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The European Company - Prospects for worker board-level participation in the enlarged EU (edited by Norbert Kluge and Michael Stollt). Brussels 2006 The new booklet provides information on different aspects of the European Company (SE) such as the question of worker involvement, the national transposition processes and taxation aspects. Moreover, information is given on the development and the different national systems of worker participation on supervisory or administrative boards throughout the European Union.
The purpose of this booklet is above all practical: it is intended for everyone who needs information about the SE and about existing systems of worker board-level participation in the now 25 EU member states. The idea is to give readers an insight into the national backgrounds and experiences of those colleagues who sit down with management and jointly negotiate the question of worker involvement in the coming SE. 'Table of contents'
Download the booklet as pdf (1.3 MB).
The booklet has been published with the financial support of the European Commission. It is now also available in German (pdf, 1.3 MB): Die Europäische Aktiengesellschaft - Perspektiven für eine europäische Unternehmensmitbestimmung. The translation was realised with the support of the Otto Brenner Foundation and the Hans Böckler Foundation
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- A huge construction site
How to rebuild social Europe. By Reiner Hoffmann
- "A house doesn´t just consist of foundations"
An interview with DGB President Michael Sommer
- Innovating into a dead end?
An interim assessment of the Lisbon strategy. By Jürgen Hoffmann
- At the core of social Europe
Klaus Busch questions the open method of co-ordination
- Winners and losers
What´s the matter with Europe´s social democracy? By Wolfgang Merkel
- Facing tough decisions
The European Work Council at General Motors. By Michael Bartmann
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- "European and supportive"
Cross-border worker representation at Reckitt Benckiser. By Michaela Namuth
- Upping the trade union profile
Perspectives for cross-border board-level participation. By Norbert Kluge
- Difficult debates to come
Why Mitbestimmung in Germany is under pressure. By Cornelia Girndt
- Behind the factory gate and the office door
Findings of a survey of works councils
- Left-wing support for shareholder capitalism
Why social democratic parties are championing pro-share-holder reforms
Von John W. Cioffi und Martin Höpner
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Participation proves its purpose (Mitbestimmung, international edition 2004) The 2004 international edition of the journal "Mitbestimmung" of the German Hans Böckler Foundation contains a variety of interesting articles and interviews with practioners on participation issues, e.g.
- Handle with care - How economic civil rights in Europe are taking shape (by Norbert Kluge, ETUI)
- “If anyone knows the company, we do !”- An interview with BASF’s senior employee representative Robert Oswald
- „Saying no is easy“ - An interview with ThyssenKrupp’s senior employee representative Schlenz
- Pilot project Arcelor- Trying out European co-determination at board level
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Labour Research Department,
Worker Representation in Europe LRD Booklets, May 2004 As 10 new countries join the European Union from May 2004, there are greater opportunities for trade unionists to make links with those in other European states. This booklet gives trade unionists and others a clear picture of trade union structures, collective bargaining and worker representation in all 25 EU member states. |
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| Heribert Kohl and Hans-Wolfgang Platzer, Industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe. Transformation and integration. A comparison of the eight new EU member states. ETUI, Brussels, 2004, 422 pages, ISBN 2-930352-52-3 The handbook Industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe offers a comparative study of industrial relations in the new EU member states. A set of individual country reports, based on wide-ranging empirical findings, describe the process of changing industrial relations and developments currently underway. For purposes of comparison, an examination of mainstream trends in the countries of the former EU is also included.
An analysis of the underpinnings of industrial relations in labour law, and of practices at the company, sectoral and national levels, reveals the particular contours of the situation in each national setting. In spite of the general orientation to western European practices which characterises the overall process of transformation, individual industrial relations developments are shown to be extremely varied, against a background of structural features that provide evidence of a highly differentiated transformation typology. Specific instances of structural deficit are encountered, alongside innovative forms of workplace participation in some cases and higher levels of concertation and distribution policy in others.
Alongside the east-west comparison of industrial relations, considerable space in this information-rich and thought-provoking handbook is devoted to the repercussions of eastwards enlargement on the central tasks of labour policy and collective bargaining and the challenges posed to the European Social Model.
price: 27 €
Order / more information: ETUI
English edition based on the second, newly revised and updated German edition, Nomos-Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2004
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R. Köstler and A. Büggel, The European Company and Company law and Existing legislative provision for employee participation in the EU member states, Brussels: ETUI. Report 79 As from October 2004 companies will be able to set up a European Company (Societas Europea - SE). The legislation on the European Company does not only provide for obligatory information and consultation rights of workers but foresees the possible introduction of (board level) participation as well. In this report, jointly published by the European Trade Union Institute and the German Hans Böckler Foundation, information is compiled on the question “What is an SE?”, as well as on company law and existing legislation providing for worker participation at board level in the EU-15 countries. The text of the European Company Statute and the EU Directive on employee involvement in the SE are included to round off this information. 'Table of contents'
The report can be ordered by sending an e-mail to:
etui@etuc.org (price: €20).
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(ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION): Hans Böckler Foundation and European Trade Union Institute Workers' Participation at board level in the EU-15 countries - Reports on the national systems and practices The 15 country reports included in this electronic publication are a valuable source of information on the different existing systems of board-level participation within the EU-15 countries. They have been prepared by national experts within the project “Prospects for participation and co-determination under the European Company Statute”.
(pdf, 1.3 MB) more about this project
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