Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

Examines how enterprises can restructure in the spirit of social partnership with maximum economic benefits and minimum costs for the workers, communities and society at large.

ILO pub. Working paper based on a case study of decision making structures in multinational enterprises in India - describes centralized and decentralized industrial planning and decision making, labour relations, joint consultation with trade unions, collective agreements concerning enterprise...

Discusses the reorganization of the shop-floor into team-based production units at two American mechanical engineering firms.

Examines the effects of the crisis on collective bargaining as well as the way unions and employers use collective bargaining to deal with the crisis.

Deals with the genesis of the Council Directive 94/45/EC and describes the establishment of a works council or of a procedure for the purposes of informing and consulting employees. Discusses the subsidiary requirements regarding information and consultation in case where no agreement has been...