Worker involvement in the European Company (SE)

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In October 2001, the EU formally adopted the legislation on the European Company, also known by its Latin name Societas Europaea (SE). It consists of a Regulation on the European Company Statute and an accompanying Directive on employee involvement within the SE. Since the entry into force of these SE rules, companies can freely opt for this new corporate form.
The principal intention of the SE legislation on the part of the European legislator has always been to enable companies to operate more easily across European borders. However, it also opens up new possibilities for employee representation at European level. Indeed, the SE Directive takes worker involvement within multinational companies one step further. Before an SE can be registered, management and worker representatives have to negotiate an agreement on how the workers will be involved in the future SE. The scope of these negotiations not only includes the establishment of a transnational information and consultation... Tovább

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In October 2001, the EU formally adopted the legislation on the European Company, also known by its Latin name Societas Europaea (SE). It consists of a Regulation on the European Company Statute and an accompanying Directive on employee involvement within the SE. Since the entry into force of these SE rules, companies can freely opt for this new corporate form.
The principal intention of the SE legislation on the part of the European legislator has always been to enable companies to operate more easily across European borders. However, it also opens up new possibilities for employee representation at European level. Indeed, the SE Directive takes worker involvement within multinational companies one step further. Before an SE can be registered, management and worker representatives have to negotiate an agreement on how the workers will be involved in the future SE. The scope of these negotiations not only includes the establishment of a transnational information and consultation body (SE Works Council) but also introduces the possibility of worker participation in the SE's administrative or supervisory board. This handbook aims to ensure that the opportunities provided by the SE legislation are seized. It has been designed first and foremost to help practitioners to prepare and conduct negotiations on agreements on employee involvement in SEs. The handbook introduces the SE and its mechanism of employee involvement. It explains the negotiation procedures and provides 'tips and tricks' for a decent preparation of negotiations. Based on the experience of several experts, it gives an overview of key aspects of an SE agreement and includes an extensive set of overviews, graphics and comparative tables. Vissza