The proposed revision aims to strengthen the role of EWCs by facilitating their creation, fostering more meaningful information and consultation, ensuring they have the necessary capacity to carry out their work and, strengthening gender balance. All feedback will be summarised by the European Commission and presented to the European Parliament and Council with the aim of feeding into the legislative debate. Once adopted, Member States will have one year to incorporate the Directive into national law, starting the new rules to apply 2 years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
European Works Councils (EWCs) are information and consultation bodies representing EU-based employees in multinational companies (companies with more than 1,000 employees) operating in two or more EU countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main proposed changes include, among others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Exemptions form the current Directive will be removed, giving equal rights to workers of multinational companies for requesting the establishment of an EWC. Stay ahead of evolving HSE requirements across 300+ jurisdictions, with daily updates curated by our in-house legal experts.<\/p>\n\n\n
\u2022 Ensuring that workers in multinational companies are consulted in a timely and meaningful way on issues concerning them.
\u2022 Strengthening gender balance, through the duty to include provisions in EWC agreements for attining a gender-balance composition.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/span>\n\n\nEHS regulatory compliance and monitoring \u2013 an expert solution to ensure your organization\u2019s compliance <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n