In April 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions. This article discusses the proposed provisions to protect the interests of employees in a cross-border operation. Their position would be strengthened since employee representatives are granted information and consultation rights. As to the protection of existing board level employee representation rights, the Proposal follows the EU legal framework on the involvement of employees, consisting of a negotiation process between representatives of the employees and the management. As Standard Rules apply if no agreement can be reached, negotiations take place with the law as a sentinel. Practice has shown that this complicated legal framework is effective in protecting existing employee participation rights. The Proposal shows that in 2019, this carefully vetted political compromise leaves EU legislators little room to manoeuvre by simplifying the framework or strengthening the position of employees.

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企业流动性–员工的参与

2018年4月，欧盟委员会提出了一项关于修订2017/1132号指令的指令提案，该指令涉及跨境转换，合并和分立。本文讨论了在跨境运营中保护员工利益的拟议条款。由于授予员工代表信息和咨询的权利，他们的地位将得到加强。关于保护现有的董事会级别雇员代表权，该提案遵循欧盟关于雇员参与的法律框架，包括雇员代表与管理层之间的谈判程序。如果无法达成协议，则适用标准规则，因此，以法律为哨兵进行谈判。实践表明，这种复杂的法律框架可以有效地保护现有的员工参与权。提案显示，在2019年，经过仔细审查的政治妥协方案通过简化框架或加强员工职位，使欧盟立法者几乎没有回旋余地。