To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments. In order to reduce wage costs company-specific deviations from industry-level wage contracts are concluded. Company-level pacts between the management and the works council...

To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments. In order to reduce wage costs company-specific deviations from industry-level wage contracts are concluded. Company-level pacts between the management and the works council...

In der Diskussion um die Zukunft des dualen Systems der industriellen Beziehungen spielen betriebliche Buendnisse zur Beschaeftigungs- und Standortsicherung eine wichtige Rolle - als Moeglichkeit der Flexibilisierung des vermeintlich starren Tarifvertragssystems und Ausdruck des generellen...

Competitive conditions are leading to much experimentation within and decentralization of the German employment relations system. In this aritcle, I show how flexible working time is an integral part of the German employment relations system and how flexible working time arrangements are...