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一昨日、EUの理事会が欧州労使協議会の改正に合意したと発表しました。

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/10/27/strengthening-representation-of-eu-workers-in-multinational-companies-council-greenlights-revision-of-the-european-works-council-directive/

The Council has adopted a revising directive that seeks to make the representation of workers in large multinational companies more effective. This revision will amend the existing directive on European works councils (EWCs) to make the rules clearer, notably as regards howEWCs are set up, their resources and the protection of their members.

欧州労使協議会指令は前史から数えると長い歴史がありますが、1994年に成立し、2009年に改正されていますが、2023年に改正についての労使団体への協議があり、2024年に欧州委員会から指令改正案が提出され、今回ようやく成立に至ったというわけです。

The revising directiveclarifies the scope of transnational mattersto ensure that decisions substantially affecting workers in more than one member state trigger an obligation to inform and consult an EWC, without this being extended to day-to-day decisions or issues that only affect employees in a trivial way.

The revised rules also ensure that information can only bewithheld by the company or treated as confidentialif objective criteria are satisfied and for as long as the reasons justifying these limitations persist.

The directive alsostrengthens provisions on access to justiceand (where relevant) administrative proceedings, including by ensuring that the costs of works councils relating to legal representation and participation are covered.

主な改正点は、国際事項の明確化、機密情報の定義、紛争処理手続等です。

Eulabourlaw2022_20251029092301 本指令の過去の経緯については、2022年に刊行した『新・EUの労働法政策』(労働政策研究・研修機構)に詳述してあります。