About: workers participation
After a year of disruption, changes to the world of work will continue
2020 saw the swift transformation of work as an unprecedented amount of people worked from home, while others had to completely change their systems to adapt to the health crisis. Though the end of the pandemic is in sight, certain changes will remain and even accelerate in 2021.
Worker participation in management can be stabilising factor, expert argues
Worker participation in the management can be a stabilisation factor in times of crisis, according to a recent study conducted by the Institute for Codetermination and Corporate Governance. EURACTIV has interviewed the co-author and political adviser on the matter, Sebastian Campagna.
German trade unionist: Stronger worker participation helps in times of crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has caused a rapid transformation of the workplace at a time when digitalisation and the Green Deal were beginning to restructure entire industries. In an interview with EURACTIV, trade unionist Karin Erhard describes how workers should go forward in these uncertain times and how a strong system of codetermination can help chart the way. VideoPromoted content
Diversity in boards a precondition of sustainable governance
Gender equality is a core value of the European Union. There is empirical evidence that this serves sustainable corporate governance. However, the representation of women in corporate (supervisory) boards varies from country to country. A Europe-wide equality strategy is therefore...OpinionPromoted content
Workers’ participation: What Europe needs to do for its workers
The EU needs to do more to strengthen workers’ rights. Otherwise workers’ voice in Europe will be in jeopardy. VideoPromoted content
Workers’ Voice needs statuary European framework
To create trust, companies have to be transparent in what they are doing and how they treat employees.
Strengthening workers’ voice, legal certainty for future Social Europe
A vital social democracy will play a decisive role in shaping the future of the European Union. The goal of a united Europe, contractually agreed by all EU member states, is to promote participatory democracy, writes Norbert Kluge.
Putting the social dimension on equal footing with the economy
An improved EU legislation that boosts workers’ information, consultation and participation rights will push social matters higher up on the EU political agenda, according to the participants of a symposium about workers held in Brussels on 26-27 April.