The role of works councils for severance payments

"Using representative German employee data, we analyse the role of works councils for the incidence of severance payments subsequent to dismissals. While there is a positive relation with severance payments after those dismissals which stem from plant closings, the incidence of a works council...

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Main Authors: Grund, Christian, Martin, Johannes
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2017
IZA
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19287702124910059849-The-role-of-works-councils-for.htm
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Summary:"Using representative German employee data, we analyse the role of works councils for the incidence of severance payments subsequent to dismissals. While there is a positive relation with severance payments after those dismissals which stem from plant closings, the incidence of a works council is negatively associated with severance pay subsequent to individual layoffs. In both cases, we find a negative moderating effect of individuals' higher reemployment chances. We also explore gender differences and differences between the types of previously held jobs."
Physical Description:20 p.
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