Development of Indirect Forms of Industrial Democracy in Holland

The analysis of development of indirect forms of industriell democracy in Holland has been preceded by a short description of the industrial relations model, whose form exerK a significant influence on conditions of worker participation development. Indirect forms of industrial democracy in Holland include, first of all, plant councils and the so-called worker-diiectoirs (representatives of workers on supervisory boards). Legal foundations for development of these forms have been guaranteed by appropriate acts of law with the first of them being adopted in the lif'ies. An important element of worker codetermination in Holland is also a system of controlled cooption, which largely expands competences of plant councils giving them a right to participate in elections oi supervisory boards members