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Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive in liberal market economies

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This article shows how both employers and the state have influenced macro-level processes and structures concerning the content and transposition of the European Union (EU) Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive. It argues that the processes of regulation occupied by employers reinforce a voluntarism which marginalizes rather than shares decision-making power with workers. The contribution advances the conceptual lens of ‘regulatory space’ by building on Lukes’ multiple faces of power to better understand how employment regulation is determined across transnational, national and enterprise levels. The research proposes an integrated analytical framework on which ‘occupancy’ of regulatory space can be evaluated in comparative national contexts.

Source: Work Employment and Society

DOI: 10.1177/0950017012466688

Authors: Tony Dundon, Tony Dobbins, Niall Cullinane, Eugene Hickland, Jimmy Donaghey

Institutions: Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, Bangor University, Queen's University Belfast, University of Warwick

Language: English

Topic: Legal and Labor Studies

Subfield: Industrial relations

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

Funders: Irish Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council