The article addresses the question whether or not the trend towards the decentralisationof collective bargaining on working time in Germany entails a loss in the bindingpower of industry-level agreements. To this end, both working-time agreements andpractices are examined at the firm or...

Talking about distinctive national employment systems may imply the idea that these systemsreflect at the micro, i.e. workplace level. But do they really? Can we take it for granted thatthe ways workers assemble cars or sell goods in a supermarket differ across countries? Obviouslynot. The...