Social dialogue: Achieving trust relationships between social actors in the labor market

Abstract

Subject. This article discusses the issues related to social dialogue and the practice of collective bargaining agreements in the Central Federal District regions. Objectives. The article aims to test the methodology for evaluating collective agreements in order to determine the level of development of labor relations at the regional level. The article also intends to make recommendations on improving collective agreements within the region framework. Methods. For the study, I used a content analysis, integrated, logical, and comparative approaches, and the social and labor relations theory basics. Results. The article proposes some recommendations for setting a minimum total efficiency ratio and increasing the proportion of legal rules that improve the situation of social partners. Conclusions. Based on the quantification of the content of collective agreements at the regional level through the content analysis of the Social Partnership section, the article concludes that the practice of concluding regional collective agreements in the Central Federal District of Russia is uneven.