Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » A revolution at SAP: 9000 employees elect the first work’s council in the company’s history A revolution at SAP: 9000 employees elect the first work’s council in the company’s history After months of battle between management and three employees members of IG Metall, SAP, European leader of computing and only company of the DAX 30 (German stock index) which does not have a work's council, will finally elect one on Wednesday June 21, 2006. (Ref. 06629) By . Published on 20 June 2006 à 15h56 - Update on 26 March 2013 à 17h17 Resources Created in 1972, SAP lived 34 years without a work’s council. Tomorrow, this era will end. 9000 employees out of the 11000 German employees of the company (35 900 in the world) will vote to elect 37 of the 400 candidates who appear on ten different electoral rolls. This high number of candidates astonishes everyone.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst nameLast nameOrganizationFunctionemail* Object of the messageYour messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialité.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Latest articles Longer careers: a new state of affairs for companies CSRD: social and environmental reporting market takes shape Analysis & Data Latest articles Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels