Collective Bargaining Developments In Times Of Crisis

Author : Sylvaine Laulom
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041190277

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Collective Bargaining Developments in Times of Crisis by Sylvaine Laulom Pdf

In many EU Member States, the various economic crises of recent years provided grounds for a rarely equalled level of state intervention in the regulation of labour relations with an explicit aim: the decentralisation of collective bargaining. An extensive body of research – summed up and analysed expertly in the chapters of this very important book – reveals that the process of decentralisation has more often than not led to a situation where salaries and labour conditions are ever more frequently determined by direct negotiations between employer and employees, with the State becoming the sole guarantor of employee protection even as it encourages decreasing labour costs to ensure that companies remain competitive. The comparative approach offered in this book adds to this synthesis by providing examples of speci c recent developments in fourteen Member States and Turkey. Among the numerous topics and issues that arise are the following: – ‘opt-out’ clauses that derogate unfavourably from sectoral agreement standards; – extension of the employer’s unilateral decision-making power; – ‘memoranda of understanding’ imposed by the ‘troika’ (EU, ECB, and IMF); and – ‘stand-by arrangements’ imposed by the IMF. However, notwithstanding the strong emphasis on changing the structure of collective agreements by shifting the centre of gravity closer to the company, research nds promise in the reconstituted support for sector-level agreements increasingly found among very small businesses, networked businesses, and work via digital platforms. This is the rst book to take stock of the current state of collective bargaining in Europe. It is an essential study for labour and employment law practitioners, and an exemplary analysis of immeasurable value to policymakers and academics in the eld.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2874524964

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Rough Waters by Anonim Pdf

Author : Susan Hayter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849809832

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The Role of Collective Bargaining in the Global Economy by Susan Hayter Pdf

The book examines the ways in which collective bargaining addresses a variety of workplace concerns in the context of today.s global economy. Globalization can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, it also puts employment, earnings and labourstandards at risk. This book examines the role that collective bargaining plays in ensuring that workers are able to obtain a fair share of the benefits arising from participation in the global economy and in providing a measure of security against the risk to employment and wages. It focuses on a commonly neglected side of the story and demonstrates the positivecontribution that collective bargaining can make to both economic and social goals. The various contributions examine how this fundamental principle and right at work is realized in different countries and how its practice can be reinforced across borders. They highlight the numerouschallenges in this regard and the critically important role that governments play in rebalancing bargaining power in a global economy. The chapters are written in an accessible style and deal with practical subjects, including employment security, workplace change and productivity and working time.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264362574

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Negotiating Our Way Up Collective Bargaining in a Changing World of Work by OECD Pdf

Collective bargaining and workers’ voice are often discussed in the past rather than in the future tense, but can they play a role in the context of a rapidly changing world of work? This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the functioning of collective bargaining systems and workers’ voice arrangements across OECD countries, and new insights on their effect on labour market performance today.

Author : Horen Voskeritsian,Panos Kapotas,Christina Niforou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315462486

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Greek Employment Relations in Crisis by Horen Voskeritsian,Panos Kapotas,Christina Niforou Pdf

Greece’s economy and society have undergone important structural changes in recent years as a result of the financial crisis and consequent austerity policies that have been implemented. The Greek labour market and employment relations system have been subject to immense pressures, leading to fundamental changes both in the structure of institutions and in the behaviour of the main employment relations actors. The present volume constitutes a first attempt to appreciate the consequences of a decade of austerity politics on the Greek labour market. Offering a multidisciplinary perspective and building on original research by leading Greek scholars in the fields of labour economics, employment relations and the sociology of work, it will discuss the impact of the crisis and the resulting policies on the Greek labour market and employment relations. This volume will be of interest to policy makers, researchers and students interested in the past, present and future of Greek employment relations and the impact of austerity on Greece.

Author : Guy Van Gyes ,Thorsten Schulten
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Collective bargaining
ISBN : 9782874523731

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Wage bargaining under the new European Economic Governance by Guy Van Gyes ,Thorsten Schulten Pdf

Within the framework of the new European economic governance, neoliberal views on wages have further increased in prominence and have steered various reforms of collective bargaining rules and practices. As the crisis in Europe came to be largely interpreted as a crisis of competitiveness, wages were seen as the core adjustment variable for ‘internal devaluation’, the claim being that competitiveness could be restored through a reduction of labour costs. This book proposes an alternative view according to which wage developments need to be strengthened through a Europe-wide coordinated reconstruction of collective bargaining as a precondition for more sustainable and more inclusive growth in Europe. It contains major research findings from the CAWIE2 – Collectively Agreed Wages in Europe – project, conducted in 2014–2015 for the purpose of discussing and debating the currently dominant policy perspectives on collectively-bargained wage systems under the new European economic governance.

