Wages and employment adjustment in times of crisis in France: which concessions bargaining? A mixed-method approach based on the 2010-2011 REPONSE survey

Ajustements de l'emploi et des salaires: quels compromis en temps de crise ? Une analyse quantitative et qualitative à partir de l'enquête REPONSE 2010-2011

Noélie Delahaie and Coralie Perez
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Abstract: Since 2008 in France, the establishments implemented wage, employment and working time adjustments to deal with the effects of the economic crisis. This paper aims at understanding the way social actors have negotiated wage and employment adjustments. Did personal representatives influence managerial decisions in terms of adjustment? Were they involved in concessions bargaining? From a methodological point of view, we investigate the dynamism of concessions bargaining by relying on cross referencing of the REPONSE 2010-2011 survey (provided by French Ministry of Labour) on French industrial relations between 2008 and 2010 and of case studies conducted on French establishments between 2012 and 2014. Our analysis allows underlying different kinds of concession bargaining which depend on the nature of industrial relations and of the impact of economic downturn on companies' activity. We also show that concessions may have some more or less durable effects on the employment relation. Finally, our analysis sheds light on the implications of recent reforms in collective bargaining in France, which may facilitate unbalanced concession bargaining in favour of employer.

Keywords: wages; employment; industrial relations; concession bargaining; flexibility; economic crisis; emploi; salaires; relations professionnelles; négociations de concession; flexibilité; crise économique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-03
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