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On 1 September 2014 Doosan announced the closure of its Belgian construction machinery manufacturing plant in Frameries (Hainaut) with over 300 employees. At the time, the negotiations for the establishment of the European works council for the conglomerate from Seoul were in a decisive phase. The EWC agreement was signed on 20 November 2014 in Brussels. Although, in the future, there will only be around 100 employees in Belgium, it is subject to Belgian jurisdiction.
The largest workforce within the EU is in Czechia where Doosan had taken over the energy division of Škoda in 2009. Further sites in Belgium, France, Germany and other countries were also acquired from other groups. The European works council is composed of 14 employee representatives and meets once a year. France, Belgium and Czechia have three seats each and Germany, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom one each. Countries with a small workforce share together one mandate. The five member select committee manage current affairs and can meet several times per year. A detailed conciliation procedure is provided for handling conflict and any court action is only allowed after this. Doosan is the second company in South Korea, after Samsung, with a European works council
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