Author : Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick,Richard Hyman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199644414

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Trade Unions in Western Europe by Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick,Richard Hyman Pdf

Trade unions in most of Europe are on the defensive: in recent decades they have lost membership, sometimes drastically; their collective bargaining power has declined, as has their influence on government; and in many countries, their public respect is much diminished. This book explores the challenges facing trade unions and their responses in ten west European countries: Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Italy. Based on a substantial number of interviews with key union representatives and academic experts in each country, together with the collection of a large amount of union documentation and background material, the book gives an account of how trade unionism has evolved in each country, the main recent challenges that unions have faced, and their responses. The book engages with the debates of the past two decades on union modernization and revitalization, and more generally with theories of institutional change and the literature on varieties of capitalism. Some observers ask whether unions remain relevant socio-economic actors, but challenging times can stimulate new thinking, and hence provide new opportunities. This book aims to show why trade unions are (still) important subjects for scientific analysis: first, as a means of collective 'voice' allowing employees to challenge management control and bringing a measure of balance to the employment relationship; second, as a form of 'countervailing power' to the socio-economic dominance of capital; and third, their potential as a 'sword of justice' to defend the weak, vulnerable and disadvantaged, express a set of values in opposition to the dominant political economy, and offer aspirations for a different—and better—form of society.

Author : Paul Jacobs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4393591

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Old Before Its Time by Paul Jacobs Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9289714077

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Collective Bargaining in Europe in the 21st Century by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julia López López
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509923175

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Collective Bargaining and Collective Action by Julia López López Pdf

This book offers a unique contribution that examines major recent changes in conflict, negotiation and regulation within the labour relations systems and related governance institutions of advanced societies. The broad scope of analysis includes social welfare institutions, new forms of protest including judicialisation, transnational structures and collective bargaining itself. As the distinguished group of participating authors shows, the accumulation of numerous crucial changes in the interactions of unions, employers, political parties, courts, protestors, regulators and other key actors makes it imperative to reframe the study of collective bargaining and related forms of governance. The shifting dynamics include the growing relevance of multi-level interactions involving transnational entities, states and regions; the increasing tendency of workers and unions to turn to the courts as part of their overall strategy; new forms of solidarity among workers; and the emergence of new populist and nationalist actors. At the same time, sectors of the workforce that feel under-represented by existing institutions have contributed to new types of protest and 'agency'. Building on classical debates, the book offers new theoretical and practical approaches that insert the study of collective bargaining into the analysis of governance, solidarity, conflict and regulation, as they are broadly construed.

Author : Susan Hayter,Jelle Visser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Collective labor agreements
ISBN : 9221316092

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Collective Agreements by Susan Hayter,Jelle Visser Pdf

Collective bargaining involves a process of negotiation between one or more unions and an employer or employers' organisation(s). The outcome is a collective agreement that defines terms of employment - typically wages, working hours and in-work benefits. The agreement affords labour protection: minimum wages, regular earnings; limits on working hours and predictable work schedules; safe working environments; parental leave and sick leave; and a fair share in the benefits of increased productivity. The International Labour Organization (ILO) Collective Agreements Recommendation 1951 (No. 91) considers, where appropriate and having regard to national practice, that measures should be taken to extend the application of all or some provisions of a collective agreement to all employers and workers included wthin the domain of the agreement. The extension of a collective agreement generalises the terms and conditions of employment, agreed between organised firms and workers, represented through their association(s) and union(s), to the non-organised firms within a sector, occupation or territory. The collection of chapters in this volume are about the extension of collective agreements as an act of public policy.

Author : Thomas Prosser
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1526148056

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European Labour Movements in Crisis by Thomas Prosser Pdf

Prosser argues that labour movements respond to European integration in a manner which instigates competition between national labour markets. The book's hypothesis has key implications for debates about labour movements and the EU and its engaging style will captivate scholars, students and policymakers.

Author : Otto Jacobi,Bob Jessop,Hans Kastendiek,Marino Regini
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000802900

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Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State by Otto Jacobi,Bob Jessop,Hans Kastendiek,Marino Regini Pdf

Originally published in 1986, this book analyses the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe. The first part of the book deals with general issues, and the succeeding parts look at developments in the UK, Italy and the former West Germany.

Author : Jim Arrowsmith,Valeria Pulignano
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135010041

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The Transformation of Employment Relations in Europe by Jim Arrowsmith,Valeria Pulignano Pdf

Since the 1980s, the process of European economic integration, within a wider context of globalization, has accelerated employment change and placed a new premium on ‘flexible’ forms of work organization. The institutions of employment relations, specifically those concerning collective bargaining between employers and trade unions, have had to adapt accordingly. The Transformation of Employment Relations focuses not just on recent change, but charts the strategic choices that have influenced employment relations and examines these key developments in a comparative perspective. A historical and cross-national analysis of the most important and controversial ‘issues’ explores the motivation of the actors, the implementation of change, and its evolution in a diverse European context. The book highlights the policies and the role played by different institutional and social actors (employers, management, trade unions, professional associations and governments) and assesses the extent to which these policies and roles have had significant effects on outcomes. This comparative analysis of the transformation of work and employment regulation, within the context of a quarter-century timeframe, has not been undertaken in any other book. But this is no comparative handbook in which changes are largely described on a country-by-country basis, but instead, The Transformation of Employment Relations is rather focused thematically. As Europe copes with a serious economic crisis, understanding of the dynamics of work transformation has never been more important.

Author : Richard Edwards,P. Garonna,Franz Tödtling
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1986-03-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040303534

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Unions in Crisis and Beyond by Richard Edwards,P. Garonna,Franz Tödtling Pdf

The first cross-national study of unions during the troubled past decade in labor relations. The editors have selected six nations as representative of the different ways unions in western industrialized countries participate in politics and the economy. They examine and compare how each system has been affected by and has responded to similar political, social, and economic changes and trends.