If in the interest of employee participation, the entrepreneur with two or more Works Councils has to set up a Central Works Council (centrale ondernemingsraad) for all of his companies or a Group Works Council (groepsondernemingsraad) for several of his companies. In general, a Central Works Council and a Group Works Council have the same rights as a regular Works Council. However, they only have these rights with regard to matters of common interest of all or most of the companies they were established for.
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The Works Council cannot bind the company, but it has to be involved in the decision-making process on many occasions. What rights does the law provides the Works Council with respect to this?
In the Netherlands, employees have a legal right to participate. In what way can employees participate through a Works Council?
If a BV is obligated to establish a Works Council, depends on the number of employees that work within the company based on an employment agreement.