This case study demonstrates how Danske Bank, one of the largest banks in northern Europe, has dealt with the impact of the financial crisis. It also shows how it has coped with longer term restructuring requirements arising from rapid expansion and internationalisation of the bank, the...

This report makes a first, exploratory attempt at examining the extent and nature of negotiating activity within EWCs. It focuses on examples of written joint texts concerning issues other than the EWC’s own constitution or internal affairs and looks in detail at 14 joint texts. The report...

European Works Councils (EWCs) are highly significant in terms of European industrial relations. They represent the first genuinely European institution of worker interest representation at enterprise level. They reflect the growing recognition of the need to respond to the...

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1 -- PART 1: THE EWC PROCESS AND THE EUROPEANISATION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS -- THE THEORETICAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT -- 2 Range of Theoretical Debate and Analytical Approaches 13 -- 3 Origins and Implementation of the EWC Directive and Process 27...

Die deutschen Arbeitsbeziehungen zeichnen sich - gerade auch im internationalen Vergleich - durch ein komplexes Geflecht unterschiedlicher Akteure, Ebenen und Institutionen der kollektiven Interessenvertretung aus. Im Zentrum des Beitrags steht ein besonders komplexes Mehrebensystem: die...