Employees of German business software maker SAP turned out in good numbers Wednesday to elect members to the company’s new workers council.Nearly 65 percent of the approximately 11,000 employees eligible to vote in Germany cast their ballots for the 37-member representative council, according to SAP spokesman Tony Roddam. More than 400 candidates vied for a position.SAP was one of the largest German companies to lack a workers council. The company’s management and many of its employees had consistently rejected the establishment of such a body, supporting instead a system whereby eight employee representatives were elected to the company’s supervisory board.Three SAP employees, who are also members of the IG Metall labor union, are credited with forcing elections for a workers council after taking the Walldorf, Germany, company to court. The Wir fur Dich, or We Represent You, party has the largest representation with 16 council members. Of these, eight were former employee representatives on the supervisory board.The Pro Betriebsrat, or Pro Employee Council, party won three seats, held by the three SAP union employees who forced the workers council. On July 3, the 37 council members will elect a chairman. “We don’t have much to say about the workers council other than we expect the good relations with employees to continue,” Roddam said.SAP has a global workforce of about 36,000.-John Blau, IDG News Service (Dusseldorf Bureau)Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe