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 or groups of undertakings (at least 1,000 employees within Member States and at least 150 employees in each of at least two Member States) to establish a European Works Council (EWC) or an alternative procedure for informing and consulting employees on transnational matters. The core obligation, as defined in Article 1, is to improve employees' rights to information and consultation.

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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