Public Service Employment Relations in Europe: Transformation, Modernization or Inertia?

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Tables......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
1 Europe......Page 12
The characteristics of public service employment relations......Page 13
Challenges to the public sector......Page 14
The framework......Page 15
State policies......Page 16
Employers’ policies......Page 17
Trade unions......Page 18
Collective bargaining......Page 20
Transformation, modernization or inertia?......Page 22
References......Page 26
Definitions of public service sectors......Page 29
The composition of employment......Page 30
Labour markets and salaries......Page 32
State policies......Page 34
The characteristics of public service employers......Page 35
The National Health Service......Page 36
Local authorities......Page 37
The status and role of managers......Page 38
Employers’ associations......Page 39
The legal framework......Page 40
Trade union structure and organization......Page 41
Trade union membership......Page 42
Workplace organization and representation......Page 44
Historical overview......Page 45
The forms and principles of pay determination......Page 46
Levels of collective bargaining......Page 47
The health service......Page 48
Local authorities......Page 50
Pay outcomes and trends......Page 51
Industrial conflict......Page 52
Conclusions......Page 53
References......Page 54
3 Germany......Page 56
The focus of the analysis......Page 57
Organizational structure of the main sectors......Page 58
The composition of employment......Page 60
Public sector labour markets......Page 61
State policies and public sector regulation......Page 62
Status and role of public managers......Page 66
Employers’ associations......Page 68
Trade union structure and organization......Page 69
Union confederations......Page 70
Workplace representation......Page 71
Overview......Page 72
Collective bargaining structure......Page 74
The settlement of disputes......Page 77
Relations between the parties......Page 78
Coping with unification......Page 80
References......Page 82
4 Italy......Page 87
Definition of the public service sector......Page 88
Organization of the main sectors......Page 90
The public sector labour market......Page 91
Wages and salaries......Page 92
State policies......Page 95
The health services......Page 96
The school sector......Page 97
The status and role of managers......Page 98
Employers’ associations......Page 99
Trade union membership......Page 100
Trade union structure and fragmentation......Page 101
The problem of trade union representativeness......Page 103
Representation at workplace level......Page 104
The structure of collective bargaining......Page 105
Collective bargaining trends and outcomes......Page 107
Relations outside collective bargaining......Page 109
Labour conflicts and the regulation of strikes......Page 110
Conclusion......Page 111
Notes......Page 113
References......Page 114
Definitions of public service sectors......Page 117
Local government......Page 119
National health service......Page 120
Composition of employment......Page 121
The civil service......Page 123
Public hospitals......Page 124
Education......Page 125
Wages and salaries......Page 126
State policies......Page 129
Education......Page 130
Local authorities......Page 131
Public hospitals......Page 132
Trade unions......Page 133
Public sector labour relations......Page 137
Collective bargaining......Page 138
Joint regulation......Page 139
Education......Page 140
Hospitals......Page 141
Conclusion......Page 142
References......Page 143
6 Spain......Page 144
Organizational structure......Page 146
Composition of employment......Page 147
The public sector labour market......Page 151
Pay and salaries......Page 153
The characteristics of public service employers......Page 155
The status and role of managers......Page 156
The legal framework......Page 158
Trade unions in the public services......Page 159
Union membership......Page 160
Negotiating arrangements......Page 161
Representativeness and union elections......Page 163
Labour relations in the public sector......Page 164
Collective bargaining......Page 166
Disputes, mediation and arbitration......Page 168
Conclusion......Page 169
References......Page 170
7 Denmark......Page 172
Organizational structure of the main sectors......Page 175
The composition of public sector employment......Page 176
The public sector labour market......Page 177
Wages and salaries......Page 178
State policies......Page 179
Public sector employers......Page 181
The status and role of public managers......Page 182
Employers’ associations......Page 183
Trade union organization and structure......Page 185
The state sub-sector......Page 186
The county/municipal sector......Page 187
The collective bargaining system......Page 188
Collective bargaining structure......Page 189
Industrial disputes......Page 193
Workers’ participation......Page 194
Public sector consensus and informal relations......Page 195
Conciliation and the settlement of disputes......Page 197
Conclusion......Page 198
References......Page 201
Index......Page 203