Netherlands Works Councils Act (WOR)

The Dutch Works Councils Act: an employer with 50 or more workers must set up a works council, give it facilities, paid time, training and information, consult it twice a year, ask its advice before major decisions (including introducing an important technological facility) and obtain its consent before adopting or changing any staff arrangement on 13 subjects, including the processing of staff personal data (27(1)(k)) and any system suitable for monitoring presence, behaviour or performance (27(1)(l)); without consent the decision is void once the council invokes nullity. Smaller employers hold staff meetings and may have an employee representation body. It comprises 73 controls organised across 7 domains, and applies in the Netherlands.