European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Industrial relations in the EU, Japan, US and other global economies, 20052006 [15 November 2007]
November 2007
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
This report gives an overview of the main industrial relations developments in the European Union, Japan and the US in 2005 and 2006. The findings are the result of an initiative by the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO), in the context of a research project started in 2000 to compare and 'benchmark' elements of industrial relations in these three major economic areas. The second part of the report investigates two elements of the social and economic environment which have recently gained greater relevance in the debate on the characteristics and impact of growing global competition: Temporary agency work (TAW) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While the study mainly covers the EU Member States, Japan and the US, it also includes data on emerging economies, notably Brazil, China and India.
The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0706028s/2006_IR_in_US_and_Japan_%28final_draft%29.doc > questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
