Board-Level Employee Representation: a European Model?

Board-level employee representation, as a main form of employee involvement, is an element of co-participation: it provides direct and effective powers to all the employees of the firm, through their representatives, without consideration for their income or the shares they may hold. In view of history and geographical extension of board-level employee representation, this form of workers' participation clearly appears as a European model, born in Europe and representing a majority in Europe. Taking into account its many advantages, board-level employee representation may also become a model for the future of Europe.