This Working Paper analyses the development of the interpretation that the European Commission has given to the TFEU provision concerning mechanisms for extensions of collective agreements. The paper examines how the Commission has reinterpreted these provision and the challenges this poses for...

Die Organisationsmacht der Gewerkschaften ist der Schlüssel für die Zukunft der Sozialpartnerschaft. Allerdings ist die Organisationsmacht der deutschen Gewerkschaften seit mehreren Jahrzehnten von einer erodierenden Mitgliederbasis, einer lückenhaften Mitgliederstruktur und einer...

"Employment Relations is widely taught in business schools around the world. However, an increasing emphasis is being placed on the comparative and international dimensions of the relationships between employers and workers. It is becoming crucial to consider today's work and employment issues...

I dag krävs från olika håll att regelverket på arbetsmarknaden ska ändras. Spelreglerna sägs hämma arbetskraftens rörlighet, leda till en alltför stel lönebildning, motverka nyanställningar och ge upphov till orättvisor mellan dem som har arbete och dem som står utanför...

Background and context: What is the sharing economy and how can it be governed? -- Platform work: implications for employment relations and the broader labour market -- Bibliography -- Preface -- Concluding remarks – how to bridge the knowledge gap? -- Introduction -- Summary.

The gender pay gap (GPG) exists in every European country, but it varies considerably, even in EU member states covered by the same legal principles on pay equality. Part of the variation can be explained by different patterns of social partnership. With current policy pressure to de-centralise...