Board-level employee representation: National laws and other instruments

This repository of legislation was gathered in 2017. ETUI provides excerpt of legal texts and their translations for informative purposes, they do not have legal value and are not necessarily the most consolidated version.

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Country	Legal act (national level)
Austria	Austria BLER Act ArbVG S. 110 (EN) Austria BLER Act ArbVG 21.04.2021_or (DE)
Croatia	Croatia Labour Act - BLER art. 164 p.41 (EN) Croatia Zakon o radu 2014 (HR)
Czechia	Czechia Amendment Act reintroducing BLER 2017 (EN) Czechia zakonyprolidi_cx_1997_077_update 2017 (state enterprises) (EN)
Denmark	Denmark Officical excerpts - Companies Act 2009 and Implementation Edit 2012 (EN) Denmark 2011 Vejledning - Guidance for electoral procedure (EN) Denmark 2012 Edict election process BLER - Bekendtgorelse om medarbejderrepraesentation (DK) Denmark 2011 Guidance on BLER rules - Danish Business Authorities (DK) Denmark Companies Act 2015 - BLER in Arts 140 and 141 (EN)
Finland	Finland Laki henkiloston edustuksesta yrityste 725_1990 - Act on personnel representation in company administration (EN) Finland Laki valtion liikelaitoksista 1062_2010 - Original Act (EN) Finland Laki valtion liikelaitoksista 2010 - amendments 2015 (EN) Finland Yhteistoimintalaki 1333_2021 - Saadokset alkuperraisina_or (FI) Finland Yhteistoimintalaki 1333_2021 - Saadokset alkuperraisina_en (EN)
Germany	Germany Drittelbeteiligungsgesetz 2004 (EN) Germany MitbestG (amended) (EN) Germany Montan MitbesG (EN)
Greece	Greece Law 3429_2005 (Codified) - Government Gazette A 314 _ 27.12.2005 (EN)
Hungary	Hungary Civil code 2013 - BLER in arts 3.124-126 and 3.288 (EN) Hungary Civil code 2013 excerpt (EN)
Ireland	Ireland Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1977 (EN) Ireland Worker Participation (State Enterprises) Act 1988 (EN)
Lithuania	Lithuania Labour code 2017 - BLER in Arts 210-211 (EN)
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Code du Travail v. 2016 - BLER in Art. 426.1-426.11_or (FR) Luxembourg Code du Travail v. 2016 - BLER in Art.426.1-426.11 (EN)
Norway	Norway 1991 Lov om statsforetak (state-owned enterprises act) Lovdata (EN) Norway Lov om allmennaksjeselskaper (allmennaksjeloven) 45.1997 (public limited liability companies) Lovdata (EN) Norway Extract 44.1997 Lov om aksje (EN)
Poland	Poland Ustawa z dnia 25 wrzesnia 1981 - consolidated text 2000 - State Enterprises Act (EN) Poland Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 1996 - consolidated text commerc. and privatization of state enterprises (EN)
Portugal	Portugal Decreto-Lei n.° 260_76 Public enterprises (EN) Portugal Decreto-Lei n.º 260_76 empresa publica_or (PT)
Slovakia	Slovakia Zakon 111-1990 o statnom podniku (Act on State-owned companies, in force 2016) BLER in Art. 20 (EN)
Slovenia	Slovenia Act on Worker Participation in Management 1993 -2007 (EN)
Spain	Spain Acuerdo 1993 INI-TENEO _or (ES) Spain Agreement 1993 INI-TENEO (EN)
Sweden	Sweden Board level Private Sector Employees Act 1987-1245 (EN) Sweden Employment Codetermination in Workplace Act 1976-580 (EN)

Last update: October 2024