A new law on social dialogue has recently been adopted which brings four significant reforms: the obligation to perform collective bargaining at both the company (if it has at least 10 employees) and at the sectoral level; the possibility to perform collective bargaining at the national level; new obligations for employers to inform and consult employee / trade union representatives; extension of the range of cases triggering collective labour disputes. In addition, unlike the previous regulation, which was strongly criticised by trade unions, the new law on social dialogue gives trade unions greater powers and establishes an easier procedure for setting up and representing employees.
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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org. For previous full issues of the Collective bargaining newsletter please visit https://www.etui.org/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter or consult the archive with all articles in our database at www.cbnarchive.eu.
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