Works Council Compliance
This article is intended for admins who configure Works Council Compliance in Staircase AI.
Overview
Works Council Compliance is a privacy configuration in Staircase AI that restricts visibility into individual employee activity data across the platform. Organizations subject to European Works Council agreements or similar employee privacy regulations can turn on this setting to ensure Staircase AI complies with their employee privacy obligations.
When the Works Council Compliance checkbox is selected, individual employee activity data is restricted from view for all users including admins. The data is not deleted. It is restricted from visibility only. All customer-level intelligence remains accessible.
Restricted Areas
When the Works Council Compliance checkbox is selected, the following areas are restricted:
Users Section
The Users section remains available, but individual employee activity and effort data are removed. The Users table continues to show CRM-sourced information and whether each user has Staircase AI access and a synced inbox. Per-user activity metrics such as emails sent, meetings attended, and response time are not displayed and cannot be added to the table.
Team Effort Report
Staircase AI removes the Team Effort report from the Reports section. Individual activity metrics per user including emails sent, meetings attended, and response time are not accessible.
Relationship Heat Map
The relationship heat map at the individual user level is not accessible. Account-level relationship data remains accessible.
Activity Columns in Reports
The following columns are removed from all reports across the platform when the Works Council Compliance checkbox is selected:
- Emails sent per user
- Meetings attended per user
- Response time per user
Executive Dashboard
Individual user widgets on the Executive Dashboard are hidden. Aggregate team metrics remain accessible.
Areas Not Affected
The following areas remain accessible when the Works Council Compliance checkbox is selected:
- Account health scores
- AI-generated insights
- Lifecycle events
- Topics
- Executive Dashboard aggregate metrics
- Ask Staircase
- All account-level reports
Activate Works Council Compliance
To turn on Works Council Compliance:
- Log in to Staircase AI as an admin.
- From the left navigation pane, click the settings icon.
- In the Configurations section, click Privacy & Security.
- Scroll down and select the Works Council Compliance checkbox.

- Click Submit.
- Works Council Compliance applies to all users in your organization including admins.
- Clearing the Works Council Compliance checkbox restores all restricted areas.
- Gainsight recommends consulting your legal or compliance team before turning on Works Council Compliance.