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The Recast of the European Works Council Directive

Book | 1st edition 2010 | Europe | Filip Dorssemont, Thomas Blanke
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On 16 May 2009, the EC Directive 2009/38 (Recast Directive) was published in the Official Journal. With effect from 6 June 2011, the EC Directive 94/45 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Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (EWC Directive) will be repealed. It will be substituted by the Recast Directive.
The present volume is retrospective and prospective. The book unfolds as a diptych. The first part examines the background and some of the loopholes of the EWC Directive. The background is being studied from a conceptual, a historical, a legislative and a case law perspective. A substantial part of the first panel of the diptych is dedicated to an analysis of the ECJ and domestic case law related to the EWC Directive. This research was operated on the basis of national reports following a questionnaire or format annexed to the book. The national reports (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden and the UK), which have been updated until the end of 2009, as well as a comparative or synthetic report have been integrated in this publication.
The second part does not endeavour a systematic analysis of the Recast Directive. It gathers selected essays which have been written by distinguished scholars as well as by experts who have combined a profound knowledge of law in the books with the experience of law in practice. Some of the essays have a topical character. They focus on specific improvements of the Recast Directive (the scope ratione temporis, the nature of the recast procedure, the definitions of information and consultation, the issue of continuity, the articulation between European and local information and consultation procedures). Other authors have tackled the subject matter in a more comprehensive manner, though they have done so from a specific and distinct perspective (e.g. the issue of effectiveness, the issue of actors).


‘[A] very complete and original analysis of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive.’
Sylvaine Laulom in 2011 E.L. Rev. 758

‘[the book] offers a read-worthy analysis of the problems in the application of the original Directive on Works Councils and its national implementation.’
Martin Franzen in 2011 EuZA 290.

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Type of product Book
Format Paperback
EAN / ISSN 9789400000759
Series name Social Europe Series
Weight 726 g
Status Available
Number of pages xxx + 420 p.
Access to exercice No
Publisher Intersentia
Language English
Publication Date Jun 22, 2010
Available on Jurisquare No
Available on Strada Belgique No
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  • Table of Contents
  • A. Background and loopholes of the EWC Directive 94/45
  • 1. The fundamental right of workers to information and consultation under the European Social Charter
    Csilla Kollonay Lehoczky
  • 2. Worker involvement in secondary EC law prior to the Recast Directive
    Filip Dorssemont
  • 3. The first test of the Maastricht Social Protocol: European works councils
    Jon Erik Dolvik
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- I. European works councils related litigation – Rationale for a systematic analysis
    Romuald Jagodzinski
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - Austria
    Domenico Rief
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - Belgium
    Filip Dorssemont
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - France
    Rachid Brihi
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - Germany
    Thomas Blanke
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - The Netherlands
    Robbert van het Kaar
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - Slovak Republic
    Maria Svorenova
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - Sweden
    Magnus Lundberg
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- II. National reports - United Kingdom
    Pascale Lorber
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- III. The European Works Council Directive and the domestic Courts. A critical analysis of the legal issues at stake
    Filip Dorssemont
  • 4. The EWC in domestic and ECJ case law- IV. Format for the national reports related to EWC case law
    Filip Dorssemont
  • B. The Recast of the EWC Directive (2009/38)
  • 1. Straightjacketing, time travelling and unifying: The multiple impact of the recast European Works Council Directive
    Séverine Picard
  • 2. Review, revision or recast? The quest for an amended EWC Directive
    Romuald Jagodzinski
  • 3. Information and consultation in the Recast Directive
    Corinne Sachs-Durand
  • 4. Who is first? The correct timing of information and consultation of European works councils in relation to national rights of worker involvement
    Thomas Blanke, Edgar Rose
  • 5. EWC’s role recast: A European actor?
    Josée Lamers
  • 6. Can the Recast Directive bring more and more effective EWCs?
    Peter Kerckhofs