The Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Governance (IMU), part of the Hans Böckler trade union foundation, has just published a study on the erosion of codetermination in Germany. In addition to statistics showing a steady decline, the study also details the methods used by companies to limit employee participation in their running.
The study conducted by Sebastian Sick of the IMU, which is based on a large database collected at the end of 2022, is part of a debate that has been raging in German politics for several years, amid the erosion of the German model of company codetermination. In addition to the election of works councils with significant rights, this model involves the participation of employee and trade union representatives on supervisory boards, with a third of the seats for companies with more than 500...
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Thomas Schnee
Freelance