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Gesetz über die Mitbestimmung der Arbeitnehmer (Mitbestimmungsgesetz – MitbestG) of 4 May 1976

Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany), gesetze-im-internet.de · 1976

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Type: Law
Accessed: 2026-09-01
Reliability notes: § 1 (firms with more than 2,000 employees), § 7 (equal numbers of shareholder and employee members), § 29(2) (casting vote of the chair).

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EstablishedUnder the Mitbestimmungsgesetz, companies with more than 2,000 employees have supervisory boards with equal numbers of shareholder and employee members, and in a repeated tie the chair has a second vote; the Drittelbeteiligungsgesetz gives employees one third of the seats in companies with more than 500 employees.