The influence of the European Union employee participation system and related acquis on companies operating in Turkey
The influence of the European Union employee participation system and related acquis on companies operating in Turkey

Summary/Abstract: The main object of this article is to evaluate the effect of the European Union system of employee participation and the related acquis on Turkish companies and workforces. The article includes an evaluation of developments in the area of information, consultation and participation of employees in the management of Turkish national and multi-national companies (MNCs) operating in EU member states and in Turkey under conditions of the customs union operating since 1 January 1996. We also aim to find out the possibility of the establishment of European Works Councils (EWCs) in one hundred MNCs operating in Turkey, as well as to discover if these MNCs’ central EWCs established in EU countries have any member from Turkey representing Turkish employees at the annual EWC meetings. The employee participation system is among the most important features of EU regulations which Turkey has to adopt to achieve full membership during the present accession period. We conducted our survey between the period February 2007 to March 2008 on the basis of a selection of 35 MNCs operating in Turkey.

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