BEERG Newsletter - EWCs: Financial Times comments
In an article in the Financial Times, Peggy Hollinger looks at the recent proposals from the European Parliament, based on the Radtke Report, calling foe radical changes to the EWC Directive.
While she suggests that there is room for improvement in the working of EWC and that the legislation could be made more effective, she says that GDPR-style fines, coupled with injunctions, with companies paying EWC court costs, is like taking a “sledgehammer to crack a nut”. She concluded: “The directive does need to be revised to provide greater clarity on the rules over worker consultation. But such preposterous fines are not the answer.”
Hopefully, her article will be read in government departments across Europe and will inform their thinking on the issue. Needless to say, we in BEERG fully agree with what she has to say about fines and injunctions.
Our April Sitges training program, Managing European Employee Relations in 2023, will include a detailed examination on the workings of the Irish Labour Court and how employers who may have EWCs under Irish law, should go about preparing to appear before the Court in the case of a dispute involving their EWC. |
Tom Hayes
Director of European Union and Global Labor Affairs, HR Policy Association
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