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A new special issue of European Journal of Industrial Relations edited by Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe takes a closer look at how social dialogue can improve wages and working conditions for employees working few…

In a new article in ILR Review Maite Tapia, Christian L. Ibsen et al. shows how the share of transfer workers can affect member satisfaction and voting in relation to strikes and collective agreements in local trade…

In a new article in Regulation & Governance Martin B. Carstensen, Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Ida Marie N. Jensen analyzes whether polycentric governance is able to promote the development of fair green transition.

In a new article in European Journal of Industrial Relations, Anna Ilsøe, Trine P. Larsen et al., shows how the social partners use social dialogue to increase the weekly working hours for employees in the hotel and…

In a new article in ILR Review, Anna Ilsøe, Trine P. Larsen et al., shows how the social partners have responded to the increasing digitisation and the introduction of AI tools in Denmark and Sweden.

FAOS is conducting a major survey of union representatives' work and conditions in Denmark.

A new book edited by Jens Arnholtz and Bjarke Refslund takes a closer look at how power and power resources shape labour market policy.

In a new article in Comparative European Politics, Mikkel Mailand analyzes how the EU directive on working conditions came about and what role the social partners played.

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Kathleen Thelen compares the role of the state in vocational education and training in Germany and Denmark.

FAOS has received a five year research grant of DKK 34 million. This will enable the Centre to continue its research into the challenges facing the Danish labour market in the coming years.

In a new article in Economic and Industrial Democracy Mark Friis Hau and Andrea Borello have taken a closer look at how migrant workers in Denmark build networks.

In a new article in the European Journal of Industrial Relations, Jens Arnholtz and Ståle Østhus examine how labour migration has affected the intake of apprentices in vocational education and training in the Danish and…

In the introduction to a special issue of European Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen (FAOS), Donato Di Carlo and Oscar Molina argue that the public sector should play a more prominent role in…

In a new report, Trine P. Larsen, Jens Arnholtz, and Bjarne Refslund examine the use of labour clauses in cleaning and guard services in Denmark

Nana Wesley Hansen has published the article ‘Script Adaptation: Understanding Continuity in Local Cooperation after Sector-Level Conflict over Teachers’ Working Time’ in the Journal Work, Employment and Society

The GIG-OSH research project is conducting a large survey and is searching for respondents among platform workers

A major European research project has highlighted working conditions in aviation before and during the COVID-19-pandemic. In two new reports Steen E. Navrbjerg/FAOS analyses the development in Denmark.

In a new article, Mikkel Mailand examines to what extent, how and why tripartite agreements in Denmark and the Netherlands still play a role despite weakened unions

In a new article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Jens Arnholtz and Nathan Lillie explains how worker posting can cause hierarchised labour mobility

Jens Arnholtz and Janine Leschke investigates the current status of the new EU mobility regime 20 years after the first eastward enlargement

A special edition of the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, edited by Bertil Rolandsson and Anna Ilsøe, examines how Nordic models respond to crises and times of uncertainty

In a new article in European Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Laust Høgedahl and Flemming Ibsen investigates how wage regulation is coordinated between the public and private sectors in Denmark and…

In a new article in British Journal of Industrial Relations Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. investigates to what extent ordinary employees act in solidarity with atypical workers.

In a new article in Socio-Economic Review Bengt Larsson, Bertil Rolandsson, Anna Ilsøe, Trine Pernille Larsen, Alex Lehr and Jaan Masso analyse the impact of FinTech on the traditional banking sector.

Anna Ilsøe and Trine Pernille Larsen analyze how the Danish flexicurity model can be adjusted to the future of work, where flexible hiring and firing practices is increasingly supplemented by contractual flexibility

In a new article Nana Wesley Hansen and Nick Krachler examine why and how the 'Musketeer oath' arose, and what role the coalition had during the negotiations, as well as why it subsequently collapsed.

In a new study Trine P. Larsen and Caroline de la Porte investigates why Denmark is considered the leader among the Nordic countries and globally when it comes to childcare.

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Bjarke Refslund et.al. examines how trade unions tackle precarious work by analysing three illustrative case-studies from Denmark, Germany and the UK.

In a new article Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe et al. focus on the role of collective bargaining and employee involvement in relation to algorithm management

In a new article Jens Arnholtz and Chris F. Wright examines the impact of increased labor migration on skill-sourcing practices in countries with distinct national skill formation and industrial relations institutions.

New article investigates whether existing stretegic human resource management frameworks can adequately frame and deliver the academic knowledge needed to address the novel challenges posed by the pandemic.

The journal Socio-Economic Review have republished 20 of their best research articles. One of the selected articles is about labor market research and was written by FAOS' Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al.

A new report takes a closer look at key welfare service sectors, long-time care and early childhood education and care in seven EU countries

Mikkel Mailand analyzes the roles and preferences of Danish companies and employers' organizations in relation to four 'welfare policy' areas - unemployment, (further) education, pensions and family-working life.

In a new article in the Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe have analyzed how the Nordic countries have reacted to the Corona crisis, which revealed gaps in the Nordic countries' social…

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. examines whether workers respond to job insecurity with voice, and assess the role of unions, managers, and employment arrangements in this relationship

The Employment Relations Research Centre (FAOS) invites applications for a fixed-term postdoctoral researcher position (3 years and 3 months) starting on 1 March 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter.

In a new article Nana Wesley Hansen and Mark Friis Hau analyze how trade unions and their grass roots use Facebook and what consequences this has for the understanding of collective bargaining.

In a new article in Economic and Industrial Democracy Mikkel Mailand and Trine P. Larsen et al. examines the examines the interest representation in the gaming industry in Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands.

A new analysis by Christian Lyhne Ibsen shows how a large number of tripartite agreements were instrumental in avoiding economic meltdown and mass layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic

Caroline de la Porte, Trine P. Larsen, Åsa Lundqvist investigates the regulation of publicly organized early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Denmark and Sweden

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen, Lisa Sezer and Virginia Doellgast explores how differences in business association structures relate to the ways firms cooperate in competitive markets.

This paper presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labor market position of platform workers. Analytically, we seek inspiration from…

Anna Ilsøe og Trine Pernille Larsen has contributed to an article that examines the relation between marginal part-time work and future career opportunities

Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe examines why and to what extent the parties in Danish workplaces take advantage of the opportunities to negotiate locally

Highly qualified international professionals are in demand across many sectors. But their potential to make significant contributions to the Danish economy and broader society are often not fully realised.

In a new article, Anna Ilsøe and Fredrik Söderqvist argue that a Nordic model is developing in the platform economy

A new report examines how social dialogue unfolds among Fintech companies, which represents a new area of the sector in Denmark

This article presents case studies of how Denmark and Sweden have responded to pressure from an EU-induced dualization that has institutionalized mobile low-wage workers as an outside group

In a new article Martin B. Carstensen, Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Vivien A. Schmidt argues for the focus on role of ideas, discourses and identities in understanding shifting dynamics in employment relations.

In a new report Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe takes a closer look at how new innovative trade union services can be a tool to reach groups on the edge of the Danish labor market

Professor emeritus Jesper Due passed away the 23. December

In a new article Anna Ilsøe and Trine P. Larsen investigates why digital labour platforms are choosing different strategies towards collective bargaining

In a new article in Socio-Economic Review Martin B. Carstensen and Christian Lyhne Ibsen develops a new analytical framework to account for institutional change in vocational education and training (VET) systems

A new study demonstrates a correlation between low number of weekly work hours and poor health and safety at the work place

FAOS is hosting an online lunch webinar on 1. of July about non-standard work and innovative policy responses

In a new article, Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Amanda Chuan ask how the institutional design of vocational education and training (VET) affects worker adaptability to changing skill demands over the life cycle.

Christian Lyhne Ibsen receives the ’LERA 2021 John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award’ for his contribution to research that addresses industrial relations/employment problems of international significance

Nana Wesley Hansen has contributed to the journal Public Administration Management with an article on ‘ The influence of regulative contents, stakeholders, and formalization on managerial autonomy perceived at the front…

In a new report Anna Ilsøe and Trine P. Larsen investigates the scope of non-standard work in the Nordic countries as well as the working conditions of non-standard workers

In a new Journal of European Social Policy blog Trine P. Larsen and Anna Ilsøe takes a closer look at the more than 130 ad hoc relief packages and amendments initiated by the Nordic governments during the Corona-crisis,

In a new article Anna Ilsøe, Trine P. Larsen og Emma S. Bach explores the interaction between the conventional labour market and digital platforms.

A new special issue of Politics and Society uses and extends Culpepper’s influential concept of “quiet politics” according to which business is able to shape policies and regulations when issues are of low salience to…

In a new article Christian Lyhne Ibsen analyzes the challenges traditional social democratic unions are facing in the knowledge economy

Who drives the development within employment policy– the Commission or the member states

New article: Labour market statistics used by government and academics have several blind spots when it comes to some of the most vulnerable groups

New book analyzes corporatist (tripartite) arrangements since the Great Recession in 2008 in Denmark, Netherlands and Austria

A new research project aims to uncover the relationship between platform work and future employment with the Danish labour market

Analysis of two Nordic cases of new collective agreements in the platform economy: the Hilfr agreement in Denmark and the Foodora agreement in Norway

Digital platforms is an emerging phenomenon across the Western world and allow citizens to accrue income online

Responses of Nordic trade unions and employers’ organizations to the platform economy

A new publication that researches if EU is developing towards a gender equalizing welfare state in the light of the work-life balance directive.

