Employee representation at establishment level in Europe : European Company Survey 2009

In companies across Europe several different channels of employee representation are prevalent; these include workscouncils, trade unions, special committees, health and safety representatives and workers’ delegates. This report exploresthe main employee representation structures at workplace level in the 27 Member States and three candidate countries(the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Croatia and Turkey). It is based on two sources of information: Thefindings of the 2009 European Company Survey (ECS); and country fact sheets produced by the national correspondentsof the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO).