Works Council

Definition: Works Council

Works Council

Noun

1. (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Works Council

Books

• International Encyclopaedia of Labour Law and Industrial Relations: European Works Council (reference)

• The European Works Council in the Netherlands: With an English Translation Of, Dutch Act on the European Works Councils (Loeff Legal Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Economic History

Belgium

In the most recent works council elections held in 1995, the CSC/ACV garnered close to 52% of the vote, the Socialist confederation obtained 37.7%, and the Liberal confederation 8.2%. (references)

Netherlands

Each company in the Netherlands with at least 50 workers is required by law to institute a Works Council with which management must consult on a range of issues including investment decisions. (references)

Belgium

Belgium was one of the first countries in the EU to harmonize its legislation with the EU Works Council Directive of December 1994. Its flexible approach to the consultation and information requirements specified in the directive is more advantageous to foreign companies than that of other EU member states. (references)

Worker Rights

France

The law requires businesses with more than 50 employees to establish a works council, through which workers are consulted on training, working conditions, profit sharing, and similar issues. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "works council": central works council ♦ divisional works council ♦ European Works Council ♦ group works council ♦ works council health and safety committee. Additional references.

Danish

lov om arbejdsretten (works council constitution act), koncernvirksomhedsråd (group company council, group works council), koncernbedriftstråd (group company council, group works council), faellesvirksomhedsudvalg (central works council), fællesbedriftsråd (central company council, central works council), europaeisk samarbejdsudvalg (European Works Council), europæisk samarbejdsudvalg (European Works Council), centralt virksomhedsråd (central company council, central works council). (various references)

Dutch

wet op de ondernemingsgraden (works council constitution act), wet houdende organisatie van het bedrijfsleven (works council constitution act), Raad van de Waterstaat (Public Works Council), groepsondernemingsraad (divisional works council, group works council), Europese ondernemingsraad (European Works Council), divisie-ondernemingsraad (divisional works council, group works council), concernondernemingsraad (group company council, group works council), Commissie Ondernemingsraden (Works Council Commission), centrale ondernemingsraad van de groep (group company council, group works council), centrale ondernemingsraad (central company council, central works council), arbocommissie (safety committee, works council health and safety committee). (various references)

Finnish

tuotantokomitea. (various references)

French

loi sur les comités d'entreprise (works council constitution act, Works Councils Act), Conseil des Travaux publics (Public Works Council), Commission des Comités d'Entreprise (Works Council Commission), comité du groupe d'entreprises (group works council), comité d'entreprise européen (European Works Council), comité central d'entreprise (central works council). (various references)

German

Betriebsrat. (various references)

Greek 

κεντρικό συμβούλιο της επιχείρησης (central works council), ευρωπαϊκή επιτροπή επιχείρησης (European Works Council). (various references)

Italian

consiglio aziendale. (various references)

Pig Latin

orksway ouncilcay.(various references)

Portuguese

conselho de empresa europeu (European Works Council), comissão central da empresa (central works council). (various references)

Spanish

ley sobre los comités de empresa (works council constitution act), comité intercentro de empresa (central works council), comité del grupo de empresas (group company council, group works council), comité de empresa europeo (European Works Council), comité central de empresa (central company council, central works council). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: councilors.

-3 letters: councilor, occlusion.

-4 letters: colonics, couloirs, councils, cowlicks, orcinols, rowlocks, unicolor, woolskin.

-5 letters: colonic, colonus, colours, concurs, couloir, council, cowlick, cowskin, cuckoos, orcinol, rosinol, rowlock, sirocco, uncocks, uncoils, uncorks, unlocks.

+4 letters: counterclockwise.