Right of Co-Determination (Works Council Issues)
Co-determination is an integral aspect of healthy employee-employer relations. To maintain a fair balance within your organisation, trust in the advice and guidance of the co-determination specialists at Loyens & Loeff. Benefit from our vast expertise in this field. We have experience advising companies on the information, consultation and approval rights of works councils, as well as advising works councils on their co-determination role within companies.

Contribution Chambers Employment 2019 Guide
Klaas Wiersma
Partner Attorney at lawKlaas Wiersma, attorney at law, is a member of the Employment & Benefits practice group. He has over 19 years’ all-round experience in employment law, with a particular focus on the employment aspects of, mostly international, M&A-deals, co-determination procedures, restructurings and collective dismissals, and cross-border employment.
T: +31 20 578 59 60 E: klaas.wiersma@loyensloeff.comHermine Voûte
Partner Attorney at lawP. Hermine E. Voûte, attorney at law, is chairwoman of the Employment & Benefits practice group. She has over 31 years’ all-round experience in employment law, with a particular focus on high-profile dismissals, restructurings and collective dismissals, and co-determination procedures.
T: +31 20 578 59 75 E: hermine.voute@loyensloeff.comFilipSaelens
Partner Attorney at LawFilip Saelens is a local partner in our office in Brussels. Filip heads the Loyens & Loeff Employment & Benefits Practice Group in Belgium. He has extensive experience in collective and individual employment law.
T: +32 2 773 23 29 E: filip.saelens@loyensloeff.comKrisDe Schutter
Partner Attorney at lawKris De Schutter is a partner in our office in Brussels and member of Loyens & Loeff’s Employment & Benefits Practice Group. He has extensive experience in alternative (flexible) remuneration, restructuring and change processes.
T: +32 2 700 10 13 E: kris.de.schutter@loyensloeff.comMaureente Poel
Senior associate Attorney at lawMaureen te Poel, attorney at law (senior associate), is a member of the Employment & Benefits practice group. She has over 21 years of experience as a lawyer, of which 8 years in the M&A department. The last 13 years she has been focusing on all-round employment law, with a particular focus on the employment aspects of M&A-deals and restructurings, co-determination procedures, remuneration structures and sector-specific regulations on remuneration.
T: +31 20 578 54 64 E: maureen.te.poel@loyensloeff.comJimMargry
Senior Associate Attorney at lawJim Margry, attorney at law (senior associate), is a member of the Employment & Benefits Practice Group. He has all-round experience in employment law, with a particular focus on the employment law aspects of M&A-deals, restructurings and collective dismissals, co-determination procedures, cross-border labour and employee participation structures.
T: +31 20 578 56 31 M: +31 6 22 09 52 11 E: jim.margry@loyensloeff.com