To: Theresa May
Make Employee Representation on Company Boards Law
To follow through on the commitment to have full employee representation in UK company Boardrooms.
Why is this important?
Dear Theresa May,
Please can you help UK industry and their Employees to have greater Success, Collaboration, Flexibility, Security and Speed of Business Decisions by ensuring we have Full Employee Representation in the Boardroom.
Success
• Throughout Europe the most successful companies have Employee Representation directly engaging with the company by participating in board meetings.
• Company success is aided not hindered by Employee Representation.
Collaboration
• Employee board Representation leads to collaboration and avoids industrial disputes.
• It is truly a Win-Win situation.
• Collaboration between the board and the employees removes many elements of the current "them and us" attitude of UK companies that often leads to outcomes that neither the company nor employees want.
Flexibility
• Employee board representatives are very often more creative and flexible with their demands. Knowing the challenges facing a company they will often ask for improved investment or help develop restructuring proposals instead of a pay rise knowing that this will help the company.
• Currently unions predominantly campaign for increased salaries as they have no insights to the company pressures and direction.
Security
• In the light of Brexit it is now more important than ever that Employee board representatives are able to work with management to ensure operations are not moved off-shore without a meaningful set of discussions..
• Flexible Employee Responses can be worked on to enhance job security.
Speed of Business Decisions
• Employee board representatives participating in board meeting discussions are able to formulate responses ahead of a hard company decisions. This means that consultation occurs before a hard decision is publicly declared and prevents company back tracking and face saving that wastes time and effort.
Please can you help UK industry and their Employees to have greater Success, Collaboration, Flexibility, Security and Speed of Business Decisions by ensuring we have Full Employee Representation in the Boardroom.
Success
• Throughout Europe the most successful companies have Employee Representation directly engaging with the company by participating in board meetings.
• Company success is aided not hindered by Employee Representation.
Collaboration
• Employee board Representation leads to collaboration and avoids industrial disputes.
• It is truly a Win-Win situation.
• Collaboration between the board and the employees removes many elements of the current "them and us" attitude of UK companies that often leads to outcomes that neither the company nor employees want.
Flexibility
• Employee board representatives are very often more creative and flexible with their demands. Knowing the challenges facing a company they will often ask for improved investment or help develop restructuring proposals instead of a pay rise knowing that this will help the company.
• Currently unions predominantly campaign for increased salaries as they have no insights to the company pressures and direction.
Security
• In the light of Brexit it is now more important than ever that Employee board representatives are able to work with management to ensure operations are not moved off-shore without a meaningful set of discussions..
• Flexible Employee Responses can be worked on to enhance job security.
Speed of Business Decisions
• Employee board representatives participating in board meeting discussions are able to formulate responses ahead of a hard company decisions. This means that consultation occurs before a hard decision is publicly declared and prevents company back tracking and face saving that wastes time and effort.
