The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

Discusses the lessons that can be learned in the sphere of industrial relations from past crises in different parts of the world and highlights some recent industrial relations developments at the national, sectoral and enterprise levels since the beginning of the current crisis in the late...

Discusses the history of social dialogue and its achievements in the Czech Republic during the 1990s.

Based on data collected at the end of 2002, compiles details on the legal and institutional framework of social dialogue in the 13 Eastern European and Mediterranean countries awaiting EU membership.

The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

Highlights the achievements of European social dialogue, especially in the policy design and implementation phases of employment policies.

The concept of ‘flexicurity’ has become ubiquitous in the labour market policy recommendations of the European Commission. EU member states have been encouraged to increase labour market flexibility while maintaining security through the promotion of ‘employability’ and...

It is frequently noted that the development of industrial capitalism was predicated on the progressive commodification of working time. The process was, however, complex, uneven and incomplete, with control over the use of workers' time continuing to be subject to dispute. Yet this insight has...