Abstract
This article shows how both employers and the state have influenced macro-level processes and structures concerning the content and transposition of the European Union (EU) Employee Information and Consultation (I&C) Directive. It argues that the processes of regulation occupied by employers reinforce a voluntarism which marginalizes rather than shares decision-making power with workers. The contribution advances the conceptual lens of ‘regulatory space’ by building on Lukes’ multiple faces of power to better understand how employment regulation is determined across transnational, national and enterprise levels. The research proposes an integrated analytical framework on which ‘occupancy’ of regulatory space can be evaluated in comparative national contexts.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-39 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Work, Employment & Society |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 6 Jan 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2014 |
Keywords
- Employee voice
- Employment regulation
- European Information and Consultation Directive
- Space