Contracting International Employee Participation
Global Framework Agreements
Authors: Hadwiger, Felix
Free Preview- Explains why companies conclude Global Framework Agreements
- Insights resulting from a new dataset containing the characteristics of 59 GFAs (2009-2016)
- Analyses the public relations effect of GFAs and examines how companies make use of GFAs in the public relations section on their corporate websites
- Employs for the first time tools and concepts from economics in order to comprehensively examine GFAs
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- About this book
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In the last two decades, multinational companies (MNCs) and global union federations (GUFs) have started to negotiate so-called global framework agreements (GFAs) which define minimum standards for labor conditions across their locations. This book focuses on the question why companies conclude GFAs, and identifies four groups of incentives: reduction and privatization of conflicts; public relations; promotion of equal competitive conditions; exogenous requirements and avoidance of public regulation. Based on an in-depth analysis of incentives considered to play a dominant role in the decision of companies to conclude GFAs, the book attempts to predict under which conditions GFAs can be expected to proliferate in the future.
- About the authors
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Felix Hadwiger studied Politics & Law in Münster (2006-2009) and Law & Economics in Hamburg and Bologna (2011-2012). He was a member of the DFG-Graduate School in Law & Economics at the University of Hamburg (2013-2016). His research focusses on labor law and industrial relations.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-8
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The Internationalization of Law: The Evolution of Labor Standards in Response to Globalization
Pages 11-20
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The Phenomenon of Global Framework Agreements
Pages 21-60
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Enforcement in Courts or Private Enforcement?
Pages 61-83
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Interests and Incentives of the Bargaining Partners
Pages 85-108
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Contracting International Employee Participation
- Book Subtitle
- Global Framework Agreements
- Authors
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- Felix Hadwiger
- Series Title
- International Law and Economics
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-71099-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-71099-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-71098-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-89036-4
- Series ISSN
- 2364-1851
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 233
- Number of Illustrations
- 21 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
- Topics