The research indicates that financial participation can deliver real benefits for employees, enterprises and national economies. However, despite this potential, it remains little used in most Member States, and is very unevenly distributed across the EU. This background paper has updated the...

As the worlds largest economy, the United States is also the largest consumer of fossil energy sources and the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases. Although the climate and energy policies adopted over the past decade have been insufficient to reverse continued emissions growth, a...

A European Company (Societas Europaea, SE) is a relatively new legal form of company operating on a Europe-wide basis. The EU legislation governing the formation and operation of such companies also stipulates the need for employee involvement, in the form of information, consultation and...