Germany is planning to strenghten their #democracyatwork.

But don't they already have a strong system of #Mitbestimmung?

Yes, but there are some problems and there's room for improvement (1/7)

As such, the number of works councils is declining. Mostly because of management pushbacks and heavy administrative weight of setting on up. Currently, only roughly 10% (!) of the companies that could have a works council also have one. (2/7)

That's one of the reasons why Germany doesn't score that high in the @ETUI_org's #EuropeanParticipationIndex

https://europeanparticipationindex.eu/ 

(3/7)

But now government is planning some actions:

Proposed solution no. 1: strenghten the protection against dismissal for those employees taking an initiative to form a works council. (4/7)

Proposed solution no. 2: make an easier procedure available for more companies (as long as there's agreement about this). (5/7)

Proposed solution no.3: strengten the right to take initiatives in areas like training, lifelong learning, environmental issues, telework and artificial intelligence. (6/7)

More about this? https://www.planetlabor.com/en/legal-developments/national-legislation/germany-employment-ministry-unveils-the-contours-of-draft-legislation-aimed-at-strengthening-works-councils/

More about #Democracyatwork?

@ETUI_org's Benchmarking Working Europe 2020 and 2019 https://www.benchmarking2020.eu/chapter-6 

https://www.etui.org/publications/books/benchmarking-working-europe-2019

And this interactive page on the #europeanparticipationindex
https://europeanparticipationindex.eu/ 

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