Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (Recast)

What Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (Recast) requires

This directive requires Community-scale undertakings (≥1,000 employees in the EU/EEA, with ≥150 in at least two Member States) to establish a European Works Council (EWC) or an equivalent procedure for informing and consulting employees on transnational matters, including the introduction of new working methods or production processes like AI-driven monitoring systems (Article 1).

Pillar: Workplace · Authority: European Parliament and the Council of the European Union · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated: 2026-04-17

Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32009L0038

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• Directive 2009/38/EC, Article 1 - Objective and Scope
• Directive 2009/38/EC, Article 2 - Definitions

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