Directive 2009/38 on European Works Councils required the European Commission to deliver a report by 05 June 2016 that would evaluate the Directive’s transposition, and include proposals to meet any shortcomings identified, with the undercurrent of a revision to the Directive resting just below the surface.
The report is at a draft stage but it does give an idea of what the European Commission is working on, and its contents will contribute to a report on the implementation of the directive and of any possible revision, due by mid-2016. A synthesis of this report, which was built on interviews with employee and business leaders’ interviews, was sent to the European social partners for their opinions.
The study set out to evaluate the transposition and implementation of Directive 2009/38 as well as to determine if its goals had been achieved, namely, encouraging the creation of more EWCs, enhancing the effectiveness of employees’ transnational information and consultation, and enhancing legal certainty.
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