(Spoiler alert: not quite.) I guess it’s that time of the year again: The revised European Works Council Directive (EU) 2025/2450 has been published in the EU Official Journal, on 11 December 2025. Nearly a year after the European Parliament voted to improve the EWC Directive … After years of debate, this is the text Member States will…
During a training this week, I asked a simple question: “Who should be informed first — the EWC or the local council/union?” The answers were all over the place. Different laws, different timelines, different realities. And here’s what I see in practice: Local bodies often don’t receive the full picture early enough. Not because they’re not important,…
At Pemota Consultancy, we have been involved in quite a lot of divestitures lately. Previously, we outlined five essential points for a successful divestiture. Successful for the employees as well as for the seller and the buyer. When CPW, a joint venture of General Mills and Nestlé, recently decided they had to cut back on…
A little over a year ago, I wrote a blog post about the role of EWCs in corporate divestitures. The topic has only become more relevant since then, as we’ve seen this phenomenon occur in quite a number of EWCs over the past year. In short: what is a divestiture? A divestiture happens when a…
European Parliament backs stronger workers’ voice in multinational companies Today the European Parliament has confirmed its support for the long-awaited revision of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive. This decisive vote marks an important milestone in strengthening the role of EWCs and ensuring that employees’ voices are properly heard within multinational companies operating across Europe….
In May 2025 the European Parliament formally agreed on the revised and improved Directive and it is expected that the final adoption procedure will take in the course of this year. This means that workers in multinational companies are getting a stronger say in their workplaces. Clearly good news for the workers. But what about the…
