Employers employ various means to obstruct or prevent the election of works councils. This book discusses why the current protection regulations in favour of the election of works councils — especially those incorporated into the Works Constitution Act and the election regulations — are...

This is the first attempt to test hypotheses about financial constraints of ethnic minority owned businesses in Germany. Using data from a survey among 3,000 ethnic and native entrepreneurs, we examine differences in the financing patterns between both demographic groups. We find that...