Employee participation

Employee participation

Employee participation goes beyond a request for advice or consent or the application of the Works Councils Act. The mutual relations between the works council and the director are often at least as important. The lawyers at Wieringa Advocaten assist both directors and works councils. With extensive expertise from both perspectives, we are able to provide quick and targeted services.

Key contact

In the field of employee participation, Wieringa Lawyers advises on the following topics, among others:

Advisory right

  • organisational changes
  • reorganisations
  • moving company
  • company closures
  • major investments
  • attract or provide credit
  • refinancings
  • mergers and acquisitions
  • reorganisations and collective redundancies
  • bankruptcy or relaunch
  • appoint/fire WOR director

Right of consent

  • pension
  • schedules and holidays
  • reward system
  • bonus schemes
  • recruitment and dismissal policy
  • health & safety policy including prevention officer
  • absence policy
  • training policy
  • assessment policy
  • complaints policy
  • privacy
  • whistleblowing schemes

Employee participation

  • establishing or changing participation structures
  • questions concerning Works Council elections
  • negotiating primary and secondary terms and conditions of employment
  • drafting social plans, works council regulations and company agreements
  • excluding a Works Council member
  • litigating before the Enterprise Chamber or cantonal courts
  • giving various training courses to novice and experienced Works Councils