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

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  • Tony Dundon

    (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland)

  • Tony Dobbins

    (Bangor University, UK)

  • Niall Cullinane

    (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)

  • Eugene Hickland

    (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland)

  • Jimmy Donaghey

    (University of Warwick, UK)

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.

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  • Tony Dundon & Tony Dobbins & Niall Cullinane & Eugene Hickland & Jimmy Donaghey, 2014. "Employer occupation of regulatory space of the Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive in liberal market economies," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 28(1), pages 21-39, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:28:y:2014:i:1:p:21-39
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    Cited by:

    1. Karen Jaehrling & Mathew Johnson & Trine P Larsen & Bjarke Refslund & Damian Grimshaw, 2018. "Tackling Precarious Work in Public Supply Chains: A Comparison of Local Government Procurement Policies in Denmark, Germany and the UK," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 32(3), pages 546-563, June.
    2. Ian Clark & James Hunter & Richard Pickford & Huw Fearnall-Williams, 2022. "How do licensing regimes limit worker interests? Evidence from informal employment in Britain," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 43(1), pages 431-449, February.
    3. Tony Dundon & Tony Dobbins, 2015. "Militant partnership: a radical pluralist analysis of workforce dialectics," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 29(6), pages 912-931, December.
    4. Jimmy Donaghey & Niall Cullinane & Tony Dundon & Tony Dobbins & Eugene Hickland, 2022. "Employee choice of voice and non‐union worker representation," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 53(6), pages 503-522, November.
    5. Nadia K. Kougiannou & Adrian Wilkinson & Tony Dundon, 2022. "Inside the meetings: The role of managerial attitudes in approaches to information and consultation for employees," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 60(3), pages 585-605, September.
    6. Anthony Dobbins & Tony Dundon, 2015. "Irish workplace partnership: unbridgeable tensions between an 'Irish third way' of voluntary mutuality and neo-liberal forces," Working Papers 15011, Bangor Business School, Prifysgol Bangor University (Cymru / Wales).

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