Key themes in global industrial relations: Minimum wages and relocation of production

With economic globalisation growing ever deeper and international competition intensifying, it is increasingly clear that Europe's industrial relations systems do not exist in isolation, and cannot be studied as such. This report examines two topical issues u0096 minimum wages and the crossborder relocation of production u0096 from the perspective of industrial relations. Drawing on comparative analysis from the European Industrial Relation Observatory (EIRO), it looks at the situation in the 25 EU Member States, in two u0091developedu0092 countries u0096 Japan and the USA u0096 and two u0091developingu0092 countries u0096 Brazil and China.