We analyse in what way co-determination affects non-compliance with the German minimum wage, which was introduced in 2015. The Works Constitution Act (WCA), the law regulating co-determination at the plant level, provides works councils with indirect means to ensure compliance with the statutory...

The discussion about employee representation on supervisory boards has received much attention from scholars and politicians around the world. We provide new insights to this ongoing debate by employing power indices from game theory to examine the "real" power of employees on boards and its...

This study provides the first econometric analysis on the dynamic dimension of establishment-level codetermination in Germany. We hypothesize that learning implies a change in the nature and scope of codetermination over time. Using unique data from small- and medium-sized establishments, our...

This article aims to provide a historical perspective to the emergence of trust-based control systems in the workplace. These systems are often seen as a response to increased flexibility requirements following the progress of digital technology, globalisation and an increased knowledge content...

Although employee-representation systems coexist with a collective-bargaining framework in continental Europe for many years, US labor advocates have looked upon those representations systems with suspicion. The reasons for this suspicion are historical: US employee-representation systems have...

The aim of this article is to give insights on Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy (DWPWP)-2015 of Bangladesh. It also studied the level of application of the policy and awareness. The methodology of the article is both quantitative and qualitative. In view to evaluate application...

Bangladesh Labor law has a strong impact on industrial economy growth and managing workforces among the enterprises in Bangladesh. By dint of exploring and emerging role of human resources management functions, the implications of the law have been a big challenge to managing human resources in...

In The Concept of the Employer (2015) Jeremias Prassl develops an elegant model to find who bears labour and employment law duties. It offers a logical complement to the multi-factor test to determine who is an 'employee.' This is meant to ensure the effectiveness of social rights in employment,...

As an industry that thrives on - rather than succumbs to - adversity, the couture corporate world demands innovation and encourages risks. When combined with successful marketing and savvy business practices, these risks can result in large payoffs, which exist, primarily, due to the nature of...