Difference between revisions of "Right to unionisation"

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<ul><li>[[Codetermination board membership]]</li></ul>
 
<ul><li>[[Codetermination board membership]]</li></ul>
 
<ul><li>[[Codetermination and information/consultation of workers]]</li></ul>
 
<ul><li>[[Codetermination and information/consultation of workers]]</li></ul>
|description=This CBR-LRI indicator measures whethers the legal system recognises or grants the right to form unions or not.
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|description=This variable is taken from the CBR Labour Regulation Index Dataset (‘CBR-LRI’), which provides data on labor laws in 117 countries for the period from (in most cases) 1970 to 2022, except for post-socialist countries (see Adams et al. 2017, 2023). The variable measures the protection of the right to form trade unions in the country's constitution (flexibly interpreted in the case of countries without a codified constitution). The CBR-LRI data was coded using provisions of law and relevant court decisions, which are taken from secondary sources, national law databases, and ILO NATLEX data. The variable scale ranges from "0" to "1" where "0" corresponds to the legal system do not recognise a right to form unions (neither of the above) and "1" to the constitution recognises and is granting a right to form trade unions. Values in between describe, for example:
 
 
Equals 1 if a right to form trade unions is expressly granted by the constitution. Equals 0.67 if trade unions are described in the constitution as a matter of public policy or public interest. Equals 0.33 if trade unions are otherwise mentioned in the constitution or there is a reference to freedom of association which encompasses trade unions. Equals 0 otherwise. Scope for further gradations between 0 and 1 to reflect changes in the strength of the law.
 
<ul><li>1 = the constitution recognises and is granting a right to form trade unions</li></ul>
 
 
<ul><li>0.67 = the constitution is describing trade unions as a matter of public policy or public interest </li></ul>
 
<ul><li>0.67 = the constitution is describing trade unions as a matter of public policy or public interest </li></ul>
<ul><li>0.33 = the constitution is recognising trade unions otherwise or there is a reference to freedom of association </li></ul>
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<ul><li>0.33 = the constitution is recognising trade unions otherwise or there is a reference to freedom of association </li></ul>.
<ul><li>0 = neither of the above </li></ul>
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|codingrules=The coding template (algorithm) with the definition of the variable and instructions for the coding process is described in Adams et al. (2017, 2023). The assessment of the scale level in the CBR-LRI documentation and the description of the values in the template are partially contradictory. The scale level was set uniformly to metric for all CBR-LRI data on collective rights in the 1st project phase of CRC 1342; this is retained for pragmatic reasons. As Adams et al. (2023) describe, the value of the variable "right to unionisation" "Equals 1 if a right to form trade unions is expressly granted by the constitution. Equals 0.67 if trade unions are described in the constitution as a matter of public policy or public interest. Equals 0.33 if trade unions are otherwise mentioned in the constitution or there is a reference to freedom of association which encompasses trade unions. Equals 0 otherwise. Scope for further gradations between 0 and 1 to reflect changes in the strength of the law."
quasi-metric scale; further gradations between 0 and 1 reflect changes in the strength of law
 
|codingrules=The CBR-LRI is a leximetric dataset on employment protection. It quantifies the strength of protection expressed in labour law and functional equivalents such as administrative regulation and collective agreements (see Adams et al. 2017). The scale ranges from "0" to "1" where "0" corresponds to the legal system do not recognise a right to form unions and "1" to the legal system is granting the right to form unions. For country-specific information see Adams, Bishop and Deakin (2016).
 
