Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union

Covering significant European legislation passed in the late-1990s, this text starts with the European Works Council Directive of 22nd December 1994 and ends with the Treaty of Amsterdam presented in June 1997. The bulk of the text focuses upon the European Works Council Directive, which is currently in force throughout all EU Member States and the EEA countries, except the UK. The discussion centres on the implementation process in the Member States, with national reports presented in alphabetical order by country, and additional reports from EEA countries, North America and Japan. Further topics presented and examined in this book include: Article 13 pre-directive agreements; progress toward negotiating Article 6 agreements; Fundamental Social Rights and their treatment at the Intergovernmental Conference of June 1997; and developments on working time regulations within the EU.