Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

ondernemingsraad

English translation:

employees/works council

Added to glossary by Deborah do Carmo
Apr 18, 2005 09:29
19 yrs ago
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Dutch term

ondernemingsraad

Non-PRO Dutch to English Other Business/Commerce (general)
I want to know how to spell the wordt "ondernemingsraad" in English

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employees/works council

Def: wettelijk orgaan, bestaande uit gekozen werknemers, ten behoeve van overleg en samenwerking met de leiding van een bedrijf


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Note added at 3 mins (2005-04-18 09:32:42 GMT)
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plenty of other options....

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works council

Is one way...

B.v.:
... EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS. The UK regulations entitled the Transnational ...the European Works Council Directive came into force on 15 January 2000. ...
www.dti.gov.uk/er/europe/workscouncil.htm
... collective redundancies and those specifically related to company closures. ... Employee representatives on the works council (ondernemingsraad/conseil ...
www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/ 2003/11/tfeature/be0311303t.html -

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Waaruit bestaat een \'works council\' / ondernemingsraad\':

Works council members are elected directly, by secret ballot, from lists of candidates drawn up by employees within the enterprise either in consultation with the unions or not.

Goede referentie:

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/emire/NETHERLANDS/WORKSCOUNCIL-N...

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agree Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
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agree FullCircle (X)
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agree Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
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disagree Benno Groeneveld : Employee council (not that there are many in the US, where workers prefer not to be responsible for company policy)
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niet akkoord - enig idee hoe een ondernemingsraad is samengesteld?http://meta.fgov.be/pc/pce/pceo/nlceo02.htm - 'works' in 'works' council staat bovendien niet gelijk aan 'arbeiders'
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