Dr Werner Altmeyer, Hamburg

Managing Director of the EWC Academy

• The significance of Irish EWC law and initial experience with legal disputes
• The particularities of Anglo-Saxon style EWC agreements (even if they are not subject to Irish law)
• The current status of the draft bill on the revision of the EWC Directive in the European Parliament

Prof Dr Roland Erne, Dublin

Professor of European Integration and Employment Relations at University College Dublin

• Irish industrial relations from a continental European perspective
• Workplace representation by trade unions and by information and consultation committees
• Election of Irish delegates to the European Works Council
• Current debates on the reform of Irish industrial relations

Prof Dr Anthony Kerr, Dublin

Professor of the Sutherland School of Law, University College Dublin and Senior Counsel at the Bar of Ireland

• The role of the Workplace Relations
 Commission (WRC) and the Labour 
 Court in EWC issues
• A special feature of Irish law: arbitration in EWC matters
• The legal process for breaches of EWC law and the imposition of sanctions
• The current status of the infringement proceedings of the European Commission