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Works Councils (work + council)

Distribution by Scientific Domains

Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting	100%

Kinds of Works Councils

european work council

Selected Abstracts

Towards a European Labour Identity: The Case of the European Works Council , Edited by Michael Whittall, Herman Knudsen and Fred Huijgen

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, Issue 6 2008
Kasia Gajewska
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2010
BORIS HIRSCH
Using a large linked employer,employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is associated with a lower separation rate to employment, in particular for workers with low tenure. While works council monopoly effects show up in all specifications, clear voice effects are only visible for low tenured workers. Works councils also reduce separations to nonemployment, and this impact is more pronounced for men. Insurance effects only show up for workers with tenure of more than 2 years. Our results indicate that works councils to some extent represent the interests of a specific clientele. [source]

Negotiating European Works Councils: contours of constrained choice

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, Issue 1 2002
Mark Gilman
This paper presents a systematic analysis of the factors influencing the nature of the ,constrained choices' being made by management and employee representatives in concluding agreements establishing EWCs. Four influences,a ,statutory model effect'; a ,learning effect'; a ,country effect'; and a ,sector effect',are found to be at work. [source]

The Impact of European Works Councils on Management Decision-Making in UK and US-based Multinationals: A Case Study Comparison

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 2 2004
Paul Marginson
The operation of European Works Councils (EWCs) is taking management and employee representatives in MNCs into uncharted territory. In particular, for companies headquartered in Anglo-Saxon economies there is little domestic tradition of statutory employee consultation. Drawing on comparative case studies, this article investigates the impact of EWCs on the process and outcomes of corporate-level management decision-making in UK and US-based MNCs. Variation in EWC impact arises from the interaction of structural factors, such as business focus, management organisation and pre-existing industrial relations arrangements, and agency factors, including management policy and the cohesion of employee representatives. [source]

A Critical Assessment of the Theoretical and Empirical Research on German Works Councils

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 2 2002
Carola M. Frege
The article reviews the existing English- and German-speaking literature on the German works council. Three major research topics are discussed: the ontology and typologies of works councils; their current practice and transformation; and their economic outcomes. Although much research has been conducted on the internal functioning of the works council,management relationship, it is clear that we still know little about the determinants of different workplace relations and their outcomes. The article concludes by advocating a reviving research interest in the link between codetermination and political democracy. [source]

Works Councils and Separations: Voice, Monopoly, and Insurance Effects

South Africa's Workplace Forum system: A Stillborn Experiment in the Democratisation of Work?

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, Issue 3 2001
Geoffrey Wood
The 1995 South African Labour Relations Act introduced a system of Workplace Forums, a form of works council. Currently, Forums are only operational in a small minority of workplaces. This article explores the reasons underlying the apparent failure of this new system. [source]

Schwellenwerte im Arbeitsrecht: Höhere Transparenz und Effizienz durch Vereinheitlichung,

PERSPEKTIVEN DER WIRTSCHAFTSPOLITIK, Issue 3 2007
Lena Koller
The existing 160 thresholds are complex and defined inconsistently, making it difficult for firms to obey the law. Moreover, exceeding a threshold may result in costs for the firm such as establishing a works council or paying a penalty for not employing disabled persons. Although the empirical evidence is mixed, some studies suggest that employment growth is dampened by firms trying not to exceed thresholds. In order to minimize these transaction costs and side effects, we make several suggestions to simplify and unify the threshold regulations. [source]

A Critical Assessment of the Theoretical and Empirical Research on German Works Councils

Transnational worker representation and transnational training needs: the case of European works councils

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, Issue 1 2001
Doug Miller
The ongoing establishment of transnational information and consultation set in train by the European Works Council Directive of September 1994 is estimated to impact on approximately 25,000 employee representatives in some 1200 multinationals based in the EEA and beyond. This presents labour educators with enormous opportunities and challenges. Specific research questions which emerge in this context concern the extent to which such representatives have a set of generic and therefore transnational training needs in the area of skill, knowledge, and values/attitudes. Second, there is the extent to which existing methods of training needs identification are appropriate to detect and specify both individual and collective/organisational needs at this level. A third question concerns the prospects for transnational worker representatives to embed training needs analysis in their practice. This article attempts to shed some light on these questions. [source]

Workers' Participation in Decision,Making Processes and Firm Stability

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2002
Shlomo Mizrahi
This paper argues that firm efficiency and stability, as well as workers' satisfaction, can be achieved through participatory decision,making rules. It offers theoretical rationales and empirical illustrations based on the framing and operation of European works councils. Employees should take part in establishing the rules; otherwise managers will make rules that allow them to retain control of the key points in the decision,making process. In constructing such rules the involvement of unions is required; however, once rules are set union activity becomes marginal. Government intervention remains marginal throughout. [source]

A Critical Assessment of the Theoretical and Empirical Research on German Works Councils

Worker Participation and Firm Performance: Evidence from Germany and Britain

BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 1 2000
John Addison
The Freeman,Lazear works council/worker involvement model is assessed over two distinct industrial relations regimes. In non-union British establishments our measures of employee involvement are associated with improved economic performance, whereas for unionized plants negative results are detected. The suggestion is that local distributive bargaining can cause the wrong level of worker involvement to be chosen. Also consistent with the model is our finding that mandatory works councils do not impair, and may even improve, the performance of larger German establishments. Yet smaller plants with works councils under-perform, illustrating the problem of tailoring mandates to fit heterogeneous populations. [source]