This literature review examines the role of micro and small enterprises in the Japanese and US economies, looks at employment relations in both countries and surveys evidence from literature and comparisons with the EU. It provides a general overview in the case of the USA.

The new system of industrial relations started evolving in the early 1990s in Bulgaria. In March 1990, the National Assembly adopted the Law on Collective Labour Dispute Settlement, which laid the foundations of new collective labour relations. The amendments in the Labour Code from 1992...

This report presents an analysis of initiatives in Germany that aim to achieve better coordination of employment activation measures. The report identifies measures in both policy and practice for improving coordination, including strategic as well as operational measures, and underlines the...

In February 2002, the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) completed its fifth year of recording and analysing key developments in industrial relations across the European Union and Norway. The emphasis of this study is on collective bargaining and dialogue between the social...

This leaflet examines the impact of new forms of work organisation on employment and points to the links between workplace flexibility and innovation in European enterprises. It is based on a report which analyses findings drawn from the EPOC (Employee direct participation in organisational...