Board Level Employee Representation In Europe

Author : Jeremy Waddington,Aline Conchon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317648130

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Board Level Employee Representation in Europe by Jeremy Waddington,Aline Conchon Pdf

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and networking of board level employee representatives in sixteen European countries and their counterparts operating in companies that have adopted European status. Board level employee representation is viewed as a key element of worker participation in Europe, but there has been only limited international comparative research that establishes what board level employee representatives do and how their activities vary between countries. Based on a large-scale survey distributed to board level employee representatives (circa more than 4,000 respondents), this study identifies the personal characteristics and industrial location of board level employee representatives, what they do and how they interact with other parties within and outside of the company. This study fills in a knowledge gap at a time when policy debates are considering stakeholder models of corporate governance as a means on the way out of the crisis and the achievement of sustainable economies. The book allows direct comparisons between clusters of countries for the first time, as the same survey instrument has been employed in all the participating countries. The research findings demonstrate a large variation in what constitutes board level employee representation in practice, including the relations between board level employee representatives and parties within and external to the company, and the pattern of influence of board level employee representatives on strategic company decision-making. Aimed at practioners, researchers and policymakers alike, this book makes a vital contribution to the field, and will be the definitive work on board-level employee representation for the foreseeable future.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1068240119

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Board Level Employee Representation in Europe by Anonim Pdf

Author : Aline Conchon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : 2874522368

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Board-level employee representation rights in Europe : facts and trends by Aline Conchon Pdf

Author : Jeremy Waddington,Aline Conchon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317648147

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Board Level Employee Representation in Europe by Jeremy Waddington,Aline Conchon Pdf

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and networking of board level employee representatives in sixteen European countries and their counterparts operating in companies that have adopted European status. Board level employee representation is viewed as a key element of worker participation in Europe, but there has been only limited international comparative research that establishes what board level employee representatives do and how their activities vary between countries. Based on a large-scale survey distributed to board level employee representatives (circa more than 4,000 respondents), this study identifies the personal characteristics and industrial location of board level employee representatives, what they do and how they interact with other parties within and outside of the company. This study fills in a knowledge gap at a time when policy debates are considering stakeholder models of corporate governance as a means on the way out of the crisis and the achievement of sustainable economies. The book allows direct comparisons between clusters of countries for the first time, as the same survey instrument has been employed in all the participating countries. The research findings demonstrate a large variation in what constitutes board level employee representation in practice, including the relations between board level employee representatives and parties within and external to the company, and the pattern of influence of board level employee representatives on strategic company decision-making. Aimed at practioners, researchers and policymakers alike, this book makes a vital contribution to the field, and will be the definitive work on board-level employee representation for the foreseeable future.

Author : Jeremy Waddington
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041192035

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European Board-Level Employee Representation by Jeremy Waddington Pdf

It is often assumed that employee representatives exert power at the company board, but it is rarely made explicit how power is exercised and to what effect. This book, the first to assess national differences between board-level employee representatives in their exercise of influence and power, examines coordination among board-level employee representatives, trade unions, representatives from other institutions of labour representation within the company, management and other board members. Drawing on a large-scale survey distributed to board-level employee representatives, eleven expert contributors analyse for seven European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Norway, Slovenia and Sweden) how such issues and topics as the following affect the participation of employee representatives at the board: – capacity of board-level employee representatives to exercise power over long-term strategic corporate decision making; – how changed circumstances impinge on the role of employee representatives; – how coordination of workers’ interests has been established and maintained, if at all; – how board-level employee representatives are selected; – influence of board-level employee representatives on corporate restructuring; – effect of corporate codes of governance; – impact of the establishment of groups of companies; and – protections against dismissal and discrimination of board-level employee representatives. Each country chapter reviews the legislation that underpins board-level employee representation, the timeliness and quality of the information provided, and the capacity of the representatives to apply information made available, with the purpose of establishing whether the legislation tends to constrain or facilitate the exercise of in uence and power. This book takes a giant step towards answering the question of how board-level employee representatives can fulfil their roles in a manner consistent with the intentions of the policymakers who framed the legislation. Moreover, it approaches the possibility of developing pan-European legislation on board-level employee representation that would accommodate national variations. For these reasons, the book will be welcomed by European policymakers concerned with industrial relations or corporate governance, as well as by practitioners and academics in a wide swath of European legal and social studies.

Author : Sigurt Vitols and Norbert Kluge
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : 9782874522192

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The Sustainable Company by Sigurt Vitols and Norbert Kluge Pdf

For the past two decades corporate governance reform in Europe has been guided by the ‘shareholder value’ model of the firm. That model has been discredited as one of the major causes of the financial and economic crisis. In a new book published by the ETUI an alternative approach to corporate governance is presented by members of the GOODCORP network of researchers and trade unionists. This new approach, entitled the Sustainable Company, draws on both traditional ‘stakeholder’ models of the firm and newer concerns with sustainability. The main elements of the Sustainable Company and the institutions needed to support it are presented. Key themes in the book are the need for worker ‘voice’ in corporate governance and for a binding legislative framework to promote sustainability. Individual chapters deal with the issues of worker involvement, employee shareholding, sustainability-oriented remuneration, international framework agreements, NGO-trade union relationships, reforming financial regulation and carbon taxes and emissions-trading schemes.

