On 04 November the Federal Labor Court ruled that temporary staff would have more influence in Germany’s co-management business model. The judges had to rule on arrangements for electing employee representatives to the Supervisory Board of a large auto-parts company. The judges recognized that not only was it legal to include temporary workers in such a vote but that it was also normal to include these workers as part of the ‘in-house’ staff when determining the voting procedure, be it direct or indirect. This strengthens yet again the position of temporary workers in terms of co-management and de facto constitutes via jurisprudence a new extension of co-management rules.
On 04 November, judges at the German Federal Labour Court (BAG) in Erfurt rejected a complaint filed by fourteen employees of Goodyear Dunlop Tires GmbH (Hanau) over electing employee representatives to the company’s Supervisory Board (Judgment No. 7 ABR 42/13). Germany’s co-management laws intend that there be equal representation on the supervisory boards of companies with a least 2,000 employees. However for companies employing in excess of 8,000 staff, specific elected delegates must vote (
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