EON SE: commentary of the agreement on employee participation in the new European company

On October 16, 2012, EON SE signed the agreement on employee participation.  On November 15, 2012, the company officially became a European company and the SE’s EWC met for the first time in January 2013.  Planet Labor managed to get a copy of the agreement and is giving you a commentary, livened up by explanations from Pierre Caselles, French representative in the SNB and elected member of the SE’s new EWC, who accepted to answer our questions.  (Ref.  130388)
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On May 3, 2012, the annual shareholders’ meeting of the largest energy producer in Germany adopted the transformation of the legal status of the company. Indeed, EON went from a German limited company (Aktiengesellschaft) to a European company (SE). After this decision, a Special Negotiating Body (SNB) was set up to negotiate with the management about the structures and modalities of employee representation in the future SE. Less than 6 months later (October 16, 2012), the agreement was sign

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