e-learning course on European industrial relations now available

In partnership with Planet Labor the association Dialogues has launched an e-learning course on industrial relations systems in Europe. The course targets EWC members and managers and is now available in both English in French. The course comprises four modules (followers of the course can choose which ones) and will equip elected officials and industrial relations leaders with the basics they need to understand Europe’s industrial relations landscape, understand the role and prerogatives of European Works Councils, build awareness over the diversity of industrial relations in Europe, and comprehend the challenges of labor rights on a global scale.
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Dialogues is a French association that gathers business representatives and union representatives together to explore the question of industrial relations, and several of its experts have come together for this course on cross-border issues. Planet Labor collaborated over the course’s content and designed the entire fourth module on labor rights. The three other modules address the relevant EU and European Industrial Relations institutions, the European Works Council (prerogatives and operation

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