EWC: Guide for the implementation of the new Directive

Publié: 10 Février 2010
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On 28 October 2009 the UNI europa Management Committee adopted the document: EWC: guide for the implementation of the 2009 recast Directive.



The new EWC Directive 2009/38/EC entered into force on 5th June 2009. From that date Member States have 2 years to transpose the recast EWC Directive into their national law. The current laws (based on the 1994 Directive) will continue to apply during the transposition period. The new provisions will only come into force after implementation into national law. In other words the improvements introduced by the recast EWC Directive will be directly and automatically applicable from 6 June 2011.



The new Directive will improve the powers and the effectiveness of the European Works Councils. But it has also introduced some special arrangements for the transposition period which require particular attention from trade unions and workers’ representatives.



Considering that the questions to be answered are similar, whatever sector workers belong to the European Industry Federations have produced a joint document.



The common recommendations are in particular intended to

provide guidance on how to anticipate the changes in the Directive

ensure that new and renegotiated agreements benefit from all the improvements in the new Directive

·support colleagues faced with management attempts to fast-track negotiations or renegotiations in order to circumvent the new obligations.



You will find hereunder the PDF version to the common recommendations :



EIF common recommendations_Spanish.pdfEIF common recommendations Italian.pdfEIF common recommendations Swedish.pdfEIF common recommendations trilingual.pdfEIF common recommendations_Hungarian.pdf



EIF Common recommendation Nieuwe Richtlijn in het Nl 07 04 2010.pdf



If you have any questions regarding this document you can contact Claudia Saller (claudia.saller@uniglobalunion.org) for further information.



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