The German industrial relations system under pressure: Structure, trends and outcomes

Abstract

"This chapter is organized as follows. Section 2 provides an overview of the development of the major components of the German industrial relations system. Section 3 presents the driving forces behind the specific patterns in both productivity and employment development in Germany’s very successful reaction to the Great Recession in 2008–09. Section 4 is devoted to changes in forms of employment and the particular role of the government, as well as social partners. In Section 5, the challenges of the structural change caused by digitalization are discussed, in particular recent initiatives by collective agreements as well as firm-level policies. Section 6 includes two case studies referring to digitalization focusing on training, as well as the issue of working from home." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)

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Walwei, U., Bellmann, L. & Bellmann, C. (2021): The German industrial relations system under pressure: Structure, trends and outcomes. In: D. Vaughan-Whitehead, Y. Ghellab & R. M. d. B. Llorente (Hrsg.) (2021): ¬The¬ New World of Work, p. 216-254. DOI:10.4337/9781800888050.00012