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Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015 Works Council Elections in 2014

A Review Based on the IW Works Council Election Survey

Works Council Elections in 2014
Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015

Works Council Elections in 2014

IW-Trends

German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

A Review Based on the IW Works Council Election Survey

Elected works councils are a central feature of industrial relations in this country. Held every four years between March and May, the most recent round of elections was in 2014. In those companies with a works council the 2014 ballot met with a considerable response, with almost 77 per cent of the workforce voting. Women were elected to an average 25 per cent of seats. While the Works Constitution Act stipulates how many works council members must be exempted from their regular jobs to concentrate on employee representation, three out of ten works councils either exceed or fall short of this number. That such deviations are widely tolerated can be interpreted as evidence of a culture of mutual trust between workforce and management. The average degree of union organisation is almost 64 per cent. In 2014, as in previous years, works councils opted for experience and continuity when choosing their chairpersons, a disproportionate number of whom are trade unionists.

Works Council Elections in 2014
Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 25. March 2015

Oliver Stettes: Betriebsratswahlen 2014 – Ein Rückblick auf Basis der IW-Betriebsratswahlbefragung

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German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

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Solo Self-employed and Contract Workers as Catalysts of Digital Transformation in German Companies
Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 1 14. April 2023

Solo Self-employed and Contract Workers as Catalysts of Digital Transformation in German Companies

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Andrea Hammermann / Jörg Schmidt / Oliver Stettes IW-Analyse No. 149 27. July 2022

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