Corporate Mobility – The Involvement of Employees

Roest Joti
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Roest Joti: Associate Professor of Company Law at the UniversityUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdam. This article is based on a contribution to the 12th ECFR Symposium on The European Company Law Package in Madrid (28 September 2018).Netherlands

European Company and Financial Law Review, 2019, vol. 16, issue 1-2, 74-105

Abstract: In April 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions. This article discusses the proposed provisions to protect the interests of employees in a cross-border operation. Their position would be strengthened since employee representatives are granted information and consultation rights. As to the protection of existing board level employee representation rights, the Proposal follows the EU legal framework on the involvement of employees, consisting of a negotiation process between representatives of the employees and the management. As Standard Rules apply if no agreement can be reached, negotiations take place with the law as a sentinel. Practice has shown that this complicated legal framework is effective in protecting existing employee participation rights. The Proposal shows that in 2019, this carefully vetted political compromise leaves EU legislators little room to manoeuvre by simplifying the framework or strengthening the position of employees.

Date: 2019
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