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For the third time, on Friday, May 25, the Cologne employment tribunal rejected the complaint filed by Visteon's European Works Council (EWC) against the American car part manufacturer. The case covered two aspects. On the one hand, the court was ruling on a referral compliant the EWC filed in August 2011 to try and prevent the closing of Visteon's Cadiz plant. On the other hand, the EWC wanted the recognition that, in keeping with the agreement establishing the EWC signed in 2001, the legislation that applied to deal with this dispute was indeed German law. Visteon's management disagrees, arguing that it relocated to the UK after the EWC was created. About this last point, we need to wait for the court's justification, which will be published in the weeks to come, to know whether the judges recognize businesses' right to unilaterally change the legislation applying to their European structure. (Ref. 120351)
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