Works Councils
A works council is a shop-floor organization representing workers that functions as a local/firm-level complement to trade unions but is independent of these at least in some countries. Works councils exist with different names in a variety of related forms in a number of European countries, including Britain (joint consultative committee or employees’ council); Germany and Austria (Betriebsrat); Luxembourg (comité mixte, délégation du personnel); the Netherlands (Dienstcommissie, Ondernemingsraad) and Flanders in Belgium (ondernemingsraad); Italy (comitato aziendale); France (comité social et économique); Wallonia in Belgium (conseil d'entreprise), Spain (comité de empresa) and Denmark (Samarbejdsudvalg or SU). One of the most commonly …
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SHARE: Shareholder Association for Research and Education · 17 November 2022 English
K.) We are an initiative of the International Humanity United and the Laudes Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Foundation, whose support has allowed The CWC and the report authors Global …
providing for workplace-level company voice through works councils or local trade union structures. They provide … and – in the case of construction sites – of works councils provides evidence safety violations.152 The … bodies of employees in the workplace and the (works councils, group councils, business.”192 joint technical … Pandemic. https:// 147 Mueller, S. (2012). Works Councils and Establishment Productivity. ILR Review …
CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 11 October 2022 English
The major complaint of the report on “...the new forces protestors in each was that the lives of transforming the world of work.”2 The 1 The author would like to …
various classes of workers like 15 See EOR Works Councils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQLtOPtDpCc …
SHARE: Shareholder Association for Research and Education · 14 July 2022 English
Shareholders need greater clarity on how, in the face of public allegations and regulatory findings that the company has interfered with workers’ efforts to join and form trade unions, the …
workforce training and skills development18; 16 Works councils are constituted by statute in Germany; they … trade unions, and have separate duties (e.g. works councils do not negotiate collective bargaining agreements) …
IRC: Queen's Industrial Relations Centre · 29 March 2021 English
In a Q & A with Harry Arthurs, an eminent Professor of Labour Law from York University's Osgoode Hall, the discussion ranges from the most important forces shaping employee relations …
would work better? We are hearing a lot about works councils and other arrangements, new forms of joint … they call the social market, which involves works councils or worker our environment to directors or centralized …
IRC: Queen's Industrial Relations Centre · 27 March 2021 English
In the spring 1995, Bob met with Pradeep Kumar and Bryan Downie of the School of Industrial Relations at Queen's University for a conversation on the labour movement in Canada, …
unions have representation on works councils. I don't think works councils are necessarily the answer in … answer to these problems is works councils, I tend to think that works councils are a way to avoid real unionization … decision making at their workplace. I think works councils will encourage employers who want to keep unions … union'; the workers ultimately joined the CAW. Works councils are among the ideas that have been floated … interesting to me that while they talk about works councils, they can't make any progressive legislative …
IRC: Queen's Industrial Relations Centre · 27 March 2021 English
Transforming industrial relations was the Don Wood lecture delivered by Thomas Kochan in 1992
224-43. For perhaps the earliest proposal for works councils in Canada or the US see Roy Adams, 'Two Policy …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 5 July 2020 French
This paper sets out 7 "green strings": key principles, criteria & conditionalities to apply to government measures to ensure a green recovery from COVID-19.
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 5 July 2020 English
This paper sets out 7 "green strings": key principles, criteria & conditionalities to apply to government measures to ensure a green recovery from COVID-19.
excellent international examples, such as German works councils, where workers can participate in longer-term … 1406957 Lawton, S. (2020, March 2). European Works Councils advocate a just transition into the future … euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/european-works- councils-advocate-a-just-transition-into-the-future-of-work/ … euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/european-works-councils-advocate-a-just-transition-into-the-future-of-work/ … euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/european-works-councils-advocate-a-just-transition-into-the-future-of-work/ …
Équiterre · 2 July 2020 French
D’ailleurs, les efforts de relance doivent être respectueux de l’environnement si nous voulons trouver une solution aux crises des changements climatiques et de la biodiversité, et traiter la question des …
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Équiterre · 2 July 2020 French
D’ailleurs, les efforts de relance doivent être respectueux de l’environnement si nous voulons trouver une solution aux crises des changements climatiques et de la biodiversité, et traiter la question des …
1406957 Lawton, S. (2020, 2 mars). European Works Councils advocate a just transition into the future … euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/european-works-councils- advocate-a-just-transition-into-the-future-of-work/ … euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/european-works-councils-advocate-a-just-transition-into-the-future-of-work/ … euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/european-works-councils-advocate-a-just-transition-into-the-future-of-work/ …