How best to utilize volunteers during medical emergencies is an essential part of hospital compliance planning. Onboarding recruited and spontaneous volunteers during crisis situations require careful consideration of multiple legal issues. Volunteer planning becomes more complex if volunteers...

Mehr Flexibilität im Arbeitsmarkt hat kürzere und flüchtigere Beziehungen zwischen Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmer zur Folge. Damit erodieren Vertrauen und Loyalität, wodurch Betriebe mehr Manager benötigen, um die Folgen einzudämmen. Die Autoren zeigen am Beispiel der Niederlande, dass...

We analyze the consequences for sickness absence of a selective softening of job security legislation for small firms in Sweden in 2001. According to our differences-in-difference estimates, aggregate absence in these firms fell by 0.2-0.3 days per year. This aggregate net figure hides important...

Through training, employees add significance to their soft skills and to their expertise in the work field, thus working more efficiently and effectively. To achieve the skill or expertise mentioned, an employee needs to attend a training session or more, which can be either his own choice on...

An analysis of Qantas media releases from January 2019 to June 2021 indicates that in terms of Qantas stakeholders, customers come out on top both pre- and post-COVID-19. With the discontinuation of international flights, Qantas focus on their domestic market, where possible expanding their...

Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as...

In Germany, apprenticeship training firms currently face a shrinking number of qualified school-leavers because of smaller birth cohorts and an increasing proportion of school leavers aiming for higher education. This paper investigates whether a programme that supports firms to train...

Using a unique dataset of establishments in Germany surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic, this study investigates whether personnel adjustments during the crisis differed between establishments with and without a works council. Our regression analyses show that the hiring and dismissal rate as...