Das deutsche Tarifsystem – eine Kurzdarstellung -- Die gesetzliche Tarifeinheit -- Auswirkungen des Tarifeinheitsgesetzes auf die Anwendung von Tarifverträgen -- Beurteilung der gesetzlichen Tarifeinheit nach dem Mehrheitsprinzip.

This book analyzes of the surplus of production capacity in China. According to a government statement, there is a serious surplus of productive capacity in the steel, cement, glass, aluminum, and shipbuilding industries. There was no surplus of productive capacity in above industries between...

1 Introduction -- 2 The development of the modern business corporation in 19th century India: Building the foundations for the emergence of TISCO in the 20th century -- 3 TISCO during the decade of the 1900s: The Formation period -- 4 Initial failure to produce competitive steel, capitalization...

Investigating the issue of employee representation in multinational companies (MNCs), this book sets out to systematically conceptualise the modes of articulation between different action fields. While previous studies have focused on forms of employee representation that have emerged throughout...

This book broadens the research on the underworld of precarious and not-represented workers, through a selection of original case studies from across the globe written by leading experts. The book unveils the working conditions affecting this vast labour force that is so important to capital...

Contributing to recent debate on the emergence of digital and agile work, this book explores the implications for labour and employment relations within and beyond organizational boundaries. Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the key issues and challenges of digitalization, this collection...

The book attempts to examine whether trade unions in Japan contributed to raising wages, productivity and firm's performance. In the western world trade unions are often regarded as organizations which prevent firms from performing well. The Japanese case may be different from Europe and North...

In Deutschland verfügen etwa 10 % der betriebsratsfähigen Betriebe über einen Betriebsrat. Eine detaillierte Analyse des Verbreitungsgrades zeigt, dass Betriebsräte hauptsächlich in managementgeführten Betrieben existieren, während sie in familiengeführten Betrieben rar sind. Nadine...