It is normally accepted that the public sector includes, on the one hand, the public service, consisting of State administrations and public bodies throughout the country (at the regional and local levels) and, on the other hand, public enterprises, which are owned wholly or in part by the State...

Covers the numbers of persons employed, the volume of health care expenditure, the machinery for fixed remuneration, the systems of job classification, the respective roles of the social partners, and the different elements making up take-home pay. Comparisons with other occupations, between the...

Presents the social partners with diverse alternatives that their counterparts around the world have developed to resolve interest disputes in collective bargaining in the public services. Specifically, the guide aims to identify practices around the world which have enabled unions and...

Examines legislative changes since 1990 in Central and Eastern European countries with regard to the mechanisms, institutions and levels of collective bargaining, the legal nature of collective agreements, union representativeness, and labour dispute settlement.