Negotiating flexibility: the role of the social partners and the state

Abstract

Chapter 1 Types of flexibility: contracts of employment pay flexibility working-time flexibility work organization flexibility. Chapter 2 Means of introducing flexibility: introduction legislation collective agreements individual contracts of employment employers' unilateral action. Chapter 3 The role of the State and the bargaining structure: industrialized countries with voluntarist industrial relations European countries with a tradition of social partnership the role of the state and the bargaining structure in Central and Latin America the role of the state and the bargaining structure in Asia concluding remarks. Chapter 4 The positions of the social partners on labour market flexibility: introduction employers' positions trade unions' positions concluding remarks. Chapter 5 Outcomes of negotiations over flexibility: introduction trade-offs at levels above the enterprise trades-offs at the enterprise level concluding remarks.