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This 6 page paper looks at EU Directive 2002/14/EC which lays down the minimum standards required for employers to undertake consultation with employees and considers whether or not this is a suitable framework to be used as a basis in the international arena. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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they have both an ethical and a legal right to be consulted on decision and events that have the potential of impacting on their jobs, and as such their livelihoods
and lives. It was as a result of the asymmetry of power at the beginning of the twentieth century that the unions rose to power, seeking to redress the power
and serve the interests of their members (Laybourne, 1992). Times have changed and the development of the EU has seen increasing levels of regulation exercised over the employment relationship with
social consideration of equity and balance in the employment relationship. It appears logical that were decisions are made by employers that may have a long term impact on the employees
that the employees would be consulted on these issues. It is this value that is the underlying principle of Directive 2002/14/EC, which established a framework under which employees will have
the right to be informed and consulted on certain issues. The directive lays down minimum standards in terms of the employees rights. With the development of a directive that is
to be implemented across all EU countries it may be argued that this is a suitable framework to be expanded and used as a basis for international standards. There
is support for the need to implement an employee consulting framework, in line with the OECD social labour policies (Seifert, 2008). It is argued that there is the need to
strengthen the agreements which are already in place by agreement or union negotiation (Seifert, 2008). However, it needs to be considered whether or not the directive is suitable as the
bias for international implementation outside of the EU as well as within it. The 2002/14/EC direct it relativity straight forward, the aim of the directive is the provision of
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