Flexicurity Concept and practice
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FlexicurityConcept and practice
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Subjects Definition of flexicurity Flexibility: different interests of employees and
employers Flexibility: economic context Labour protection Dealing with different interest positions Flexicurity: areas of change The “golden triangle” Case study: flexicurity framework in the Netherlands International comparison Assignment: perspective for flexicurity in Turkey
Definitions….
Flexibility: Elimination of barriers of formal or customary rules that
lead to rigidity on the labour market (both supply and demand side).
Security: Regulation and facilities providing workers with safety in
employment and income.
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Definitions of Flexicurity… “Social protection for flexible work forces” (Klammer and
Tillman, 2001)
“A policy strategy that attempts - synchronically and in a deliberate way –
1. to enhance the flexibility of labour markets, the work organisation and labour relations,
2. and to enhance security – employment security and social security – notably for weaker groups in and outside the labour market.” (Wilthagen and Rogowski, 2002)
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One more definition…. Flexicurity is…
1. a degree of job, employment, income and combination security that facilitates the labour market careers and biographies of workers with a relatively week position and allows for enduring and high quality labour market participation and social inclusion,
- while at the same time providing 2. a degree of numerical (both external an internal), functional and
wage flexibility that allows for labour markets' (and individual companies') timely and adequate adjustment to changing conditions in order to maintain and enhance competitiveness and productivity.” (Wilthagen & Tros 2004)
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Different interests in flexibility
Employee Working hours Holidays Study leave Sabbatical Maternity Parental Family care (emergency) Older workers Disability – diminished
capacity
Employer Working hours Work schedule Place of work Qualification level Experience level Adaptability level Contract conditions & form Contract duration Contract termination Labour costs – (wage flexibility)
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More on employer’s interest Working hours:
Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly
Working schedule: Day time Day shifts Week shifts
Working place Probation period Contract form:
open-end contract part-time contract fixed-term contract temporary work contract
Contract duration Contract termination
Procedures Notice period
Qualification level Experience level Adaptibility level Labour costs (wage flexibility)
Performance appraisal Output-related Turnover-profit-related
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Economic context for flexibility Economic needs vary Technology has made economic developments go
faster – smaller world Labour market needs (demand side) must “breath
optimally” with economic needs in order to: Optimise economic performance Optimise conditions for sustainable employment High employment level is best condition for growing
income
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Determinants for flexibility: labour protection (Regulation for) Contract forms Regulation for private temporary employment agencies Probation period Protection against dismissal
General procedures – external authorisation? Dismissal prohibition for certain groups and/or circumstances
Employer‘s period of notice Employee‘s period of notice Leave schemes Unilateral transfer of personnel by employers Limitation of the employee’s liberty to switch employers Regulation for business take-overs
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Dealing with different interest positions By law
Directive & descriptive Framework: minimal requirements and provisions/conditions
By collective bargaining agreement: Directive & descriptive Framework: minimal requirements and provisions/conditions
By individual agreement
Flexibility and security are excellent themes for trade-offs: negotiations
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Playground for Flexicurity Legislative:
Labour laws & regulation Labour market policies Life-long-learning and educational
facilities Health & safety regulation Collective bargaining laws &
regulation Works councils regulation Economic laws (business take-
overs) Social security laws and regulation Tax policies (Regulation for self-employment)
Infrastructure: Sound vacancy registration Active flex/temp agencies Facilities for adult education
& training Adapted control system (child care facilities)
Culture: Awareness employers Willingness employees
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The “Golden Triangle”
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Flexibility – Security Matrix
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Summarising Flexibility in labour relations predominantly economic context However:
There are also many employees’ interests in flexibility Social security arrangements can function as a stimulus and a safety net
This makes flexicurity excellent for trade-offs / negotiations between TU and employers Flexibility needs tailor made arrangements – more on sector and company level rather
than in labour laws Labour laws can have an important – different – role as framework law with minimum
provisions Flexibility needs well functioning employment services and modular VET Simple flexibility arrangements are part-time work and moving from job-security to
employment security A flexible labour market is an important competitive condition
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Flexicurity framework in the Netherlands Starting point
Dual system of dismissal law for (open-end) employment contracts, “preventive nature”
Before dismissal, employers have to address either: The public employment service Or the lower courts
High level of “a-typical workers”: Workers in temporary employment agencies without contract “0-hour contracts” and minimal (flexible) contracts
Flexicurity debate started in 1995 Bi-partite, tri-partite and parlementary deliberations and negotiations Concluded in Law on Flexibility and Security 1999
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Flexicurity - flexibility measures: More possibilities for (consecutive) temporary contracts Maximum length of time for temporary work scrapped Notice period is set on one month in principle Shortened and easier dismissal procedures Employees have a conditional right to expand/reduce their working hours. Facilitations for improved combinations of ‘work and care’. More possibilities for employers to make the length of the workdays and
workweeks dependent on business activity More possibilities for sectors and companies to make tailor made
arrangements for contracts and working time, deviating from law standards
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Flexicurity - security measures: Strengthening position of a-typical workers:
Assuming existence of an employment contract Conditional assumption of agreed working hours
Minimum pay of 3 hours when a worker is called for work 0-hour contracts: employers have to resume paying for non-worked hours
after six months Temp-agency-worker get normal employment contract after the first 26 weeks Requests to terminate employment contract of occupationally disabled
employee must be accompanied by a reintegration plan
Collective Bargaining Agreement for workers in temporary work agencies
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Results of flexicurity?
No – yes, partly Identified economic policy: knowledge, services & trade
economy Active enterprises with multinational focus Sound image – true or not true…. Easiness of doing business Social (partnership) climate Educational policies and facilities Social security & flexibility arrangements
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Results Netherlands
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Developments Netherlands
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International comparison – part time work
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International comparison – temporary contracts
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International comparison: market penetration temp agencies
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International comparison: number of temp agencies
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International comparison: reasons for accepting temp work
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International comparison: Flexicurity arrangements
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•Security• +
•Source: IP Flexum 2006• -
•+•Flexibility -
•Italy
•Belgium
•Finland•Germany
•Spain
•Netherlands•Denmark
Group assignment
How does Turkey score in a flexicurity framework Could flexicurity help in making Turkey’s labour force more
competitive? Can it reduce unregistered employment? Do you see opportunities? Where? What is essential?
20 minutes group discussion 5 minutes prepare report 5 minutes presentation
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