ABSTRACT
Employee participation at a European level became a reality with the introduction of the European Works Council Directive (94/45/EC); with the potential to expand in scope with the proposals for employee involvement contained in the Supplement (2001/86/EC) to the European Company Statute (2157/2001/EC); and develop at a national level with the universal introduction of national structures of information and consultation (Information and Consultation Directive 2002/ 14/EC; see EIRR 339/2002 and TUC 2002 for further details). Given this, the current book offers a timely collection of essays on the first European level attempt at employee participation, the European Works Council (EWC).
