ABSTRACT
Council Directive of 17 February 1975 on the approximation of laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies-75/129/EEC, Official Journal of the European Communities, No L48, 22/2/75.
This Directive imposes certain obligations on employers who make all or part of their workforce redundant. These obligations are to consult with the employees and to supply all relevant information. The reasons for the redundancies, the dates of the expected redundancies, the numbers to be made redundant and the size of the normal workforce have to be supplied in writing. All written material has to be forwarded to a designated public authority who is charged with the supervision of this field. No redundancies can be made until thirty days after notification. Member States are free to extend this minimum period to sixty days in their domestic legislation.
