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Legal basis

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  • Constitutional issues: composition, coverage, establishment
    • EWC composition: institutional matters
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    • Coverage
    • legal constitutional matters
      • reference to other directive(s)
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      • questionable EWCs
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      • applicable law
      • industrial peace clause
      • post 1996 agt making ref. to art.13
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      • conflict resolution
      • SE abuse (no diminishing of worker rights) prohibition clause
      • joint venture based EWCs
      • termination of EWC agreement
    • reference to subsidiary requirements, representative agent, etc.
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  • 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 - 15 of 15
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
SAP SAP European Works Council not active 24/11/2011 Germany
ST-Ericsson ST-Ericsson European Works Council not active 10/06/2011 Sweden
Fresenius SE & CO. KGAA Fresenius SE Works Council active 13/07/2007 Germany
SSAB (Svenskt Stål AB) SSAB European Works Council active 01/01/1999
Dyckerhoff & Widmann Dyckerhoff & Widmann not active 08/04/1998 Germany
Züblin Züblin European Works Council not active 02/02/1998 Germany
STRABAG Strabag European Works Council not active 07/08/1997 Germany
Bilfinger (formerly Bilfinger Berger) Bilfinger + Berger European Works Council not active 18/09/1996 Germany
Varta Automotive Varta European Works Council (VHB Industrial Batteries) not active 17/09/1996 Belgium
Dynamit Nobel Dynamit Nobel European Works Council not active 05/09/1996 Germany
Boehringer Ingelheim Boehringer Ingelheim European Forum Committee active 25/06/1996 Germany
Dr. August Oetker Oetker Europa Forum active 12/06/1996 Germany
Beiersdorf Beiersdorf European Dialogue active 20/07/1994 Germany
BP Europa BP Chemicals European Employee Forum not active 02/06/1994 United Kingdom
Verlagsgruppe Passau Verlagsgruppe Passau European Works Council active 20/02/1992 Germany
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