TY - JOUR
T1 - To Extend or Not to Extend
T2 - Explaining the Divergent Use of Statutory Bargaining Extensions in the Netherlands and Germany
AU - Paster, Thomas
AU - Oude Nijhuis, Dennie
AU - Kiecker, Maximilian
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Employee coverage by multi‐employer bargaining declined since the 1980s in many countries, but countries differ in the extent of that decline. These differences are due, in part, to statutory coverage extension. We analyse the use of statutory coverage extension in two countries, Germany and the Netherlands. Agreements are extended frequently in the Netherlands, where coverage remained stable as a result, but sparingly in Germany, where coverage eroded. The article shows that different employer attitudes are the main cause of this difference. These differences in employer attitudes result from (a) different perceptions of the effects of wage competition by non‐organized firms on organized firms and (b) differences in employer views on the appropriateness of state compulsion.
AB - Employee coverage by multi‐employer bargaining declined since the 1980s in many countries, but countries differ in the extent of that decline. These differences are due, in part, to statutory coverage extension. We analyse the use of statutory coverage extension in two countries, Germany and the Netherlands. Agreements are extended frequently in the Netherlands, where coverage remained stable as a result, but sparingly in Germany, where coverage eroded. The article shows that different employer attitudes are the main cause of this difference. These differences in employer attitudes result from (a) different perceptions of the effects of wage competition by non‐organized firms on organized firms and (b) differences in employer views on the appropriateness of state compulsion.
U2 - 10.1111/bjir.12514
DO - 10.1111/bjir.12514
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0007-1080
VL - 58
SP - 532
EP - 557
JO - British Journal of Industrial Relations
JF - British Journal of Industrial Relations
IS - 3
ER -