Artikel

In-plant alliances can mitigate economic crisis impacts

In-plant alliances are plant-specific deviations from sectoral collective agreements related to wages and working time that are intended to hold down labor costs. These agreements enable firm-level reorganizations to respond to an imminent economic crisis or to improve competitiveness. They also encourage social partners to take greater responsibility for employment issues. Both unions and works councils agree to such contracts because they see them as helpful in avoiding severe employment losses. Thus, these alliances substantially unburden public employment policy.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2022

Classification
Wirtschaft
Labor Demand
Dispute Resolution: Strikes, Arbitration, and Mediation; Collective Bargaining
Subject
in-plant alliances
decentralization of wage setting
global economic crisis
employment effects

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bellmann, Lutz
Widuckel, Werner
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2022

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.79.v2
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  • Artikel

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  • Bellmann, Lutz
  • Widuckel, Werner
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2022

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