1st Edition
Employee Consultation and Information in Multinational Corporations
During a period characterised by both prolonged recession and the increasing complexity of enterprises, informing and consulting with workers becomes all the more important. It is therefore not surprising that the European Commission of the EEC’s proposal in favour of a directive concerning such activities attracted attention and created controv
Introduction Jacques Vandamme; Part 1: The Diversity of National Environments; 1. The Main Systems of Employee Information and Consultation in European Industrial Relations Roger Blanpain 2. The Main Systems for Informing External Parties in Financial and Commercial Legislation Sidney Gray 3. Does Formal Policy or Law as used in Europe, Contribute to Improved Employee Information and Participation? Frank A. Heller; Part 2: The International and European Context; 4. Initiatives Undertaken by International Organisations in the Field of Employee Information and Consultation in Multinational Undertakings (I.L.O., O.E.C.D., U.N.) Geoffrey Hamilton 5. Information and Consultation of Employees in Community Law Relating to Changes in the Undertakings and to the Statute of Companies Jacques Vandamme 6. The Proposal for a Directive on Procedures for Informing and Consulting the Employees of Undertakings with Complex Structures, in Particular Transnational Undertakings Francois Vandamme; Part 3: The Economic Context; 7. The Economic Implications of Informing and Consulting Employees in Multinational Undertakings Sylvain Plasschaert 8. Autonomy of Decision Making by Subsidiaries Daniel Van Den; Commentaries; 1. The Information and Consultation of Employees. The Point of View of the European Trade Union Confederation (E.T.U.C.) Ernst Piehl 2. The Information and Consultation of Employees. The Point of View of the Industries of the European Community (U.N.I.C.E) Bernard Sassen
Biography
Jacques Vandamme
