Table 1: The 16 company cases Company US1 US2 EU1 EU2 Country UK ITA BEL GER UK ITA BEL GER UK ITA BEL GER UK ITA BEL GER VoC LME MME CME CME LME MME CME CME LME MME CME CME LME MME CME CME 125.000 24.000 60.000 90.000 Total employees 1.550 320 2.500 1.700 200 200 1.600 1.500 8.000 2.300 600 4.300 4.000 2.500 1.000 2.800 Subsidiary employees high Low low high Degree of integration medium-low Low high medium-high Technology degree medium-high High low medium-low Degree of competition standardised Standardised differentiated differentiated Nature of the product market medium-high High low medium-low Market uncertainty 70% 60% 95% 80% 79% 90% 95% 75% 30% 30% 85% 25% 50% 50% 95% 75% Union density Contracts: 35% BC 4% none; 20% 7% 10-15% 5% ; 15% 8% 3-4% 8% very 35-40% 3% 20% 10% ; agency 20% 10% few 10% fixed-term Flexibility: high low low high low med med med med low med low high low high med Ext-num. med high low high high high high high high med high high med high med high Int-num. wage wage wage wage wage wage wage wage wage wage wage, functional wage wage Other pay only) Security: med med med high med med low med high high med high med med med med Job med high med high low low low med high high high high low med med Employment flexibility of the trade-off in favour of the trade-off in favour of flexibility (of the Flexicurity “Balanced” trade-off: “Unbalanced” “Unbalanced” “Balanced” trade-off: overall workforce is exchanged versus employer employees is exchanged against balance
Table 1: The 16 company cases Company US1 US2 EU1 EU2 Country UK ITA BEL GER UK ITA BEL GER UK ITA BEL GER UK ITA BEL GER VoC LME MME CME CME LME MME CME CME LME MME CME CME LME MME CME CME Total employees 125.000 24.000 60.000 90.000 Subsidiary employees 1.550 320 2.500 1.700 200 200 1.600 1.500 8.000 2.300 600 4.300 4.000 2.500 1.000 2.800 Degree of integration high Low low high Technology degree medium-low Low high medium-high Degree of competition medium-high High low medium-low Nature of the product market standardised Standardised differentiated differentiated Market uncertainty medium-high High low medium-low Union density 70% 60% 95% 80% 79% 90% 95% 75% 30% 30% 85% 25% 50% 50% 95% 75% Contracts: agency fixed-term 35% BC 4% none; 20% 20% 7% 10-15% 5% ; 10% 15% 8% 3-4% 8% very few 35-40% 3% 20% 10% ; 10% Flexibility: Ext-num. Int-num. Other high med wage low high wage pay only) low low wage high high wage low high wage med high wage med high wage med high wage med high wage low med wage med high low high wage, high med functional low high high med wage med high wage Security: Job Employment med med med high med med high high med low med low low low med med high high high high med high high high med low med med med med med Flexicurity balance “Balanced” trade-off: flexibility of the overall workforce is exchanged versus “Unbalanced” trade-off in favour of the employer “Unbalanced” trade-off in favour of employees “Balanced” trade-off: flexibility (of the is exchanged against
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