Radical labour market reforms were implemented in Germany between 2002 and 2005, reforms that overturned the received … idea that Germany was suffering from "reform paralysis". However, the part of these reforms that specifically concerned … controversial and changed the party-political landscape in Germany. Shortly after the reforms were introduced, a trend reversal took …

total employment. Two-third of employment in furniture is still in the ‘old’ Member States, with Germany being ranked first …Total employment for the sector aggregate Furniture and other industries amounted to 2,007,000 persons in 2006 in the … EU. Almost three-fourth of employment was concentrated in the furniture sector. The jewellery sector accounted for 6% of …

furniture sector (NACE 31). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on … characteristics of the sector is derived from Eurostat data. The fifth EWCS contains responses from 351 workers in the furniture …

This study aims to provide the necessary information to encourage sectoral social dialogue in the furniture sector in … of the furniture sector in the EU28 show that EFBWW, UEA and EFIC are the most important European-level social partner …