EU: employers air concerns to MEPs ahead of their review of the European Works Councils Directive

Business Europe and five European sectoral employer federations wrote to MEPs on 22 March, asking them to water down the proposed revision of the European Works Council Directive, on which they are due to vote on 3 April. In particular, the letter attacks the presumption of transnationality introduced by the text, in the case of a measure affecting only workers in one member state but having consequences for those in another. The employer federations fear the risk of “legal uncertainty”,...