ILO pub. Working paper commenting on labour legislation provisions concerning the disclosure of information in respect of decision making and workers representation at the international and national level in multinational enterprises - examines multinational bargaining practices and the role of...

Focuses on white-collar unionism in the private sector in the 1980s. Discusses legal distinctions between blue and white-collar personnel and the unionization of higher-level personnel.

Describes the method of calculating annual working time in Germany. Examines causes of fluctuations in annual working hours, and employees' preferences in respect of working time. Investigates instruments available to firms for coping with variations in personnel levels during the year.

We examine some controversial country-specific factors influencing vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade including foreign direct investment and income distributions. As concerns, the effect of differences in countries’ levels of economic development (richness), both theories and...