Blanpain Challenges of European Employment Relations

Employment Regulation; Trade Union Organization; Equality, Flexicurity, Training and New Approaches to Pay
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-411-4598-7
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Web PDF

Has European economic and market integration curtailed the autonomy of
national industrial relations actors and institutions? Or has it reinforced
their roles in securing much-needed economic adjustment? This important book
offers a deeply-informed comparative perspective on these questions, drawing
on empirical research on changing conditions within and beyond the EU. The
book builds on papers presented at the 8th European Regional Congress of the
International Industrial Relations Association, held in the UK in September
2007. The authors are leading academic authorities from Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the United
Kingdom.

With detailed attention to such pervasive factors as the consequences of EU
enlargement, the shift from manufacturing to services, changes in the gender
composition and demographic profile of the labour force, and the growing
influence of multinational companies, the authors address such issues as the
following:

• response of national employment regulatory traditions to globalization,
privatization, outsourcing and budgetary pressures;

• emergence of new forms of competitive advantage for both employers and
employees;

• impact of EU-mandated information and consultation mechanisms;

• possibility of international union action and transnational solidarity;

• ‘flexicurity’ and the changing demographics of the labour force;

• gender democracy in trade unions;

• trade union mergers;

• statutory minimum conditions as an alternative to collective bargaining;

• regulation or culture change to promote equality;

• treatment of posted and migrant workers within increasingly transnational
labour markets;

• growth in variable pay systems; and

• possible rebirth of vocational training systems and apprenticeships.

Offering in-depth comparative insights into the way in which national and
international systems of employment relations are evolving rapidly in the face
of cross-cutting pressures for change, this book illuminates a vastly complex
state of affairs. In practical terms, its many insights into how current
trends affect specific working conditions open the way to new initiatives in
developing and maintaining a just and equitable employment relations regime
for Europe and beyond.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanpain, Roger

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dickens, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht