The Supreme Court has rejected Verizon’s appeal of an industrial relations case described as of “critical importance” to the US-based global telecoms conglomerate. The appeal, which looked at the rights of European Works Councils (EWCs) – non-union consultative bodies for employees in large multinationals – found there is an obligation on central management of the company to provide financial and material resources to its EWC under the terms of a 2009 EU Directive, implemented in Ireland by the Transnational Information and Consultation of Employees Act 1996 (TICEA).   These resources extend to covering the costs of an expert, “subject to certain…

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