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Agreement in force

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Country of headquarter

  • United Kingdom

Applicable law

  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom

Legal basis

  • art.3 EWC (UK pre-directive body)
  • art.6 EWC
  • art.13 EWC (pre-directive)
  • art.14 EWC
  • SE works council

Agreement type

  • original installation agreement
  • renegotiated (renewal or extension)

Reason for installation

  • installation from scratch

Reason for dissolution

  • acquisition
  • dissolved (lack of interest)
  • dissolved (sold off)
  • merger

Geographical scope

  • EEA
  • EFTA (EEA + CH)
  • EU

Selected provisions

  • Constitutional issues: composition, coverage, establishment
    • EWC composition: institutional matters
    • 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 other directive(s)
      • questionable EWCs
      • applicability/enforceability of agreement
      • applicable law
      • post 1996 agt making ref. to art.13
      • legal personality
      • EWC legal seat
      • conflict resolution
      • confidentiality of agreement
      • joint venture based EWCs
      • termination of EWC agreement
    • 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 - 11 of 11
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
DS Smith DS Smith European Works Council active 04/03/2013 United Kingdom
Bass Bass European Forum not active 01/05/1998 Ireland
Cadbury Schweppes Cadbury Confectionery Stream EU Empl. Information & Consultation not active 19/02/1997 Ireland
Scottish & Newcastle Scottish & Newcastle Company Forum not active 11/07/1996 United Kingdom
Securicor Group Securicor (G4S) European Employee Forum active 19/06/1996 Ireland
ASW Holdings ASW European Conference not active 28/05/1996
Linpac Group LINPAC Plastics European Consultative Council not active 09/02/1996
Bunzl Plc (pp Payne Filtrona) Bunzl Fine Paper Information and Consultation Forum active 01/01/1996 United Kingdom
BT Group BT European Consultative Council active 01/12/1995 United Kingdom
Coats Coats Viyella Thread Division European Works Council not active 15/08/1995 United Kingdom
United Biscuits (holdings) United Biscuits Eruopean Consultative Council not active 09/11/1994 United Kingdom
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