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Applicable law

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Legal basis

  • art.6 EWC
  • art.13 EWC (pre-directive)
  • SE works council

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Reason for installation

  • conversion into other legal basis
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Reason for dissolution

  • acquisition

Geographical scope

  • EEA
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Selected provisions

  • Constitutional issues: composition, coverage, establishment
    • EWC composition: institutional matters
      • seat distribution other than by country
      • threshold for seat allocation
      • rotation system
      • representation of different categories of employees
      • selection/appointment of EWC members
      • anti-domination & balanced representation clauses
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      • gender balance
      • equal opportunities
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  • functioning and facilities/means for EWC
  • articulation between I&C levels
  • EWC's role
  • changes affecting EWC
  • co-operation with management
  • continuity in case of merger
Last update EWCdb: 18.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 13 of 13
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
Freudenberg & Co. Freudenberg SE Works Council active 12/03/2012 Germany
RWE RWE European Works Council active 01/03/2005 Germany
RWE Energy RWE Energy Forum active 01/03/2005 Germany
Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom European Works Council active 15/06/2004 Germany
LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG LSG Sky Chefs European Works Council active 24/05/2004 Germany
TDK Electronics AG (formerly Epcos) TDK Electronics European Employee Council active 26/04/2002 Germany
Burda Holding Burda EWC active 09/02/1998 Germany
Wella Wella Euro Forum not active 29/08/1996 Germany
Schott Glass Schott Europe Forum active 26/08/1996 Germany
Falke Gruppe Falke European Forum active 05/07/1996 Germany
Villeroy & Boch Villeroy & Boch European Works Council active 06/07/1995 Germany
Henkel Henkel Employee Committee for Europe active 15/09/1994 Germany
Beiersdorf Beiersdorf European Dialogue active 20/07/1994 Germany
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