More and more international organisations in the Netherlands have a non-Dutch management board. This can cause difficulties for the organisation, for the Works Council, but also for the management board itself. What are the obstacles and what are the solutions for an improved relationship with the Works Council?
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For an organisation to function correctly, it is vital that employers and employees work well together. They need to know what they can expect from each other. This is particularly reflected in the relationship between the management board, as a representative of the employer, and the Works Council, as a representative of the employees.
In the Netherlands, employee participation (i.e. the role of the Works Council, including its rights and obligations) is laid down in the Works Council Act (WOR) (Dutch). Management boards should have a basic knowledge of the WOR. This is particularly important for a foreign management board because they are not fully aware of the local culture and customs - and therefore, the laws.
Roughly outlined, foreign Directors face two 'obstacles':
- Employee participation in the Netherlands differs from employee participation in many other countries, which also means that the relationship between the Director and Works Council is different.
- The Dutch texts in the WOR are not always easy to translate into English, which makes the essence of them sometimes difficult to grasp.
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