职代会的定位与功能重塑

职代会制度是我国颇具特色的一项职工参与制度。随着市场经济体制的建立以及企业治理制度的变革,职代会的地位和作用发生了变化,需要重新审视职代会的正当性。目前,有关职工参与的各种理论从不同角度论证了职代会的正当性,职代会对完善公司治理、加强公司监督、维护公司利益也具有积极作用。我国应通过完善职代会设立规则、职权设置,使传统的职代会与市场经济体制下的现代公司治理机制相契合,让职代会成为职工与企业协商沟通的主要平台,在新的体制环境下发挥协商和监督等功能。

Re-shaping the Role and Function of Employee Representation Committee

The system of employee representation committee (ERC) which is composed of the representatives of employees is a traditional part of Chinese employee participation system. With the establishment of market economy system and the reform of corporate governance, the role of ERC has become less important and its function has been weaker, which gives rise to the issue of reconsidering the legitimacy of ERC in modern enterprises. The theories of Unternehmen an sich, corporate social responsibility, corporate stakeholders, human capital and economic democracy justify the system of employee participation as well as the existence of ERC in Chinese enterprises from different perspectives. In addition, the ERC has positive role in enhancing the communications between employees and managements, strengthening oversight of executives and lessening the subordination of employees, which will help to improve the corporate governance structure and safeguard the corporate interests. Thus the ERC should continue to exist in the new context of market economy with the diversity of corporate ownership.China should integrate the traditional ERC system into the modern corporate governance structure by changing the rules related to the creation and power of ERC, and balance the roles and functions between ERC and other players, including shareholders, board of directors and board of supervisors. The new rules should ensure the ERC to serve as the main platform of consultations between employees and employers, by playing the role of consultation, oversight, etc, in the new context.