The Amended EC Directive on EWCs, in 2 minutes (video)

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…

In addition to the newly agreed 15% Trump tariffs and the growing uncertainty surrounding global supply chains, there is another development that will undoubtedly impact employees: Artificial Intelligence (AI). And just like with the Trump Tariffs, it is certain that AI will have a significant effect, but it’s far from clear where how and when…

(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…

This week, the European Commission adopted the proposals to amend the EWC Directive 2009/38/EC. These amendments are an important step forward to improve the framework for the information and consultation of employees at the transnational level. All in all, I’m positive! The summary, as well as the link to the official documents, you can find…

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…

When you start your own company, they say you have to work hard to get higher on Google. So we did, and I guess it worked: December 12th, Pemota Consultancy went straight to the top at Google … with a bit of help from the stairs. 😉 We finished a great day, training the newly…