Statute for a European cooperative society: involvement of employees

The Commission adopted, in whole or in part, 9 of the 25 amendments proposed by Parliament, in particular: - those broadening the scope of consultation and information: .to include proposals having a potential impact on the future prospects of the ECS, on terms of employment and working conditions, and on any decision requiring approval by the administrative board; .vocational training and questions of safety within the ECS, and workers' participation, on a joint basis, in the development of health and safety programmes and policies within the ECS; - that allowing workers to bring in experts to advise them during the consultation procedures; - that designed to enable the workers' representatives to perform their duties during working hours and to protect them against discrimination, improper dismissal and other penalties applied as a consequence of the exercise of their mandate. On the other hand, the Commission rejected all the amendments proposing that participation be imposed as an alternative model to the consultation/information procedures. �