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In December, retail workers at the Frankfurt Apple store elected a works council, the second one in Germany, making the establishment of a Germany wide General Works Council mandatory. [30] A third works council was elected in the Jungfernstieg Apple store in Hamburg in early March 2013. [32] In September 2013, a works council was formed in ...
In cases where no Group, Central or Works Council exists, the electoral board is elected directly by employees at an in-person election meeting (German: Wahlversammlung) per BetrVG §17. If the majority of employees present do not elect the members of an electoral board, a local labour court [ de ] can appoint the members instead upon request.
Subsequently, the agreements for work councils were codified in the Works Constitution Act, passed on 11 October 1952 in West Germany. Trade unions in Germany wanted much more, [4] including the formalisation of works council members as union representatives, and the expansion of the Coal Co-Determination Act [] in all industries.
A momentous German election marking the end of Angela Merkel's 16 years as chancellor is less than a month away and with no clear outcome in sight, markets may start to pay attention. Germany's ...
Germany is expected to hold a snap election on Feb. 23 after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition last month. Germany has two, centrist big tent parties: Scholz's centre-left Social ...
In return unions conceded objectives on the establishment of a socialist state. Codetermination aims principally to give workers a voice in the company decisions. This means matters on organisation of the business, the conditions of work and the management of personal and economic decisions affecting the future of the company and jobs.
BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government accused U.S. billionaire Elon Musk on Monday of trying to influence its election due in February with articles supporting the far-right Alternative for ...
A comité d'entreprise (C.E. or works council) was mandatory in any company with 50 employees or more. It is being replaced by the comité social et économique (CSE or Business and Social Council) which must have been rolled out in all companies where applicable for 1 January 2020 the latest. Members of the CE are elected by all the employees ...