Monday, April 02, 2007
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: NEW STRUCTURES, FORMS & PROCESSES of GOVERNANCE in EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS [29 March 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
New structures, forms and processes of governance in European industrial relations [29 March 2007]
http://eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0694.htm
or
http://eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/94/en/1/ef0694en.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]
Author:
Léonard, Evelyne; Erne, Roland; Marginson, Paul; Smismans, Stijn
Summary:
The study aims to provide new information on the impact of new governance tools on the different actors of the European system of industrial relations European institutions, governments and European social partners. Furthermore, it endeavours to: promote awareness and understanding of the new forms of governance and their impact on the different levels of industrial relations in the European Union; contribute to the ongoing debate on the Europeanisation of industrial relations in the context of the modernisation of employment relations and the evolving role of the social partners in an enlarged EU, especially against the background of the Lisbon agenda; contribute to the transparency of the results of new forms of governance in European industrial relations; and examine the interrelationship between the different levels of industrial relations as well as between different tools of new governance, such as European social dialogue and the open method of coordination.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
Methodology 2
Key questions 3
1 Governance and European social dialogue 5
Concept of governance 5
Views of the social partners 6
'New governance' in European industrial relations 7
European social dialogue 8
2 Cross-sector social dialogue 11
Institutional and legal framework 11
Commission typology of EU social dialogue instruments 19
Common positions and mutual undertakings 20
Dynamics of cross-sector social dialogue 24
Challenges and future perspectives 33
3 Sectoral social dialogue 35
Institutional and legal framework 35
Dynamics of sectoral social dialogue 41
Challenges and future perspectives 50
4 Autonomous processes and Europeanisation of industrial relations 53
Cross-border activity at sector level 54
Cross-border pattern bargaining and context setting in companies 59
EWC joint texts and framework agreements 62
Impact of autonomous processes on European industrial relations 66
5 New instruments and the broader governance perspective 69
Lisbon strategy and open method of coordination 69
Conclusions 75
Bibliography 79
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
New structures, forms and processes of governance in European industrial relations [29 March 2007]
http://eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0694.htm
or
http://eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2006/94/en/1/ef0694en.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]
Author:
Léonard, Evelyne; Erne, Roland; Marginson, Paul; Smismans, Stijn
Summary:
The study aims to provide new information on the impact of new governance tools on the different actors of the European system of industrial relations European institutions, governments and European social partners. Furthermore, it endeavours to: promote awareness and understanding of the new forms of governance and their impact on the different levels of industrial relations in the European Union; contribute to the ongoing debate on the Europeanisation of industrial relations in the context of the modernisation of employment relations and the evolving role of the social partners in an enlarged EU, especially against the background of the Lisbon agenda; contribute to the transparency of the results of new forms of governance in European industrial relations; and examine the interrelationship between the different levels of industrial relations as well as between different tools of new governance, such as European social dialogue and the open method of coordination.
CONTENTS
Foreword v
Introduction 1
Methodology 2
Key questions 3
1 Governance and European social dialogue 5
Concept of governance 5
Views of the social partners 6
'New governance' in European industrial relations 7
European social dialogue 8
2 Cross-sector social dialogue 11
Institutional and legal framework 11
Commission typology of EU social dialogue instruments 19
Common positions and mutual undertakings 20
Dynamics of cross-sector social dialogue 24
Challenges and future perspectives 33
3 Sectoral social dialogue 35
Institutional and legal framework 35
Dynamics of sectoral social dialogue 41
Challenges and future perspectives 50
4 Autonomous processes and Europeanisation of industrial relations 53
Cross-border activity at sector level 54
Cross-border pattern bargaining and context setting in companies 59
EWC joint texts and framework agreements 62
Impact of autonomous processes on European industrial relations 66
5 New instruments and the broader governance perspective 69
Lisbon strategy and open method of coordination 69
Conclusions 75
Bibliography 79
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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