Employment Protection, Collective Bargaining, and Labour Market Adaptability. The Swedish Employment Security Councils in a Comparative Context

Journal title GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI
Author/s Samuel Engblom
Publishing Year 2019 Issue 2018/160 Language English
Pages 19 P. 887-905 File size 263 KB
DOI 10.3280/GDL2018-160009
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The article describes how employment protection legislation and collective bargaining can be used to improve labour market adaptability. A rather detailed account is given of how, in Sweden, rules on dismissals for economic reasons and sectoral collective bargaining have been used to create institutions, the employment security councils, which offer redundant workers assistance in the transition to new jobs, in exchange for increased employer influence over layoffs. The potential exportability of these institutions is analysed as well as the practical use of comparative law in policy making.

Keywords: Collective bargaining; Employment protection; Dismissals; Comparative law; Transition agreements; Job security councils; Sweden.

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Samuel Engblom, Employment Protection, Collective Bargaining, and Labour Market Adaptability. The Swedish Employment Security Councils in a Comparative Context in "GIORNALE DI DIRITTO DEL LAVORO E DI RELAZIONI INDUSTRIALI " 160/2018, pp 887-905, DOI: 10.3280/GDL2018-160009