Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective
The Nordic countries are renowned for their high level of unionization and collective bargaining. However, globalization, Europeanization, and an increasing individualization are often pictured as factors suppressing collective regulation. In this article, we look at the developments in the regulati...
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| description | The Nordic countries are renowned for their high level of unionization and collective bargaining. However, globalization, Europeanization, and an increasing individualization are often pictured as factors suppressing collective regulation. In this article, we look at the developments in the regulation of wages and working conditions from a macro perspective by combing two large cross- sectional surveys into a longitudinal study with point of departure in the Danish case. We find that collective bargaining coverage continues to stand surprisingly strong, both in terms of being very widespread and in employee awareness, but Danish wage and salary earners also have an interest in extra support in the form of generalization and/or a politically regulated minimum wage |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e0aefc615978493fb615226457fcf01a2022-12-21T22:11:25ZengAalborg UniversityNordic Journal of Working Life Studies2245-01572017-03-017110.18291/njwls.v7i1.8139324206Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee PerspectiveLaust Høgedahl0Henning Jørgensen1Aalborg UniversityAalborg UniversityThe Nordic countries are renowned for their high level of unionization and collective bargaining. However, globalization, Europeanization, and an increasing individualization are often pictured as factors suppressing collective regulation. In this article, we look at the developments in the regulation of wages and working conditions from a macro perspective by combing two large cross- sectional surveys into a longitudinal study with point of departure in the Danish case. We find that collective bargaining coverage continues to stand surprisingly strong, both in terms of being very widespread and in employee awareness, but Danish wage and salary earners also have an interest in extra support in the form of generalization and/or a politically regulated minimum wagehttps://tidsskrift.dk/njwls/article/view/26810Employmentwagesunemployment & rehabilitationLabor market institutions & social partners |
| spellingShingle | Laust Høgedahl Henning Jørgensen Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Employment wages unemployment & rehabilitation Labor market institutions & social partners |
| title | Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective |
| title_full | Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective |
| title_short | Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective |
| title_sort | development in the regulation of wages and working conditions the employee perspective |
| topic | Employment wages unemployment & rehabilitation Labor market institutions & social partners |
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