Many Happy Returns: 50 Years Statuto dei lavoratori, 100 Years Betriebsverfassungsrecht. The German System of Employee Representation at the Workplace in Comparative Perspective

Abstract

The essay endeavors to compare the development of the German codetermination system as originally provided under the Weimarer Republik and further developed according to the Bonner GG with the Italian Workers Statute, highlighting similarities and differences from the point of view of workers representation system.

Keywords

• statuto dei lavoratori
• betriebsverfassungsrecht
• workers representation at plant level
• works councils