European co-legislators have reached an agreement on the proposal to revise the European Works Council Directive, which aims to strengthen workers' rights to consultation. The compromise text will have to be formally approved by the Council and Parliament before it can enter into force.
One year after the Parliament and the Council adopted their positions, the co-legislators reached a compromise agreement in trilogue talks overnight on 20 and 21 May regarding the revision of the European Works Councils Directive, proposed by the European Commission in January 2024. The text clarifies the 2009 directive on transnational issues that fall within the scope of information and consultation within these bodies, defining them as matters affecting workers in more than one country....
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Antoine Piel
Section Head at Mind HR