TRANSFER 2/2005 • Employee board-level participation in Europe
The European Company Statute came into force in EU Member States in October 2004. The associated Directive on employee involvement in European Companies (SEs) is the first time European legislation has recognised employee board-level participation. This issue of Transfer examines such participation, the importance of the SE Directive and its implications for industrial relations and corporate governance in Europe.
Table of contents:
Robert Taylor: Industrial democracy and the European traditions
Norbert Kluge: Corporate governance with co-determination – a key element of the European social model
Robbert van het Kaar: Company law and workers’ interests
Ulke Veersma and Sjef Swinkels: Participation in European Companies: views from social partners in three Member States
Luc Triangle: Workers’ involvement in the European Company – the SE Guidelines of the European Metalworkers Federation
Kevin O’Kelly: A European project for employee board-level representatives: issues, roles and responsibilities
Mark Carley: Board-level employee representatives in nine countries: a snapshot
