EU: the European Commission reveals the consultation document on the revision of the EWCs directive

The European Commission published, on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, the consultation of the European social partners document on the revision of the directive on European works councils. It lowered some of its claims to allow European social partners to enter the negotiation. They confirmed, on Tuesday, February 19, that they were willing to negotiate on that topic (see our article No. 080139). (Ref. 080142)
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Talks between the European Commission and the employers’ organization BusinessEurope led the Commission to go back to a few points contained in the version presented for interservices consultation within the European Commission (see our article No. 080126), which we will refer to in our analysis to shed light on the changes that employers’ representatives obtained. The main amendments answer two managerial claims: not increase costs and not extend information and consultation processes. In its

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