Michael Beijer (asker) Sep 14, 2017:

what US companies call it themselves It seems US companies (such as Morrison & Foerster) also refer to it using the term "Works Council":

"The second category is candidates and members of the Works Council (“conseil d’entreprise”/“ondernemingsraad”) or the Committee for Prevention and Protection of the Workplace (“comité pour la prévention et la protection au travail”/“comité voor preventie en bescherming op het werk”)."

(https://media2.mofo.com/documents/140623aguidetohiringandfir... )

Michael Beijer (asker) Sep 13, 2017:

Thanks... yeah, that makes sense

philgoddard Sep 13, 2017:

Works council. As Natasha says, you're not trying to find a US equivalent of this European term, just as there's no UK equivalent of "district attorney" or "state trooper".

Natasha Ziada (X) Sep 13, 2017:

Works Council +1 I don't see a problem with using Works Council, especially since there is no clear US equivalency and you are dealing with a company based in NL.

Michael Beijer (asker) Sep 13, 2017:

PS: I've been translating this as Works Council for years (for both UK and US English), but since this is predominantly a EU/UK term, I'm wondering how other people handle this.