Der Zeitraum von Mitte der achtziger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts bis zum Ende der ersten Dekade des neuen Jahrtausends war durch eine fortwaehrende Deregulierung des Arbeitsrechts gekennzeichnet. Die aktuelle, wie auch die vorhergehende Bundesregierung leiteten zuletzt eine Re-Regulierung...

"From the mid-1980s until 2005 the German labour market was characterised by continuous deregulation. In the period of an improving German labour market, the German governments have since imposed measures to re-regulate the labour market in order to strengthen employees' rights. At the same time...

Perhaps no other country in recent years has witnessed greater change in its collective bargaining framework than the UK. This paper describes the dramatic developments and their consequences. Like Gaul, it is in three parts. The first part charts the six major pieces of legislation –...

Das deutsche System der industriellen Beziehungen weist im internationalen Vergleich gemeinhin ein hohes Mass an Verrechtlichung auf. Umso ueberraschender ist der Umstand, dass das Recht und seine Akteure, Institutionen und Verfahren in der Forschung ueber Arbeitsbeziehungen seit Jahrzehnten...

Der Zeitraum von Mitte der achtziger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts bis zum Ende der ersten Dekade des neuen Jahrtausends war durch eine fortwährende Deregulierung des Arbeitsrechts gekennzeichnet. Die aktuelle, wie auch die vorhergehende Bundesregierung leiteten zuletzt eine Re-Regulierung...

From the mid-1980s until 2005 the German labour market was characterised by continuous deregulation. In the period of an improving German labour market, the German governments have since imposed measures to re-regulate the labour market in order to strengthen employees' rights. At the same time...

Perhaps no other country in recent years has witnessed greater change in its collective bargaining framework than the UK. This paper describes the dramatic developments and their consequences. Like Gaul, it is in three parts. The first part charts the six major pieces of legislation –...

From the mid-1980s until 2005 the German labour market was characterised by continuous deregulation. In the period of an improving German labour market, the German governments have since imposed measures to re-regulate the labour market in order to strengthen employees' rights. At the same time...

This paper examines the effect of franchising on compliance with labor standards regulations in the US. Franchisees who typically own and manage their own outlets seek to maximize profit of only their units whereas the franchiser benefits from increases in sales of all outlets in the chain,...