WORKS COUNCIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does works council mean? 

• WORKS COUNCIL (noun)
  The noun WORKS COUNCIL has 1 sense:

1. (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc

  Familiarity information: WORKS COUNCIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORKS COUNCIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("works council" is a kind of...):

council (a body serving in an administrative capacity)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)