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Raad van Meedenkers

English translation: Employee Advisory Council

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Dutch term or phrase:Raad van Meedenkers
English translation:Employee Advisory Council
Entered by: Neil Morrison

08:18 Jun 13, 2017
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Human Resources / Employment/HR
Dutch term or phrase: Raad van Meedenkers
In a company document on their last quarterly meeting, I've come across "Raad van Meedenkers" in the following context:
"De platformen als OR en Raad van Meedenkers"
OR is clearly Ondernemingsraad/Works Council, but "Raad van Meedenkers" has baffled me. "Meedenken" itself is often a tough one to translate. I think the text is Belgian.

Alvast bedankt voor jullie meedenken!

Neil
Neil Morrison
Spain
Local time: 06:08
Employee Advisory Council
Explanation:
This looks like another form of employee participation. I have found a few references, and I think the distinction between Ondernemingsraad and Raad van Meedenkers could be:

OR/Works council - statutory, worker participation in employment-related issues, represents workers' interests such as pay, hours, adjustments to workforce.

Raad van meedenkers/Employee Advisory Council - alternative form of worker participation where employees can voice concerns/ideas on other company issues.

https://www.radiuswelzijn.nl/over-radius/organisatie
Raad van Meedenkers
De Raad van Meedenkers bestaat uit circa tien leden. De Raad komt regelmatig bijeen en denkt vanuit het perspectief en in het belang van cliënten/deelnemers mee, met het beleid van Radius. De directeur/bestuurder zit de Raad voor.


http://www.arthurhol.nl/images/publicaties/Boek Medezeggensc...
(page 72)

http://www.greatplacetowork.nl/publicaties-en-evenementen/bl...


Ormit heeft een ondernemingsraad. Daarnaast heeft Ormit de medezeggenschap binnen
haar onderneming op een alternatieve wijze gewaarborgd door het instellen van een Raad
van Medewerkers. Het doel hiervan is iedereen binnen Ormit in de gelegenheid te stellen
mee te denken en mee te praten. De Raad van Meedenkers is een platform waarin dialoog
tussen medewerkers (zowel directen als indirecten) en de directie kan plaatsvinden over
specifieke onderwerpen die Ormit betreffen.

https://www.ser.nl/~/media/files/internet/congressen/2013/20...

https://fsemployee.ku.edu/employee-advisory-council-0
http://www.augusta.edu/eac/
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United Kingdom
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Employee Advisory Council


Explanation:
This looks like another form of employee participation. I have found a few references, and I think the distinction between Ondernemingsraad and Raad van Meedenkers could be:

OR/Works council - statutory, worker participation in employment-related issues, represents workers' interests such as pay, hours, adjustments to workforce.

Raad van meedenkers/Employee Advisory Council - alternative form of worker participation where employees can voice concerns/ideas on other company issues.

https://www.radiuswelzijn.nl/over-radius/organisatie
Raad van Meedenkers
De Raad van Meedenkers bestaat uit circa tien leden. De Raad komt regelmatig bijeen en denkt vanuit het perspectief en in het belang van cliënten/deelnemers mee, met het beleid van Radius. De directeur/bestuurder zit de Raad voor.


http://www.arthurhol.nl/images/publicaties/Boek Medezeggensc...
(page 72)

http://www.greatplacetowork.nl/publicaties-en-evenementen/bl...


Ormit heeft een ondernemingsraad. Daarnaast heeft Ormit de medezeggenschap binnen
haar onderneming op een alternatieve wijze gewaarborgd door het instellen van een Raad
van Medewerkers. Het doel hiervan is iedereen binnen Ormit in de gelegenheid te stellen
mee te denken en mee te praten. De Raad van Meedenkers is een platform waarin dialoog
tussen medewerkers (zowel directen als indirecten) en de directie kan plaatsvinden over
specifieke onderwerpen die Ormit betreffen.

https://www.ser.nl/~/media/files/internet/congressen/2013/20...

https://fsemployee.ku.edu/employee-advisory-council-0
http://www.augusta.edu/eac/


giovanni_v
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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neutral  philgoddard: Your first reference isn't employees, it's clients and stakeholders.
5 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil. You're right, the first reference was another usage of this term. We don't really know who the `meedenkers` are. As it follows on from 'works councils' I made a slight presumption there.
agree  Barend van Zadelhoff: There seem to be numerous relevant hits for this option, just one example: https://blogs.utmb.edu/eac/?page_id=926
3 days 3 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): If you are sure they are employees, yes.
5 days
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