The Monitoring and Enforcement of Minimum Wages

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-658-39897-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 297 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

The book presents the results of the first comprehensive empirical study on the control of minimum wages in Germany. It offers an overview of the challenges and problems of enforcement and compliance with minimum wages, taking three sectors as examples (construction, meat industry, hospitality). On the basis of numerous interviews with experts from the field (e.g. trade unions, employers' associations, customs) and a comprehensive evaluation of the broad international research literature, it identifies starting points and strategies for sustainably improving compliance with and enforcement of minimum wages.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bosch, Gerhard

Weinkopf, Claudia

Hüttenhoff, Frederic

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Politische Soziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Effects of the statutory minimum wage - Findings to date.- Interactions between minimum and collectively agreed wages.- Enforcement of labour standards - the international literature.- Monitoring of minimum wages in Germany.- The main construction industry.- Meat industry.- Hotel and catering industry.- Summary and conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bosch is Senior Professor at the Institute for Work and Qualification (IAQ) at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Frederic Hüttenhoff is a research associate at IAQ.

Dr. Claudia Weinkopf is Deputy Executive Director of the IAQ.