Examines legislative changes since 1990 in Central and Eastern European countries with regard to the mechanisms, institutions and levels of collective bargaining, the legal nature of collective agreements, union representativeness, and labour dispute settlement.

The study examines four aspects of national law and practice concerning the trade union rights of managerial staff: their right to establish and join organizations of their own choosing, including restrictions on the exercise of this right, the right to establish federations and...