Collective bargaining in public services: Some European comparisons
International Journal of Public Sector Management
ISSN: 0951-3558
Article publication date: 1 November 2003
Abstract
This article shows that regulation of the employment relationship in European public services has tended to give more importance to collective bargaining than to unilateral employer regulation. Although collective bargaining is a general trend, it is not the same in every country. This article concentrates on collective bargaining levels and the outcomes of collective bargaining in selected European states. A major explanatory factor of the extent of collective bargaining is the nature of the civil service system. Reformed “non‐career” systems tend to adopt collective bargaining institutions, resulting in binding collective agreements between employers and unions, while classical “career” systems do not.
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Citation
Nomden, K., Farnham, D. and Onnee‐Abbruciati, M. (2003), "Collective bargaining in public services: Some European comparisons", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 16 No. 6, pp. 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513550310492067
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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