The Dutch system of workers’ participation

The contribution, the Dutch system of workers’ participation, describes the main architecture of the institutionalised system of workers’ representation in the Netherlands. In the after WWII-period, the Dutch legislator and the social partners have developed a conventional and regulatory frame that defines and recognises the partners at company level, provides minimum requirements for a dialogue and promotes the negotiations in the shadow of the law. The contribution focusses on three main forms of representation, respectively the work of trade unions at plant level, the rights and competences... Mehr ...