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Social partners and OSH : a multilevel and cross-country exploration in the hospital and social services sectors
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Weber, Sabrina, Bechter, Barbara, Galetto, Manuela, Guobaite, Ramune, Blaziene, Inga, Hiltunen, Linda, Larsson, Bengt, Pankow, Maciej, Czarzasty, Jan and Owczarek, Dominik (2023) Social partners and OSH : a multilevel and cross-country exploration in the hospital and social services sectors. Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, 69 (4). pp. 253-277. doi:10.1515/zsr-2023-0006 ISSN 2366-0295.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/zsr-2023-0006
Abstract
The article examines the role of social partners (trade unions and employers) in the field of occupational safety and health (OSH). The Covid-19 pandemic directed attention to the importance of greater national and European level policy coordination to protect and promote healthy, safe, and well-adapted work environments. On the basis of two sectors, hospitals and social services with a focus on elder care, the article asks how OSH policy interventions at the national level and the European level are interlinked. To explore interlinkages, the article focuses on OSH policy coordination between national social partners and European level sectoral social dialogue. The analysis is informed by actor-centred institutionalist and multilevel governance approaches and uses qualitative data. The article explores patterns of interlinkages between the national and European levels in two sectors and six countries and discusses the limitations of applying a cross-national and multilevel conceptual approach. The analysis shows that the pandemic has promoted some coordination at national and between national and EU levels, yet still rather modest interlinkages and degrees of ‘vertical’ coordination can be observed. The paper concludes that there continues to be a degree of ‘in-the-making’ to the multilevel governance of employment relations, even in the presence of common challenges.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Industrial hygiene , Social service, Industrial relations, Industrial relations -- European Union countries, Labor policy -- European Union countries, European Union countries -- Social policy | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Zeitschrift für Sozialreform | ||||||||
Publisher: | De Gruyter | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2366-0295 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 15 December 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 69 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 253-277 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1515/zsr-2023-0006 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Copyright Holders: | © 2023 bei den Autoren, publiziert von De Gruyter. | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 January 2024 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 January 2024 | ||||||||
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