Decentralisation of Collective Bargaining in Germany - Recent Trends and Challenges

Thomas Haipeter and Sophie Rosenbohm

No 2023-03, IAQ-Report from University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ)

Abstract: Decentralisation of collective bargaining takes place in different forms: wild decentralisation and organised decentralisation. Organised decentralisation takes two forms: derogations and through the transfer of regulatory competences to the workplace level entailing a shift in responsibilities from the collective bargaining arena to works councils and codetermination. The relevance of these forms differs significantly between sectors in Germany as shown by the examples of the metalworking industry and the retail sector. Wild decentralisation poses a fundamental threat to the German system of collective bargaining. Organised decentralisation demands for a new and more active division of work between trade unions and works councils.

Date: 2023
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/301589/1/IAQ-Report-2023-03.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:zbw:iaqrep:301589

DOI: 10.17185/duepublico/78287

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IAQ-Report from University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Work, Skills and Training (IAQ) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics ().