Public service employment relations in Europe : transformation, modernization or inertia? / / edited by Stephen Bach. [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 331/.0413514
• Soggetto topico: Employee-management relations in government - European Union countries; Collective bargaining - Government employees - European Union countries; Government employee unions - European Union countries; Civil service - European Union countries; Government efficiency - European Union countries; Decentralization in government - European Union countries; Industrial relations - European Union countries
• Altri autori: BachStephen <1963->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Book Cover""; ""Half-Title""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Tables""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""1 Europe""; ""The characteristics of public service employment relations""; ""Challenges to the public sector""; ""The framework""; ""State policies""; ""Employers policies""; ""Trade unions""; ""Collective bargaining""; ""Transformation, modernization or inertia?""; ""References""; ""2 Britain""; ""Definitions of public service sectors""; ""Organizational structure, employment and salaries""; ""The composition of employment""; ""Labour markets and salaries"" ; ""Employers and employers associations""""State policies""; ""The characteristics of public service employers""; ""The civil service""; ""The National Health Service""; ""Local authorities""; ""The status and role of managers""; ""Employers associations""; ""Trade unions""; ""The legal framework""; ""Trade union structure and organization""; ""Trade union membership""; ""Workplace organization and representation""; ""Public sector labour relations""; ""Historical overview""; ""The forms and principles of pay determination""; ""Levels of collective bargaining""; ""The civil service"" ; ""The health service""""Local authorities""; ""Pay outcomes and trends""; ""Industrial conflict""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""3 Germany""; ""The focus of the analysis""; ""Organizational structure, employment and wages""; ""Organizational structure of the main sectors""; ""The composition of employment""; ""Public sector labour markets""; ""Wages and salaries""; ""Employers and employers associations""; ""State policies and public sector regulation""; ""Status and role of public managers""; ""Employers associations""; ""Trade unions""; ""Trade union structure and organization"" ; ""Union confederations""""Workplace representation""; ""Public sector labour relations""; ""Overview""; ""Collective bargaining structure""; ""Industrial disputes""; ""The settlement of disputes""; ""Relations between the parties""; ""Conclusion""; ""Coping with unification""; ""Future challenges""; ""References""; ""4 Italy""; ""Definition of the public service sector""; ""Organizational structure, employment and wages""; ""Organization of the main sectors""; ""Composition of employment""; ""The public sector labour market""; ""Wages and salaries"" ; ""Employers and employers associations""""State policies""; ""The characteristics of public service employers""; ""The health services""; ""The school sector""; ""The local authorities""; ""The status and role of managers""; ""Employers associations""; ""The trade unions""; ""Legal framework""; ""Trade union membership""; ""Trade union structure and fragmentation""; ""The problem of trade union representativeness""; ""Representation at workplace level""; ""Public sector labour relations""; ""The structure of collective bargaining""; ""Collective bargaining trends and outcomes"" ; ""Relations outside collective bargaining""
• Sommario/riassunto: The book provides an up-to-date analysis of the restructuring of public service employment relations in six European countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK. Each of the chapters on national systems is organized around a set of themes and policy issues including:* the impact of fiscal crises, and increasing macro-economic integration within the European Union, on the scope and organization of public services* changes in the patterns and status of public service employment* the shift from centralized administration to new models of devolved management* changes in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Public service employment relations in Europe
• ISBN: 1-134-63003-4; 1-134-63004-2; 1-280-17300-9; 0-203-98041-7; 9786610173006
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783003903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in employment relations.