Monika Martišková

• Charles University in Prague

Die Transition zur Elektromobilität verläuft in Mittelost-und Südosteuropa langsamer als in Deutschland; zugleich wachsen Länder wie Polen und Ungarn zu wichtigen Komponentenstandorten für Elektromobilität heran. Daher werden durch die Transition mittelfristig keine negativen Beschäftigungseffekte erwartet, allerdings bleiben die Handlungsbedingung...

In common with other Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, Czechia has experienced turbulent change over the past thirty years. The transformation from a centrally planned to a market-oriented economy have put trade unions in a difficult position. On one hand, the trade unions understood the need to transform institutions and liberalize the...

Based on extensive literature review, the report presents benefits but also criticism of multi-employer bargaining, its preconditions and overall impact on the society, as well as ways forward for trade unions to support and develop multi-employer bargaining. The report has been prepared in partnership with the WageIndicator Foundation, commissione...

Multinational companies dominate much of the economies of the new EU member states of central and eastern Europe. They usually claim to respect trade unions at home and many have signed global agreements with international union organisations. It could be hoped that they would play a positive role, bringing better employment relations practices int...

The paper studies how unions used two types of resources, namely, access to national legislation/policy and to collective bargaining, to improve working conditions in healthcare and in agency work in Czechia and Slovakia. It examines how these two types of institutional resources interact, whether they are potentially in competition and how this af...

The article identifies and critically discusses barriers for transforming the automotive industry into an ecological mobility industry in Slovakia and Czechia from the point of view of key stakeholders. The focus is on the actors in the transformation process and the obstacles they face in influencing the strategies and direction of such a shift. F...

The report is prepared within the Bargaining for working conditions and social rights of migrant workers in Central East European countries (BARMIG) project. The report assesses the role of established industrial relations institutions in addressing the increased presence of migrant workers in domestic labour markets, and analyses how, and with wha...

Reducing wage inequality requires an understanding of the importance of labour market institutions, in particular statutory minimum wages and sectoral collective bargaining. This article argues that the impact of labour market institutions on wage inequality is enhanced by specific strategies of unions and employers. Empirical evidence is provided...

As the pandemic continues and countries experience a massive second continue to be heavily affected. At the same time, countries have started adjust stabilization measures initially introduced at the outset of the main elements of crisis response require particular attention: the further short-time work schemes, ad hoc income protection for the...

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has a severe impact on societies, economies and labor markets. However, not all countries, socio-economic groups and sectors are equally affected. For example, occupational groups working in sectors where value chains have been disrupted and lockdowns have had direct impacts are affected more heavily, while the s...

Dieser Kurzbericht befasst sich mit der Entwicklung im Automobilzuliefersektor und mit der gewerkschaftlichen Organisierung in der Slowakei, Rumänien und Serbien. Slowakei, Rumänien und Serbien bieten sich als Untersuchungsfeld an, weil sie geographisch Nachbarn sind und eine gemeinsame Industrieregion bilden, zugleich aber unterschiedliche Entwick...

The paper evaluates the principle of addi-tionality in public support programs at local level. In the evaluation of public support policies a key question is whether the policy has made a differ-ence over what would have otherwise occurred. This could be measured by different ways as out-put, behavioral or input additionality. In this paper we anal...

This chapter reviews the major developments, linkages, and factors that have resulted in converging or diverging patterns of inequality in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It shows that they share a pattern of decreasing income inequality under the communist rule, followed by a relatively sharp increase in the 1990s, and steady income inequality in...