This paper advocates a trans–nationalisation of employee information and consultation procedures in enterprises operating on a worldwide level. After outlining the specific need for trans–national employee information and consultation, the paper provides an overview of the relevant provisions of international law (i.e. the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises Social Policy and the ILO provisions), but also of the existing trans–national private regulation (e.g. International Framework Agreements with trans–national enterprises) and how they cope with this regulatory need. The main argument is that international law should explicitly recognize the setting up of trans–national employee information and consultation procedures in worldwide enterprises to strengthen the efforts recently undertaken by global union federations in various International Framework Agreements.
International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations