Home » Industrial relations » National industrial relations » Volkswagen: summary of the information and consultation procedure during the restructuring at Forest factory Volkswagen: summary of the information and consultation procedure during the restructuring at Forest factory By announcing on November 21st 2006, the shedding of 4000 jobs in its Belgian factory of Forest because of the transfer of production of the Golf to two German sites, the automobile group Volkswagen seems to have respected neither the European legislation on workers' information-consultation, nor that on the European work's council, nor the provisions of its agreement establishing this EWC. (Ref. 070034) Through . Published on 12 January 2007 Ă 14h00 - Update on 12 January 2007 Ă 14h00 Resources After having announced the shedding of 20000 jobs, mainly in Germany, the automobile group Volkswagen concluded, in November 2006, an agreement with the trade union IG Metall on a reorganization which includes an increase in working hours from 28.8 hours to 33 or 34 hours per week, without wage compensation, but with an employment guarantee for German employees (see story n° 06958). But this agreement involved a reorganization which exceeded the German territory and included a real European dimension.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messageRGPD J’accepte la politique de confidentialitĂ©.CommentsThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels