Verizon has been granted a Supreme Court appeal of an industrial relations case described as of “critical importance” to the US-based global telecoms conglomerate. The appeal challenges a significant High Court ruling from last November that offered an expansive interpretation of certain rights of European Works Councils (EWCs), non-union consultative bodies for employees in large multinationals. Specifically at issue in the case is the extent of an employer’s financial obligations to EWCs under the relevant 2009 EU directive, implemented in Ireland by the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 (TICEA).   It is the first case of its kind…

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