Several Member States of the European Union have expressed reservations about the Belgian Presidency’s latest compromise on European Works Councils (EWCs), breaking the silence procedure that ended on the evening of Thursday 23 May (see EUROPE B13413A20).
These countries include Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Austria, Denmark and the Czech Republic. In particular, Sweden and other Member States would like to reintroduce the notion of a ‘substantial’ impact on employees to justify...