Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute (ECS): Hager SE

Voss, Eckhard

Overview

Case study

Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute (ECS): Hager SE

Published: 20 October 2011

Eckhard Voss

Employee representation

Participation at work

Industrial relations

The Hager Group is a family-run company based in the German Saarland with approximately 10,000 employees worldwide. The company offers a complete range of systems, solutions and services for energy distribution in buildings, including security solutions as well as electrical installations supplies for larger-scale projects in the field of industry and infrastructure. The Hager company is characterised by a strong German-French corporate identity with equally strong production facilities on both sides of the border. This cross-border corporate culture was also a major driving force for the establishment of the Hager SE in 2007.

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Number of pages

9

Reference no.

EF107811

Research report

8 March 2011

Employee involvement in companies under the European Company Statute

The European Company Statute (SE) is based on the Council Regulation on the Statute for a European Company (2157/2001/EC) and on the Directive supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees (2001/86/EC). It is one of the most important pieces of company legislation published so far by the European Union. Adopted in 2001, it has since October 2004 made it possible for companies operating in more than one EU Member State to reorganise their cross-border business under a single European label. This enables them to work under the umbrella of a single legal framework, thereby reducing the internal costs of operating in several countries. Employee involvement, including participation rights at board level, is the focus of this research report.