Digitalisierung und die sozial-ökologische Transformation der Wirtschaft machen die Sicherung von Standorten und Arbeitsplätzen zu einer zentralen Herausforderung von Gewerkschaften und Betriebsräten. Neben den Instrumenten der Betriebsverfassung werden zunehmend auch Tarifverträge genutzt,...

Over the past 15 years the statutory framework regulating fairness in dismissal has undergone much change, as parliaments have attempted to address what they see as the inadequacies of the system. This paper provides a comparison of three time periods at the federal level: the Workplace...

In many European countries, the majority of workers have their wages directly defined by industry-level agreements. In addition, for some workers, industry agreements are complemented by firm-specific agreements. Yet, the relative importance of firm and industry agreements (in other words, the...

"Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline...

"Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline...