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Directive 2008/94/EC on the protection of workers in the event of the insolvency of their employer

Strengthening workers’ voices in cases of insolvencies: guidelines and recommendations “more Democracy at work still needed” Elaborated by Syndex Europe, PCG-Project Consult GmbH and GLTPS.

Collective redundancy, European Industrial Relations Dictionary, Dublin

In case of a closure resulting in signficant numbers of redundancies, it might also be useful to have a look at the list of company restructuring cases in which interventions of the European Globalisation Fund have been made

Gathering information on company examples of different types of restructuring is possible via the Eurofound “Restructuring Events Database”

Judgment of the Court in Case C-134/22 | G GmbH. Collective redundancies: the employer’s obligation to communicate information to the authorities at an early stage of such a project is not intended to confer individual protection on workers.

Website on collective redundancies. Usefull links to national legislation implementing Directive 98/59 EC.

EU Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies.

Toolbox for the negotiation and renegotiation of EWC agreements

A list of national trade union officers in charge of company policy,EWCs and SEs in their organisation can be downloaded on the industriAll Europe Intranet