(60)Throughout the preventive restructuring procedures, workers should enjoy full labour law protection. In particular, this Directive should be without prejudice to workers' rights guaranteed by Council Directives 98/59/EC 12 and 2001/23/EC 13 , and Directives 2002/14/EC 14 , 2008/94/EC 15 and 2009/38/EC 16 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The obligations concerning information and consultation of employees under national law transposing those Directives remain fully intact. This includes obligations to inform and consult employees' representatives on the decision to have recourse to a preventive restructuring framework in accordance with Directive 2002/14/EC.
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- 14 Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community ( OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 29 ). ↩
- 15 Directive 2008/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer ( OJ L 283, 28.10.2008, p. 36 ). ↩
- 16 Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and community-scale groups of undertakings for the purpose of informing and consulting employees ( OJ L 122, 16.5.2009, p. 28 ). ↩
- 12 Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies ( OJ L 225, 12.8.1998, p. 16 ). ↩
- 13 Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses ( OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 16 ). ↩