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EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS (EWC)

CoViD-19: UPDATE Oct 2020 - Joint ETUF recommendations to EWC/SE members "Temporary arrangements for transnational meetings during the COVID-19 crisis" CZ  DE  EN  ES  FR  IT  NL  SV
CoViD-19: March 2020 - Joint ETUF recommendations to EWC/SE members CZ  DE  EN  ES  FR  IT  NL  SV 

Access to members only

• industriAll Europe Company Policy database
• industriAll European Trade Union binding guidelines for negotiating EWC agreements: content and procedures
  
• Toolbox for the negotiation and renegotiation of EWC agreements
• Brexit - Joint European Trade Union Federations’ Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and SEs
  
• Guide for industriAll Europe Coordinators in EWCs and SEs
  

Useful links

• Text of the European Works Council Directive (2009/38 EC) in all EU languages
• European Commission website on EWCs, including transposition laws
• ETUI European Works Councils Database
• ETUI website on worker participation in Europe
• Syndex toolkit for EWCs DE  EN  FR  ES

EUROPEAN COMPANY STATUTE (SE)

CoViD-19:  UPDATE Oct 2020 - Joint ETUF recommendations to EWC/SE members "Temporary arrangements for transnational meetings during the COVID-19 crisis" CZ  DE  EN  ES  FR  IT  NL  SV
CoViD-19: March 2020 - Joint ETUF recommendations to EWC/SE members CZ  DE  EN  ES  FR  IT  NL  SV 

Access to members only

• industriAll Europe Company Policy database
  
• Toolbox for the negotiation and renegotiation of EWC agreements
• (EMF) check-list for an agreement on workers’ involvement in SE-companies (WISE)
  
• Brexit - Joint European Trade Union Federations’ Recommendations to EWC/SE coordinators and worker representatives in SNBs, EWCs and SEs
• The European Company (SE) - Guidelines
• Guide for industriAll Europe Coordinators in EWCs and SEs
  

Useful links

• Text of the European Company Statute Regulation (EC 2157/2001) in all EU languages
• Text of the European Company Statute Directive on workers’ involvement (2001/86 EC) in all EU languages
• European Commission website on SEs, including transposition laws 
• ETUI European Company (SE) Database: ecdb.worker-partcipation.eu
• ETUI website on worker participation in Europe: worker-participation.eu

TRAINING FOR EWC, SE, SNB

Useful links

• Manual for trainers - TEAM.EWC DE EN FR
  
• ETUI booklet “EWCs and SE works councils in 2015: facts & figures” DE  EN  FR  IT  PL
  
• ETUI training offer for EWC, SE Works Councils and SNBs 

EWC LEGAL ISSUES

Access to members only

• (EMF) Guidelines on legal actions concerning EWCs
  
  

Useful links

• ETUI database of court cases involving EWCs 
• Comparative analyses and tables for most EU member states on different legal aspect (including EWC’s legal status in national law, p.123) EN

TRANSNATIONAL RESTRUCTURING

Access to members only

• Transnational company restructuring: Towards strengthened trade union cooperation and greater solidarity
  
• (EMF) Handbook on how to deal with transnational company restructuring
  
  
  

TRANSNATIONAL COMPANY AGREEMENTS (TCA)

• List of transnational company agreements