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100 Jahre Betriebsrätegesetz und aktuelle Partizipation von Beschäftigten in Deutschland
[100 Years of the Works Council Act and Current Participation of Employees in Germany]

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  • Hagen Lesch

    (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln)

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Zusammenfassung Am 4. Februar 1920 trat in Deutschland das erste Betriebsrätegesetz in Kraft. Nachdem es 1934 ausgesetzt worden war, führte der Alliierte Kontrollrat die betriebliche Mitbestimmung 1946 wieder ein. Nach mehreren Reformen hat sich die Mitbestimmung etabliert. Während aber in Großunternehmen die betriebliche Mitbestimmung fest verankert ist, wird im Mittelstand eher auf weniger institutionalisierte Beteiligungsformen gesetzt. Der Wandel der Arbeitsorganisation durch Crowdworking, Telearbeit und Solo-Selbständigkeit stellt allerdings die betriebliche Zusammenarbeit vor neue Herausforderungen. Derzeit ist noch nicht erkennbar, dass die Betriebsräte darauf nicht mithilfe der bereits in der Betriebsverfassung angelegten Befugnisse angemessen reagieren können. Das Jubiläum sollte Anlass dafür sein, intensiver über die Zukunft der deutschen Betriebsverfassung und über die alternativ praktizierten Partizipationsformen zu forschen und zu diskutieren.

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  • Hagen Lesch, 2020. "100 Jahre Betriebsrätegesetz und aktuelle Partizipation von Beschäftigten in Deutschland [100 Years of the Works Council Act and Current Participation of Employees in Germany]," Wirtschaftsdienst, Springer;ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 100(7), pages 550-555, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:wirtsc:v:100:y:2020:i:7:d:10.1007_s10273-020-2696-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10273-020-2696-1
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    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights

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