More and more companies in the Netherlands employ non-Dutch employees. They too have the right to be elected to the Dutch Works Council (WoCo). Does the WoCo work in English? More importantly: what is a Dutch WC and what does it do?
A Works Council is for all company employees, and all employees who work at the company for over a year have the right to be elected to the Works Council, even if those employees do not speak Dutch. If a non-Dutch employee is elected, the Works Council has to adjust its work practice. The Works Council is a democratic institution by law; nobody may be excluded.
There is also a Dutch version of this article available, for Dutch Works Council members in an English WoCo:
de Nederlandse ondernemingsraad Engelstalig?
what does a Works Council do?
The Works Council is the elected representative board of employees. It has special rights and duties, laid down in the Works Councils Act. For instance, it has advisory rights. Besides that, certain issues can only be implemented or imposed after consent of the WC, in effect making the Works Council a supervisory board of employees.
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topics* that can only be implemented after the Works Council has given 'advies' **:
- transfer of control of the enterprise
- take over/collaboration/participation
- termination of operations
- important reduction/expansion
- changes in organisation or distribution of powers
- moving location of enterprise
- borrowing of labour on a group basis
- major investments
- taking out loans
- granting credit/giving security
- introduction or alteration technological provisions
- environmental care
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topics* that can only be implemented after the works council's 'instemming'**:
- pension insurance, profit-sharing or savings scheme
- working hours, rest periods or holidays
- job-grading systems
- working conditions (ARBO-beleid), sick leave or reintegration
- policy on appointments, dismissals or promotion
- staff training
- staff appraisals
- industrial, social work
- job coordination meetings
- complaints procedures
- handling and protection of personal information
- measures aimed at or suitable for monitoring/checking attendance, behaviour or performance of persons
- reporting suspicion of abuse (injustice)
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