Die meisten kulturellen Einrichtungen bzw. Betriebe mit künstlerischem Anspruch wie Theater und Orchester werden betrieblich mitbestimmt. Allerdings gelten für sie Einschränkungen als Tendenzbetriebe, insbesondere sollen Nicht-Künstler nicht in künstlerischen Belangen mitbestimmen, weshalb...

Betriebsräte haben einen starken Rückhalt in ihren Belegschaften. Dennoch zeigt der Blick auf die Wahlbeteiligung in der IW-Betriebsratswahlbefragung 2022, dass dieser Rückhalt rückläufig ist. Dort, wo ein Betriebsrat gewählt wurde, beteiligten sich im ungewichteten Durchschnitt knapp 69...

Anhand des IW-Personalpanels wurde untersucht, welche Konfliktthemen in einem Unternehmen auftreten und wie betriebliche Konflikte gelöst werden. Laut diesen Daten gab es 2022 in 11 Prozent der Unternehmen einen Betriebsrat. Weitere 12,7 Prozent verfügten über ein alternatives...

This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have identified various transmission channels through which the activities of foreign multinational companies (MNCs) affect host-country institutions of union and non-union...

This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have identified various transmission channels through which the activities of foreign multinational companies (MNCs) affect host-country institutions of union and non-union...

This chapter reviews research on the linkages between corporate globalization and worker representation. Studies have identified various transmission channels through which the activities of foreign multinational companies (MNCs) affect host-country institutions of union and non-union...

This report updates an earlier report from January of 2007, which found a steep rise in illegal firings of pro-union workers in the 2000s relative to the last half of the 1990s. It updates the index of the probability that a pro-union worker will be fired in the course of a union election...

he authors analyse why the institution of non-unionised employ-ees’ representatives (NER) is created if its functions overlap with those of the unions, including collective bargaining and information-consultation. We aim to find how NERs are created and what their role in comparison to...

Evidence from a survey of 1800 small and medium sized businesses is assembled to provide estimates of the effect on employment of unfair dismissal laws. The report also provides a discussion of the evidence on the welfare effects of unfair dismissal laws.

Using data from the German case, the paper examines a new form of client firms’ utilization of temporary agency work that is distinctly different from traditional forms responding to production problems. Client firms, particularly from manufacturing, increasingly use temporary agency workers...