Author : Jan Cremers (University of Amsterdam),Michael Stollt (ETUI) ,Sigurt Vitols (ETUI)
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : Corporation law
ISBN : 9782874522833

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A decade of experience with the European Company by Jan Cremers (University of Amsterdam),Michael Stollt (ETUI) ,Sigurt Vitols (ETUI) Pdf

This publication of the SEEurope Network provides a comprehensive overview of the legislation on the European company (SE – Societas Europaea) and its history and development. It assesses the overall significance and impact of the SE on the business sector and on worker involvement in Europe and provides an outlook for the future of the SE. The publication also makes specific recommendations for policymakers regarding the future revision of the SE legislation specifically as well as European company law and corporate governance generally. Key questions addressed in the book are: How has the SE been implemented in practice? How great has the uptake of the European Company by the business community been? Are there significant differences between countries and sectors? What impact has the European Company had on business practice? Has it improved company mobility and flexibility? What impact has it had on national industrial relations systems and Social Europe? To what extent has it inspired other legislative initiatives by the EU Commission? What will the likely future development of the European Company be?

Author : Labour Research Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Collective bargaining
ISBN : CORNELL:31924078674193

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Worker Representation in Europe by Labour Research Department Pdf

Author : Thomas Haipeter,Markus Hertwig,Sophie Rosenbohm
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319975597

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Employee Representation in Multinational Companies by Thomas Haipeter,Markus Hertwig,Sophie Rosenbohm Pdf

Investigating the issue of employee representation in multinational companies (MNCs), this book sets out to systematically conceptualise the modes of articulation between different action fields. While previous studies have focused on forms of employee representation that have emerged throughout recent decades, rather little is known about the interaction and coordination of representational bodies and actors, such as trade unions and European or World Works Councils. Given the growing importance of transnational restructuring in MNCs, understanding the conditions under which employees are able to participate in company decision-making is a crucial issue. Based on empirical case studies and interviews with employee representatives from ten countries across Europe, the authors investigate the role of representational bodies in periods of company restructuring. Proposing a shift in perspectives in research on transnational labour relations and bringing new insights into structures and practices of employee representation in MNCs, this book will be a valuable read for both scholars and practitioners.

Author : ter Haar, Beryl,Kun, Attila
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781788116398

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EU Collective Labour Law by ter Haar, Beryl,Kun, Attila Pdf

This unique book offers a comprehensive systematization and overview of the EU´s emerging ‘acquis’ and practice of Collective Labour Law. Although the core aspects of Collective Labour Law lie outside the EU’s competence to regulate, the laws and industrial relations systems of Member States are undoubtedly influenced by the EU, and the involvement of Social Partners, i.e. representatives of employers and workers, is essential for many aspects of EU law and policy.

Author : Paul Davies,Klaus Hopt,Richard Nowak,Gerard van Solinge
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191015267

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Corporate Boards in Law and Practice by Paul Davies,Klaus Hopt,Richard Nowak,Gerard van Solinge Pdf

Corporate boards play a central role in corporate governance and are thus regulated in the corporate law and corporate governance codes of all industrialized countries. Yet while there is a common core of rules on the boards considerable differences remain. These differences depend partly on shareholder structure, partly on historical, political and social developments and especially employee representation on the board. More recently, in particular with the rise of the international corporate governance code movement, there is a clear tendency towards convergence, at least in terms of the formal provisions of the codes. This book analyses the corporate boards, their regulation in law and codes and their actual functioning in ten European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom). It offers the most up to date practical and analytical information on boards in Europe by leading company law experts. The issues addressed include: board structure, composition and functioning (one tier v. two tier, independent directors, expertise and diversity, separating the chair and the CEO functions, information streams, committees, voting and employee representation); enforcement by liability rules (in particular conflicts of interest), incentive structures (remuneration) and shareholder activism.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264274860

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OECD Employment Outlook 2017 by OECD Pdf

The 2017 edition of the OECD Employment Outlook reviews recent labour market trends and short-term prospects in OECD countries.

Author : Lionel Fulton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Corporate governance
ISBN : CORNELL:31924105249944

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The Forgotten Resource: Corporate Governance and Employee Board-level Representation by Lionel Fulton Pdf

Looks at governance structures and corporate governance codes in four separate European states: France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK.

Author : Martin Euwema,Lourdes Munduate,Patricia Elgoibar,Erica Pender,Ana Belén García
Publisher : Springer
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783319086057

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Promoting Social Dialogue in European Organizations by Martin Euwema,Lourdes Munduate,Patricia Elgoibar,Erica Pender,Ana Belén García Pdf

This volume focuses on describing the social dialogue system in organizations from an Human Resources Management perspective. Based on the NEIRE model for industrial relations, key factors are determined contributing to creative social dialogue in European organizations. Actual data from surveys and interviews from more than 700 CEO and HR managers in eleven European countries give insights in the experiences with and expectations of employers of social dialogue. The volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the historical context and current situation in social dialogue in these countries. This context helps to understand the current major challenges in each country when it comes to a vital social dialogue. Using good practices from many organizations, this book offers an agenda for innovative and cooperative social dialogue in organizations.

Author : Institut syndical européen pour la recherche, la formation et la santé et sécurité
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-07
Category : Labor
ISBN : 9782874523076

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Benchmarking Working Europe 2014 by Institut syndical européen pour la recherche, la formation et la santé et sécurité Pdf

The report Benchmarking Working Europe 2014 reviews the crisis and EU austerity policies in the last five years from the point of view of Europe's social agenda. The publication, written by the research team of the ETUI, offers an overview of the most important statistics on the EU’s macroeconomic situation, labour market developments, inequality and poverty, deregulation of labour law, wages and collective bargaining, health and safety at work, worker participation rights and the impact of austerity on the green agenda. The Benchmarking Working Europe report comprises a critical, fact-based diagnosis of the first five years of the EU’s crisis management policies in view of the Europe 2020 agenda. It suggests that Europe finds itself “half-way through a lost decade” and provides the scientific underpinning of the ETUC’s political roadmap for a ‘new path for Europe’. The publication demonstrates that the European Union is in need of a fundamental change of course.