IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/wsidps/197.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Sector-level strategies against precarious employment in Germany: Evidence from construction, commercial cleaning, hospitals and temporary agency work

Author

Listed:
  • Schulten, Thorsten
  • Schulze-Buschoff, Karin

Abstract

This study focuses on describing and analyzing the concrete initiatives taken by trade unions and employers to combat precarious employment. It is based on an evaluation of recent data, research literature and policy documents as well as a number of interviews with experts from all four sectors. The study is also part of a wider European project called "Bargaining for Social Rights at Sector Level" (BARSORIS) which include studies from seven European countries (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and the UK).

Suggested Citation

  • Schulten, Thorsten & Schulze-Buschoff, Karin, 2015. "Sector-level strategies against precarious employment in Germany: Evidence from construction, commercial cleaning, hospitals and temporary agency work," WSI Working Papers 197, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:wsidps:197
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/107635/1/819376418.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Bäcker, Gerhard & Neuffer, Stefanie, 2012. "Von der Sonderregelung zur Beschäftigungsnorm: Minijobs im deutschen Sozialstaat," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 65(1), pages 13-21.
    2. Spermann, Alexander, 2013. "Sector Surcharges for Temporary Agency Workers in Germany: A Way Out of the Low-Wage Sector?," IZA Policy Papers 67, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Treeck, Till van & Sturn, Simon, 2010. "Arbeitsmarktreformen in Deutschland: Hohe soziale Kosten ohne gesamtwirtschaftlichen Nutzen," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 63(11), pages 592-600.
    4. Brinkmann Ulrich & Becker Karina & Engel Thomas, 2012. "Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz & Leiharbeit – zwei problematische Handlungsfelder," Arbeit, De Gruyter, vol. 21(1), pages 20-38, March.
    5. Jahn, Elke J. & Pozzoli, Dario, 2013. "The pay gap of temporary agency workers — Does the temp sector experience pay off?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 24(C), pages 48-57.
    6. Hohendanner, Christian & Walwei, Ulrich, 2013. "Arbeitsmarkteffekte atypischer Beschäftigung," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 66(4), pages 239-246.
    7. Riedel, Peter, 2012. "Minijobs in der Gebäudereinigung," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 65(1), pages 64-67.
    8. Bispinck, Reinhard & Schulten, Thorsten, 2014. "Wages, collective bargaining and economic development in Germany: Towards a more expansive and solidaristic development?," WSI Working Papers 191, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    9. Bräutigam, Christoph & Dahlbeck, Elke & Enste, Peter & Evans, Michaela & Hilbert, Josef, 2010. "Flexibilisierung und Leiharbeit in der Pflege," Arbeitspapiere 215, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Schulten, Thorsten & Seikel, Daniel, 2018. "Upgrading German public services: The role of trade union campaigns and collective bargaining with regard to working conditions in day care centres, primary education and hospitals," WSI Studies 12, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    2. 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.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Peters, Tobias, 2017. "Die fiskalischen Kosten der Minijobs," Schriftenreihe Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft 22/2017, Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft (IAW), Universität Bremen und Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen.
    2. Christine Mayrhuber & Silvia Rocha-Akis, 2014. "Niedriglohnbeschäftigung und Sozialversicherungsabgaben," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 60727.
    3. Beckmann, Fabian, 2020. "Perceived Job Quality in German Minijobs. A Multidimensional Analysis of Work in Marginal Part-time Employment RelationshipsDate submitted: August 23, 2018Revised version accepted after double-blind r," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 31(2), pages 116-144.
    4. Antoni, Manfred & Janser, Markus & Lehmer, Florian, 2015. "The hidden winners of renewable energy promotion: Insights into sector-specific wage differentials," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 595-613.
    5. Thanh-Tam Nguyen-Huu, 2021. "Do “inferior” jobs always suffer from a wage penalty? Evidence from temporary workers in Cambodia and Pakistan," Post-Print hal-04248181, HAL.
    6. Beissinger, Thomas & Chusseau, Nathalie & Hellier, Joël, 2015. "Offshoring and labour market reforms: Modelling the German experience," Hohenheim Discussion Papers in Business, Economics and Social Sciences 04-2015, University of Hohenheim, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences.
    7. Grund, Christian & Minten, Axel & Toporova, Nevena, 2017. "The Motivation of Temporary Agency Workers: An Empirical Analysis," IZA Discussion Papers 11229, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    8. Walwei, Ulrich, 2015. "From deregulation to re-regulation : trend reversal in German labour market institutions and its possible implications," IAB-Discussion Paper 201510, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    9. Anne Dufresne, 2015. "The trade union response to the European economic governance regime. Transnational mobilization and wage coordination," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 21(2), pages 141-156, May.
    10. Bossler, Mario & Gürtzgen, Nicole & Lochner, Benjamin & Betzl, Ute & Feist, Lisa & Wegmann, Jakob, 2018. "Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf Betriebe und Unternehmen," IAB-Forschungsbericht 201804, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    11. Bill Cochrane & Gail Pacheco & Chao Li, 2017. "Temporary-Permanent Wage Gap: Does Type of Work and Location in Distribution Matter?," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 20(2), pages 125-147.
    12. Wiethölter, Doris & Carstensen, Jeanette & Bogai, Dieter, 2013. "Die Gesundheitswirtschaft in Berlin-Brandenburg," IAB-Regional. Berichte und Analysen aus dem Regionalen Forschungsnetz. IAB Berlin-Brandenburg 201301, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    13. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Fabian Lindner & Simon Sturn & Till van Treeck, 2010. "Vom Krisenherd zum Wunderwerk?," IMK Report 56-2010, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    14. Monika Martišková & Marta Kahancová & Jakub Kostolný, 2021. "Negotiating wage (in)equality: changing union strategies in high-wage and low-wage sectors in Czechia and Slovakia," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 27(1), pages 75-96, February.
    15. Herrmann, Andrea M. & Zaal, Petra M. & Chappin, Maryse M.H. & Schemmann, Brita & Lühmann, Amelie, 2023. "“We don't need no (higher) education” - How the gig economy challenges the education-income paradigm," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 186(PA).
    16. Ferreira, Maria & de Grip, Andries & van der Velden, Rolf, 2018. "Does informal learning at work differ between temporary and permanent workers? Evidence from 20 OECD countries," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 18-40.
    17. Ferreira Sequeda, M.T. & de Grip, A. & van der Velden, R.K.W., 2015. "Does on-the-job informal learning in OECD countries differ by contract duration," Research Memorandum 021, Maastricht University, Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE).
    18. Di Carlo, Donato, 2018. "Does pattern bargaining explain wage restraint in the German public sector?," MPIfG Discussion Paper 18/3, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    19. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Fabian Lindner & Simon Sturn, 2013. "Explaining the German Employment Miracle in the Great Recession – The Crucial Role of Temporary Working Time Reductions," IMK Working Paper 114-2013, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    20. Michaela Evans & Günter Thiele & Kai Ziegler & Franziska Risthaus, 2014. "Zwischen Ökonomisierungsangst und Wachstumseurophorie: zur Governance der Arbeit im Pflegesektor," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 83(4), pages 123-136.

    More about this item

    NEP fields

    This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:zbw:wsidps:197. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/wsihbde.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.