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BackIn July 2008, the European Commission proposed a Directive on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees.
We expressly welcome the fact that revision of the directive on the European Works Council, which has been planned since 1999, has been included in the Commission work programme for 2008 and that a concrete proposal is now also to hand. Unfortunately, this does not meet the expectations placed in it. There is neither a significant improvement in the information and consultation rights nor are there any concrete plans to strengthen the legal status of European Works Councils as such (opportunity to benefit from training; access to all group locations; improvement in the inclusion of external experts vis-à-vis the right to requirements of substance and exemption possibilities; right to two meetings a year).