In a new article by the Journal of Common Market Studies researchers are looking at the use of labour clauses in public procurement following the Rüffert-ruling.

New report analysis the first collective agreement between a digital platform and a trade union

New book analysis the evolution of employment, job quality and labour relations in the public sector since the 2008 crisis in nine EU Member States

In this report, the Danish Personal Household Service (PHS) sector - with a special focus on cleaning and eldercare - is described and analyzed

Focusing on posting of workers, where workers employed in one country are send to work in another country, this edited volume is at the nexus of industrial relations and European Union studies.

A new article examines how, and to what extent, the day-to-day realities of industrial cleaners vary due to distinct regulatory regimes and explores why social dialogue initiatives have not had a greater impact in terms…

This report investigates the role of firms in generating skills mobility. Combining Danish firm- and individual-level register data, we explore firms’ use of foreign highly skilled labour in Denmark in two different…

How does recent union mergers and restructuring affect union’s service provision, interest representation and perceived union influence.

In a new article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Jonas Felbo-Kolding, Janine Leschke and Thees F. Spreckelsen analyze EU-migrants labour market integration in Denmark, Germany and the UK.

In a new article Trine P. Larsen, Sissel Trygstad and Kristine Nergaard compares the employers’ role in collective wage regulation in industrial cleaning in Denmark, Germany, Norway and the UK.

In a new article Jens Arnholtz, Guglielmo Meardi and Johannes Oldervoll shows how internationalization, trade union decline, enforcement problems and rising self-employment all strain the effectiveness of collective wag…

In this article lecturer Anna Ilsøe argues that digital development in the labor market can lead to changes in the Danish collective bargaining model.

Labour market integration is one of the major challenges facing Western European states today, not least because of the increasing migration flows coming from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and countries outside the…

Through a cross-national comparative study of local government ‘best practice cases’ of socially responsible procurement in Denmark, Germany and the UK, this article critically examines the role of labour clauses in…

The posting of workers has become a key topic in debates about how national labour relations respond to pressures from EU market making. The question is whether these pressures will lead to erosion of employment…

The report ‘Strategic, but vulnerable: Industrial Relations and Creative Workers (IR-CREA) - National report Denmark’ aims to describe and analyze pay and working conditions within the creative industry in Denmark, Ital…

The report ‘Hybrid work – social protection of atypical work in Denmark’ looks at cash-related social protection in Denmark for so-called ‘atypical’ employment. It contains questions about social benefits risks related…

This article focuses on the interplay between IR‐institutions – sectoral bargaining and other sectoral joint initiatives by social partners – and atypical employment in three sectors – Industrial cleaning, construction,…

This article compares the decentralisation of Danish and Australian systems of industrial relations in recent decades. Despite significant differences in historical starting points and trajectories, which reflect…

This report present the results of the Danish part of a EU-project, which investigates how traditional players on the labour market (trade unions, employers' associations, government) as well as new players (platforms,…

Employment policy became a cornerstone in Social Europe with the launch of the European Employment Strategy (EES) in 1997 and was seen an key instrument in addressing the unemployment problem which in most EU countries…

FAOS has initiated a cross-disciplinary research project focusing on highly skilled foreign professionals – expats – and their firms in collaboration with the Department of Economics. The purpose is to create knowledge…

This article by Trine P. Larsen and Steen E. Navrbjerg adds new insights into how equal pay and work–life balance issues are negotiated in male- and female-dominated companies, based on a survey of 3275 shop stewards.

Half of the Danes use computers or other digital devices extensively at work, while 20 percent uses computerized machines. Digital labour and capital platforms are sources of income for more than 100.000 Danes. These ar…

This analysis by Anna Ilsøe, Trine Pernille Larsen, Jonas Felbo-Kolding shows that the de facto hourly wages have increased in industrial cleaning, retail, hotels and restaurants since the global financial crisis.

A new article written by Nana Wesley Hansen from FAOS and Åsmund Arup Seip from Fafo analyse the potential power of public employers in Sweden, Denmark and Norway and examine how they use this potential.

A new article written by Anna Ilsøe, Andi Pekarek and Ray Fells examines how managers and shop stewards develop and maintain trust-based bargaining relations at company level

The paper The digitalisation og service work - social partner responses in Denmak addresses the question as to how social partners define the digitalization of work and their perception of its consequences along with…