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European Works Council Directive

 

The EWC Directive of 1994 and its transposition in the Member States have been of considerable interest to trade unions over the years. Some of the key elements in the procedure for establishing EWCs are covered in the following PowerPoint presentations, which contains slides with the following titles:

  1. Companies affected by the directive
  2. Controlling undertakings
  3. Starting negotiations on establishing an EWC: constitution of a special negotiating body
  4. Items to be agreed in the agreement
  5. Application of subsidiary requirements
  6. Subsidiary requirements
  7. Information and consultation rights (subsidiary requirements)
  8. Most EWCs are based on Article 13 of the Directive
  9. Transposition process

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