, Vice President, Treasurer, and 21 representatives from the Organization
Regulatory framework
Collective agreements
Employee Group Covered
Every worker of the VVS-business and pipefitters, including part-timers.
Eligibility
Immediate eligibility upon 1st day at work without any waiting period.
Training can either be voluntary or compulsory depending on type of training, most trainings however are elective.
Contributions
Employers pay for training. It has been agreed in collective agreements at the plumbing field.
Public Financing
The government provides grants for education and training
Information to Employees
Continuing education is well known. Therefore, there are many different types of information in flyers, website, magazine etc.
Training activities
Together with employers, we offer courses from a full day of training for several weeks
Teaching products
The courses take place at technical schools. Materials and training materials are publicly funded
Information dissemination
Dissemination of information about products
Magazine, website, newsletters, media and Facebook.
Regulatory and supervisory authorities
Together with employers we have an education secretariat, which both control and develop the courses offered
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