Employee participation in European companies: European Works Councils

The European regulatory framework actively promotes employee participation in company life, acknowledging its importance towards constructive social dialogue and economic change. Over the years, a system of information and consultation rights for employees within companies operating at a European level has been developed, along with a framework of sanctions for employers’ conduct that hinders the effective exercise of these rights.

This article was originally written by the Labour Law Observatory team, to which we refer for the whole text.

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