Chapter III

A works council consists of members who are elected directly from among the persons employed in the enterprise. Their number amounts to, in an…

The works council shall elect from among its members a chairperson and one or more deputy chairpersons. The chairperson, or in the event of their…

The works council shall draw up standing orders in which the subjects are regulated that are assigned or left to the works council for regulation by…

The election of members of the works council shall take place by secret written ballot and on the basis of one or more lists of candidates.

The works council shall establish in its standing orders further rules regarding the nomination of candidates, the organisation of the elections and…

The works council shall ensure that the results of the elections are made known to the entrepreneur, to the persons employed in the enterprise, as…

The members of the works council shall retire simultaneously every three years. They shall be immediately eligible for re-election.

At the request of the entrepreneur or the works council, the subdistrict court may exclude a member of the works council from all or certain…

The works council shall regulate its working method in its rules of procedure.

The works council may establish such committees as it reasonably requires for the performance of its duties. The works council shall submit its…

The works council may invite one or more experts to attend a meeting of that council, with a view to the discussion of a specific subject. It may…

The entrepreneur is obliged to grant the works council, the committees of that council, and, if the entrepreneur has appointed a secretary to the…

The entrepreneur is obliged to provide the members of the works council and the members of the committees of that council, during a number of hours…

The members of the works council and the members of the committees of that council, as well as the experts consulted in accordance with Article 16…

The entrepreneur shall ensure that persons working in the enterprise who are or have been on a list of candidates as referred to in Article 9, as…

The costs that are reasonably necessary for the performance of the duties of the works council and the committees of that council shall be borne by…

In legal proceedings between the entrepreneur and the works council, the works council cannot be ordered to pay the legal costs.