Segmentation of the Labour Market and Employee Rights in Croatia

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ID6216099
AuthorsDomagoj Račić (0000-0001-8380-9996, University of Cambridge), Zdenko Babić (0000-0002-3896-8688, Ekonomski Inštitut), Najla Podrug (0000-0001-5920-4874, Ekonomski Inštitut)
Year2005
Volume12
Issue1
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevija za socijalnu politiku (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1845-6014 • E-ISSN: 1330-2965
PublisherPravni Fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu (Law School of the University of Zagreb) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3935/rsp.v12i1.20
OpenAlexW1993616387
LanguageEN
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Despite all-encompassing applicability of the relevant laws, Croatian labour market is in practice segmented. Employees in different sectors tend to experience substantial differences in protection of their legal and contractual rights. Due to the institutional insufficiency of the judicial system,segmentation largely results from the patterns of unionisation and collective bargaining. Employees of the highly unionised public sector and state-owned enterprises, or some larger companies, tend to enjoy job security, above-average wages, and good working conditions. The workers in the SME sector and some larger privately-owned companies, where unionisation is ineffective or even discouraged by employers, experience more problems in the protection of their rights. Having analysed the crucial legal provisions and the available data on (un)employment, wages, unionisation, social dialogue and labour disputes, we discuss the effects of such segmentation on the labour market, particularly focusing on the current reforms aimed at increasing the levels of flexibility of industrial relations, and offer some policy recommendations

Business · Croatian · Economics · Labour economics · Linguistics · Market segmentation · Labor Movements and Unions · Philosophy · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Marketing

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