...This chapter examines how public sector employers and the state in some European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) countries undertook actions that upheld export-favoring national collective bargaining models. Focusing on Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, the chapter considers what types...

...This chapter examines religious discrimination claims arising out of the termination of employment. The courts often reject Title VII religious discrimination claims alleged by employees, deciding a majority of those cases in favor of employers. This is often due to the failure of the complaining...

...This chapter examines an employer's liability for acts of religious harassment committed by an employee. According to Title VII, employers must maintain a discrimination-free work environment, a nonhostile environment free of acts of harassment, whether racial, national origin, sexual, or religious...

... this period. From the 1950s through the 1970s, the postwar German industrial relations system flourished and served as an important component of an effective economy and a sound democracy. Trade unions and employers associations embraced “social partnership,” that is, they accepted each other as equal...

...This chapter examines the declining membership of Germany's trade unions and employers associations by conducting a quantitative analysis of unionization rate in the postwar period. Previous models of unionization in Germany focused exclusively on economic and demographic variables; this chapter...

... for the industrial era's loss of workplace harmony, but the stigma did not prevent employers from fulfilling their growing labor needs by hiring large numbers of alien workers. Those recruited regularly included strikebreakers whose presence angered established workers. Through the early 1880s, laborers...

... years. It begins with an overview of codetermination and its two components: works councils and employee representation on supervisory boards of large enterprises. It then explains how codetermination has made trade unions especially resilient and goes on to assess employers' attitudes toward...

..., including the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency), have helped to preserve the political influence of trade unions and employers associations. It compares these and other results with those in other countries and ends by reflecting on the future of the German industrial relations system...

...This chapter turns to the impact of the paid family leave (PFL) program on employers. Companies have easily adapted to the implementation of PFL over the past decade, and their widely voiced concerns about the abuse of and negative effects on productivity and profitability have proven to be almost...

...This book examines a host of issues associated with the growing presence of religion in the workplace. More specifically, it considers the difficulties that arise for both employers and employees when they become involved in workplace religious disputes. The book analyzes court cases arising under...

...This chapter considers whether religion has a place in the American workplace. It is often argued that the presence of religion in the office and other work areas creates conflict and division and that employers and employees would be far better off if it were barred from the work environs. While...

...This chapter examines the legal issues surrounding an employer's proselytization of its employees. When an employer engages in proselytizing of its employees, it may be violating Title VII because workers who find themselves in those circumstances are more likely to endure repeated violations...

...This chapter examines how the courts have addressed proselytizing in public sector workplaces. Employer intervention in the attempts by one or more employees to convert coworkers or proselytize customers or clients has become more common as members of fundamentalist, evangelical, and other...

...This chapter examines the general principles that underlie an employer's duty to reasonably accommodate the religious beliefs and practices of its employees. Title VII originally did not provide for accommodation, but in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) first promulgated...

...This chapter outlines the premise of this book as a whole, and presents methods for directly involving employers in the research process. It reviews the characteristics of employers that should be considered when trying to better understand workplace policies and practices. The chapter also...

...This chapter looks at employment from the perspective of employers. It talks about their attempts to improve the lives of workers, and their frustrations that workers don't seem to behave as they want. It says that many employers are concerned about the supposed immoral behavior of employees...

... participants knew that domestic workers are entitled to join the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS). The main barrier to coverage, however, is the reluctance of employers to enroll workers and contribute on their behalf: nearly a third of survey respondents who were not enrolled reported...

... continuation of the linkage. With the end of the 1890s depression, the new century's first decade saw the arrival of record numbers of immigrants, increasingly coming from southern and eastern Europe. Return of commercial prosperity cemented employers' need of their labor, but the continued reliance on foreign...

...—and then analyzes its principal actors: trade unions and employers associations. It finds the framework sound but the actors are in crisis because of membership losses. The book analyzes reasons behind the losses and the innovative strategies German labor and management have developed in their efforts to reverse...

...This chapter discusses the image of the ideal domestic worker, looking at the point of view of potential employers and domestic employment agencies acting as intermediaries. The ideal worker and the ideal domestic employment arrangement, as communicated by the “help wanted” ads, illustrate all...