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Legal basis

  • art.6 EWC
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Reason for installation

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Reason for dissolution

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Geographical scope

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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
      • guests/external parties
      • gender balance
    • EWC composition: personal matters
    • Coverage
      • inclusion and exclusion of countries, companies, persons etc.
      • candidate countries
      • inclusion of reps from new member states
      • inclusion of reps from countries beyond EU
      • employees not represented in EWC
      • multiple EWCs within one company
    • 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: 18.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 18 of 18
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
Mondelez International Mondelez International European Council active 11/06/2012 Germany
Silgan White Cap Silgan White Cap European Works Council not active 30/10/2009 Germany
Caterpillar Caterpillar European Works Council active 24/10/2008 Belgium
West Pharmaceutical Services West Pharmaceutical Services European Works Council active 31/03/2008 Germany
Mondelez International Mondelez International European Council active 29/02/2008 Germany
UPS UPS Communication Forum active 19/09/2007 Germany
Enersys Enersys European Forum active 07/06/2006 United Kingdom
Chemtura Chemtura European Works Council not active 10/03/2006 Germany
Flowserve Flowserve European Employee Forum active 12/05/2004 United Kingdom
UPS UPS Communication Forum active 25/03/2004 Germany
UPS UPS Communication Forum active 12/05/2002 Germany
Stryker Corp. Stryker European Employee Forum active 26/06/2001 Germany
Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies European Works Council not active 23/11/2000 Belgium
Milacron Inc. Milacron European Works Council not active 01/01/2000 Netherlands
UPS UPS Communication Forum active 19/02/1999 Germany
Honeywell Allied Signal EWC not active 11/06/1997 France
HP Inc. HP European Works Council not active 30/05/1996 Belgium
McDonald's McDonald's European Communication Group active 21/11/1995 Germany
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