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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811355503321

Titolo

Minimum wages, pay equity, and comparative industrial relations / / edited by Damian Grimshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2013

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-68219-8

0-203-57972-0

1-299-28034-X

1-136-68212-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in employment relations ; ; 25

Altri autori (Persone)

GrimshawDamian

Disciplina

331.2/3094

Soggetti

Minimum wage - Europe

Pay equity - Europe

Industrial relations - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Wage-setting institutions, intersections and pay equity effects -- pt. II. Sector case studies -- pt. III. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

With growing concern about the conditions facing low wage workers and new challenges to traditional forms of labor market protection, this book offers a timely analysis of the purpose and effectiveness of minimum wages in different European countries. Building on original industry case studies, the analysis goes beyond general debates about the relative merits of labor market regulation to reveal important national differences in the functioning of minimum wage systems and their integration within national models of industrial relations. There is no universal position on minim