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Applicable law

  • Belgium
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Legal basis

  • art.6 EWC
  • art.13 EWC (pre-directive)

Agreement type

  • original installation agreement
  • renegotiated (renewal or extension)

Reason for installation

  • installation from scratch

Reason for dissolution

  • acquisition
  • conversion into other legal basis
  • dissolved (no longer falling within the scope of the Directive)
  • not confirmed

Geographical scope

  • EFTA (EEA + CH)
  • EU

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
      • guests/external parties
      • management's participation in EWC
      • gender balance
    • EWC composition: personal matters
      • personal eligibility of EWC members
      • deputy EWC members
      • no discrimination/favouring clause
      • mandate execution
    • Coverage
    • legal constitutional matters
    • reference to subsidiary requirements, representative agent, etc.
  • information & consultation process
  • meetings
  • EWCs and the outside world
  • 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: 19.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
Ineos Ineos European Employee Forum active 06/06/2007 United Kingdom
Clariant Clariant Forum not active 05/06/2007 Belgium
Rieter Rieter Employment Involvement Team active 08/12/1998 Netherlands
Von Roll Von Roll European Forum not active 08/12/1998 Germany
Lindt & Sprüngli Lindt & Sprüngli European Works Council active 01/01/1997 Germany
Keramik Laufen Laufen Euro-Forum not active 19/09/1996 Germany
Algroup Alusuisse-Lonza EWC not active 18/09/1996 Netherlands
Liebherr-International AG Liebherr Europe Forum active 16/09/1996 Germany
Roche Holding (Hoffmann La Roche Ltd) Roche Europa Forum active 01/07/1996
Sulzer Sulzer European Works Council active 20/06/1996 Germany
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