We look at two particular areas: first, do employers need to provide trade unions and reps with a digital space on their extranet and collaboration tools to help them work and should they provide the email addresses of employees? Second, with so many employers planning to introduce new ways of working, do they need to inform and consult employee representatives – and crucially, do the representatives have the right to object to the employer’s plans?
Dr Burkard Göpfert is a partner at Kliemt.HR Lawyers and Chair of the Ius Laboris Expert Group for Restructuring.
Burkard Göpfert