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possible to conceive some alternatives, which involve active participation of workers' organizations. This doubt arises from …
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We examine why employers use temporary agency and contract company workers and the implications of these practices for … the wages, benefits, and working conditions of workers in low-skilled labor markets. Through intensive case studies in … circumstances under which these workers are likely to be adversely affected, minimally affected, or even benefitted by such …
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A cross section analysis of 23 OECD members shows that there is an 'antagonistic' relationship between the legal protection of investor interests on the one hand and labour interests on the other: the stronger the legal protection of investor rights in a country, the less developed are the...
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Severance pay is a vital part of employment protection legislation (EPL). We investigate the incidence and level of severance pay for dismissed employees. Our theoretical model predicts that not only the law and its interpretation by labour courts but also the costs of a suit have an impact....
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Das deutsche System der industriellen Beziehungen weist im internationalen Vergleich gemeinhin ein hohes Mass an Verrechtlichung auf. Umso ueberraschender ist der Umstand, dass das Recht und seine Akteure, Institutionen und Verfahren in der Forschung ueber Arbeitsbeziehungen seit Jahrzehnten...
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more protection for workers. This is happening in a period in which the German labour market has significantly improved. At …
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Spätestens seit den Urteilen des EuGH in den Fällen Laval (C-341/05), Viking (C-438/05), Rüffert (C-346/06) und Kommission gegen Luxemburg (C-319/06) ist deutlich geworden, dass die Rechtsprechung des Gerichtshofes erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die nationalen Systeme industrieller Beziehungen...
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with a focus on workers without residence status. The article draws on theoretical contributions from labour court research … barriers to the mobilisation of law, in particular, negative rights awareness of migrant workers with a deficient legal status …
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Abstract: How much value does collective bargaining add to the working conditions already established in general labour law? In this paper we propose a methodology to address this question: we compare the specific contents of collective agreements (except minimum wages) to their equivalent norms...
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Many governments extend the coverage of collective agreements to workers and employ- ers that were not involved in …-specific minimum wages and other work conditions that are not suitable for some firms and workers. In this paper, we analyse the impact … where extensions have been widespread, and the scattered timing of the extensions, we find that, while continuing workers …
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