Industrial Relations in Europe 2012 - European Commission - Europa
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Level<br />
Government <strong>in</strong>tervention <strong>in</strong><br />
wage barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
Table 2.4 Degree of coord<strong>in</strong>ation and government <strong>in</strong>tervention, 2000 – 2010*<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ation of wage barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
Coord<strong>in</strong>ation of and government <strong>in</strong>tervention <strong>in</strong><br />
wage barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
4: The government participates directly <strong>in</strong><br />
wage barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g (tripartite barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, as<br />
<strong>in</strong> social pacts)<br />
3: The government <strong>in</strong>fluences wage<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g outcomes <strong>in</strong>directly through<br />
price- ceil<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>in</strong>dexation, tax measures,<br />
m<strong>in</strong>imum wages, and/or pattern sett<strong>in</strong>g<br />
through public sector wages<br />
2: The government <strong>in</strong>fluences wage<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g by provid<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>stitutional<br />
framework of consultation and <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
exchange<br />
1: fragmented<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g,<br />
mostly at<br />
company level<br />
PL, LT, MT<br />
EE, LV, UK<br />
* Average for 2000-2010; CEECs <strong>in</strong> italics.<br />
Source: ICTWSS database version 3.0 (2011).<br />
2: mixed or<br />
alternat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustry- and<br />
firm level<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, with<br />
weak<br />
enforceability<br />
of <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
agreements<br />
BG, CZ, HU,<br />
LU,FR<br />
3: <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g with no<br />
or irregular pattern<br />
sett<strong>in</strong>g, limited<br />
<strong>in</strong>volvement of<br />
central<br />
organisations, and<br />
limited freedoms for<br />
company barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
RO, SK, PT<br />
4: mixed <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
and economy-wide<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g: a)<br />
central<br />
organisations<br />
negotiate nonenforceable<br />
central<br />
agreements<br />
(guidel<strong>in</strong>es) and/or<br />
b) key unions and<br />
employers<br />
associations set<br />
pattern for the entire<br />
economy<br />
SI, FI,BE, IE<br />
EL, ES, NL<br />
CY DK, SE DE, IT, AT<br />
either not available or not widely used due to various obstacles. For example, <strong>in</strong> Slovakia,<br />
extension is possible only upon consent of the employer concerned, which represents an<br />
additional <strong>in</strong>stitutional barrier to broaden<strong>in</strong>g the coverage of collective agreements (see Box<br />
2.2).<br />
Table 2.5 Collective barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g levels and extension mechanisms, 2000 – 2010*<br />
Extension mechanisms<br />
Dom<strong>in</strong>ant level of collective barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
and<br />
the presence of extension mechanisms<br />
(average of years 2000-2010, CEECs <strong>in</strong><br />
red)<br />
0:legal provision<br />
for mandatory<br />
extension not available<br />
1: legal provision for<br />
mandatory extension<br />
available, but not regularly or<br />
widely used<br />
(=10%)<br />
4: national or central level, with SI, IE<br />
BE, EL, FI<br />
additional<br />
sectoral / local or company<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
3: sectoral or <strong>in</strong>dustry level RO,DK, IT, NL, PT, SE DE AT, ES<br />
2: sectoral or <strong>in</strong>dustry level,<br />
with additional local or company<br />
barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />
CY,LU<br />
1: local or company barga<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g LT,LV,PL,MT,UK EE<br />
* Average for 2000-2010; CEECs <strong>in</strong> italics.<br />
Source: ICTWSS database version 3.0 (2011).<br />
BG,CZ, SK<br />
HU, FR<br />
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