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Record Nr.

UNINA9910770277703321

Autore

Bosch Gerhard

Titolo

The Monitoring and Enforcement of Minimum Wages / / by Gerhard Bosch, Frederic Hüttenhoff, Claudia Weinkopf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2023

ISBN

9783658398989

3658398981

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (299 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

HüttenhoffFrederic

WeinkopfClaudia

Disciplina

331.230943

Soggetti

Industrial sociology

Economics - Sociological aspects

Political sociology

Sociology of Work

Economic Sociology

Political Sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Effects of the statutory minimum wage - Findings to date -- Interactions between minimum and collectively agreed wages -- Enforcement of labour standards - the international literature -- Monitoring of minimum wages in Germany -- The main construction industry -- Meat industry -- Hotel and catering industry -- Summary and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

The book presents the results of the first comprehensive empirical study on the control of minimum wages in Germany. It offers an overview of the challenges and problems of enforcement and compliance with minimum wages, taking three sectors as examples (construction, meat industry, hospitality). On the basis of numerous interviews with experts from the field (e.g. trade unions, employers' associations, customs) and a comprehensive evaluation of the broad international research literature, it identifies starting points and strategies for sustainably improving compliance with and enforcement



of minimum wages. The content - Effects of the statutory minimum wage - Interaction between minimum and collectively agreed wages - International findings on the enforcement of labour standards - Control of minimum wages in Germany - The main construction trade - meat industry - hotel and restaurant industry - Strategic starting points for more effective controls The target groups Politicians, trade unions and employers' associations as well as experts and students from the social, economic, social and legal sciences The authors Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bosch is Senior Professor at the Institute for Work and Qualification (IAQ) at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Frederic Hüttenhoff is a research associate at IAQ. Dr. Claudia Weinkopf is Deputy Executive Director of the IAQ.