1 = the constitution recognises and is granting a right to form trade unions</li></ul>
 
0.67 = the constitution is describing trade unions as a matter of public policy or public interest  
 
0.33 = the constitution is recognising trade unions otherwise or there is a reference to freedom of association  
 
0 = neither of the above
 
quasi-metric scale; further gradations between 0 and 1 reflect changes in the strength of law
 
 
|citation=Adams, Zoe, Parisa Bastani, Louise Bishop, and Simon Deakin. 2017. "The CBR-LRI Dataset: Methods, Properties and Potential of Leximetric Coding of Labour Law." ''International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations'' 33 (1): 59–91.[http://kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2017004 http://kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2017004]
 
|citation=Adams, Zoe, Parisa Bastani, Louise Bishop, and Simon Deakin. 2017. "The CBR-LRI Dataset: Methods, Properties and Potential of Leximetric Coding of Labour Law." ''International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations'' 33 (1): 59–91.[http://kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2017004 http://kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2017004]
 
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Version 0.002: Updated with data from CBR-LRI 2023, V2*
 
Version 0.002: Updated with data from CBR-LRI 2023, V2*
 
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|sources=Deakin, Simon, John Armour, and Mathias Siems. 2017. "CBR Leximetric Datasets [updated] [Dataset]". [https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130]
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|sources=<li> Deakin, Simon, John Armour, and Mathias Siems (2017). CBR Leximetric Datasets [updated] [Dataset]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130
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<li> Deakin, Simon, Johna Armour and Mathias Siems (2023). CBR Leximetric Datasets [Updated 2023]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130.
 
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Revision as of 13:01, 18 November 2024

Quick info
Data type Numeric
Scale Metric
Value labels Not applicable
Technical name labor_union
Category Labour and labour market
Label Right to Unionisation
Related indicators

This variable is taken from the CBR Labour Regulation Index Dataset (‘CBR-LRI’), which provides data on labor laws in 117 countries for the period from (in most cases) 1970 to 2022, except for post-socialist countries (see Adams et al. 2017, 2023). The variable measures the protection of the right to form trade unions in the country's constitution (flexibly interpreted in the case of countries without a codified constitution). The CBR-LRI data was coded using provisions of law and relevant court decisions, which are taken from secondary sources, national law databases, and ILO NATLEX data. The variable scale ranges from "0" to "1" where "0" corresponds to the legal system do not recognise a right to form unions (neither of the above) and "1" to the constitution recognises and is granting a right to form trade unions. Values in between describe, for example:

  • 0.67 = the constitution is describing trade unions as a matter of public policy or public interest
  • 0.33 = the constitution is recognising trade unions otherwise or there is a reference to freedom of association
.

Coding rules

The coding template (algorithm) with the definition of the variable and instructions for the coding process is described in Adams et al. (2017, 2023). The assessment of the scale level in the CBR-LRI documentation and the description of the values in the template are partially contradictory. The scale level was set uniformly to metric for all CBR-LRI data on collective rights in the 1st project phase of CRC 1342; this is retained for pragmatic reasons. As Adams et al. (2023) describe, the value of the variable "right to unionisation" "Equals 1 if a right to form trade unions is expressly granted by the constitution. Equals 0.67 if trade unions are described in the constitution as a matter of public policy or public interest. Equals 0.33 if trade unions are otherwise mentioned in the constitution or there is a reference to freedom of association which encompasses trade unions. Equals 0 otherwise. Scope for further gradations between 0 and 1 to reflect changes in the strength of the law."

Bibliographic info

Citation: Adams, Zoe, Parisa Bastani, Louise Bishop, and Simon Deakin. 2017. "The CBR-LRI Dataset: Methods, Properties and Potential of Leximetric Coding of Labour Law." International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations 33 (1): 59–91.http://kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=IJCL2017004

Related publications:

Misc

Project manager(s):
    Responsible for data editing and entry: Andrea Schäfer (2021-2025), Jean-Yves Gerlitz (2018-20)
      Principal Investigator: Irene Dingeldey, Ulrich Mückenberger
        Student assistants (alphabetical ordering): Karolin Meyer Data release: Version 0.001: Initial release with data from CBR-LRI published in April 2017 Version 0.002: Updated with data from CBR-LRI 2023, V2* Revisions: No revisions yet

        Sources

      • Deakin, Simon, John Armour, and Mathias Siems (2017). CBR Leximetric Datasets [updated] [Dataset]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130
      • Deakin, Simon, Johna Armour and Mathias Siems (2023). CBR Leximetric Datasets [Updated 2023]. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.9130.