European Commission
Industrial Relations in Europe
2012
Contents
Foreword by the Commissioner
Executive summary
Chapter 1: Overview of European, national and public sector industrial relations
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Industrial relations indicators
1.3. Industrial relations in the public sector
1.4. Trade unions
1.5. Employers’ associations
1.6. Overview and classification of national and public sector industrial relations models
1.7. Conclusions
Chapter 2: Industrial relations developments in the new Member States in Central and Eastern Europe
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Economic performance of the CEECs
2.3. Comparing industrial relations in the CEECs and the EU-15
2.4. Varieties of industrial relations within the CEECs
2.5. Re-configuration of industrial relations in the CEECs after EU enlargement, the economic crisis and public sector austerity
2.6. Conclusions and prospects for the future development in industrial relations in CEECs
Chapter 3: Public sector industrial relations in transition
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Size of the public sector
3.3. Employment structure
3.4. Employment status and the right to collective bargaining
3.5. Trade unions and employers
3.6. Wage setting systems
3.7. Centralisation, decentralisation, differentiation
3.8. Industrial conflict and settlement of disputes
3.9. Conclusions: Identifying clusters
Chapter 4: The consequences of the crisis for public sector industrial relations
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Public expenditure trends and public sector reform
4.3. Fiscal consolidation: austerity measures in the Member States
4.4. Employment, working time and flexible labour utilisation
4.5. The implementation of austerity measures: Limited social dialogue and widespread mobilisation
4.6. Conclusions
Chapter 5: Greening the social dialogue
5.1. Introduction: European-level policy on greening and social partner positions
5.2. Role of the national social partners and their level of engagement
5.3. Cooperative approaches in managing greening at the sectoral and company level
5.4. Representation within an emerging sector: electricity production from renewable energy sources (RES)
5.5. Job quality impacts of greening and social partner involvement
5.6. Green restructuring
5.7. Conclusions
Chapter 6: Social partner involvement in unemployment benefit and pensions systems in the EU
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Social partner involvement in social policy: involvement and governance models
6.3. Unemployment benefit systems
6.4. Main trends in social partner involvement in unemployment benefit
6.5. Pension systems: key issues and challenges
6.6. Effects of the current crisis
6.7. Conclusions and future developments
Chapter 7: European social dialogue developments 2010–2012
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Main developments in European social dialogue
7.3. Other themes in European sectoral social dialogue
7.4. Cross-industry social dialogue: evaluation of past actions and outlook
7.5. Conclusion
Chapter 8: Review of European labour legislation 2010–2012
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Labour law
8.3. Health and safety of workers
8.4. Conclusion
© European Union, 2013
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Manuscript completed in December 2012
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