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Agreement in force

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Country of headquarter

  • Germany
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  • Switzerland

Applicable law

  • Belgium
  • Germany
  • Sweden

Legal basis

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

Agreement type

  • original installation agreement
  • renegotiated (renewal or extension)

Reason for installation

  • installation from scratch

Reason for dissolution

  • conversion into other legal basis

Geographical scope

  • EFTA (EEA + CH)

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
    • legal constitutional matters
    • reference to subsidiary requirements, representative agent, etc.
      • subsidiary requirements by agreement
      • representative agent
  • 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: 03.12.2025
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4
Company name EWC body name EWC body status Agreement date Applicable law
GEA Group GEA European Works Council active 23/08/2011 Germany
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (se-banken) SE-Banken European Works Council not active 20/05/2003 Sweden
Zurich Financial Services Group Zurich European Forum of the Zurich Financial Services Group active 05/07/2000 Belgium
Zurich Financial Services Group Zurich European Forum of the Zurich Financial Services Group active 17/09/1996 Belgium
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