Home » Industrial relations » Transnational industrial relations » EU: the European Trade Union Confederation confirms its position over the need for an improvement of the EU Directive on European Works Councils EU: the European Trade Union Confederation confirms its position over the need for an improvement of the EU Directive on European Works Councils On 16 March, the European Trade Union organisation’s executive committee confirmed its position over the improvement EU Directive 2009/38 on European Works Councils, one which places particular emphasis on how to enforce the rights of employee representatives. The European Commission has to publish its assessment of the directive and, based on this, launch a debate on the need to revise the text. By . Published on 17 March 2017 à 15h30 - Update on 17 March 2017 à 22h07 Resources “We all agreed on the collection of demands”, Peter Scherrer, told Planet Labor. When asked whether ETUC had taken its stance very early, ahead of any eventual legislative initiative, the confederation’s deputy general secretary pointed to the current backdrop: “It’s the Commission that is late. In the EWC directive, the Commission had to prepare an evaluation about the impact of the recast in June last year.… 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.URLThis 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
