For many companies the best way of avoiding employment disputes is to provide regular structured opportunities for consulting employees and receiving their feedback on issues ranging from those personal to one employee, to those which affect the workforce as a whole.
Many multinational companies have set up European Works Councils in order to provide a structure for transnational consultation. I have drafted and negotiated a number of such works council agreements - for example I provided all the drafting and legal advice, as well as participating in the negotiations, relating to the creation of the GM European Works Councils, and more recently provided all of the legal advice in the creation of the European Works Council for the SSP group.