Since 1920, the thrust of German law on workplace codetermination has changed on a number of occasions. We describe the latest swing of the legislative pendium - favoring works council formation and competence - and evaluate the case for it. We provide new information on the extent of works...

German law guaranteeing works councils is not a datum. The thrust of legislation has changed significatly on a number of occasions since 1920. The most recent legal change in the form of the Works Constitution Reform Act marks a controversial swing in favor of works council formation and...

An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that the level and the structure of unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below...

Das deutsche Arbeitsrecht enthält Regelungen über Mindeststandards, die nicht zuletzt einer Unterbindung transnationaler Lohnkonkurrenz dienen sollen. Einige dieser Regelungen (ArbZG, AÜG, AVE-Tarifnormen) können jedoch durch tarifliche Regelungen unterboten werden. Von anderen Regelungen...