BARCOM

Duration

2 years

Status

The commerce sector, including enterprises in EU-member states

Location

TBD

Funder

TBD

BARCOM project aimed to improve expertise in industrial relations by analyzing European collective agreements and relating them to sectoral bargaining systems across the EU.

Language	This BARCOM Project page in German, French, Italian, Polish
Project title	With innovative tools for bargaining support in the commerce sector (BARCOM)
Funded by	European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, VP/2015/004
Duration	29 March 2016 - 30 March 2018
Goal of the project	Improve expertise in industrial relations in the commerce sector by the innovative approach of analyzing the content of European collective agreements and relating the results to the sectoral bargaining systems, resulting in 3 widely available publications, and 28 WageIndicator websites with access to national Collective Agreements, full text and annotated/coded.
Countries in Action	28 EU-member states, 6.2 million enterprises in the commercial sector, employing 36.2 million
Lead Partner	University of Amsterdam/AIAS - Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies
Key actors of the project	Research Professor Kea Tijdens, AIAS; Professor Martin Kahanec, Department of Labour and Social Development, EUBA; Marta Kahancova, managing director, CELSI; Paulien Osse, WageIndicator Foundation, director/ projectleader on behalf of AIAS
Partners	Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), Bratislava University of Economics in Bratislava (EUBA), Bratislava EuroCommerce – The Retail, Wholesale and International Trade Representation to the EU, Brussels UNI Europa – Uni Global Union, Brussels
Associate Partner	WageIndicator Foundation, Amsterdam
Time line	April 2016 - start June 2016 - first wave of Collective Agreements shared - (focus: sector agreements and company agreements (multinationals) please send to office@wageindicator.org August 2016 - second wave of Collective Agreements shared - (focus: sector agreements and company agreements (multinationals) please send to office@wageindicator.org October 2016 - third wave of Collective Agreements shared - (focus: sector agreements and company agreements (multinationals) please send to office@wageindicator.org March 2017 - research topics final - last check on Collective Agreements February 28 2018 - conference - presentation of outcome
Kick-off meetings	March 29 2016 - Barcom meeting Amsterdam 290316 - agenda - Amsterdam June 15 2016 - Barcom meeting Amsterdam 150616 - agenda - Amsterdam
Training session	May 19 - 20, 2016 - Agenda Training Session Coding Collective Agreements
Presentations with updates at Social Dialogue meetings	June 6, 2016 - BARCOM MEETING BRUSSELS 20160606 - Brussels October 28, 2016 - Barcom CBA slides - Brussels October 11, 2017 - Ceccon MEETING BRUSSELS 20171011 - Brussels February 27, 2018 - Presentation by Paulien Osse at the Social Dialogue meeting - Brussels
Mid-term meeting	March 30 2017 - Agenda Presentation about Collecting and Coding Collective Agreements – BARCOM MEETING AMSTERDAM - 20170330–(BARCOM/WageIndicator / AIAS – database manager) Adventures in collecting Collective Agreements – Who owns what? Paulien Osse (BARCOM/WageIndicator/AIAS - project manager) Overview of bargaining systems in the commerce sector across the EU – 20170330 BARCOM midterm meeting presentation Kahancova Sedlakova (BARCOM/Celsi, researchers) Overview of multi and single employer bargaining in Europe by WIBAR3-300317-BARCOM (researcher AIAS) - Maarten van Klaveren Monitoring Collective Bargaining in the UK - How is the LRD data base working? Payline BARCOM presentation March 2017 (Wages and Conditions researcher,LRD) Insight in the Dutch Collective Agreement database, 20170309-Katinka-ppt-2017-02-22 Caoresearch - AIAS - BARCOM (FNV) Topics for research
Presentations for Hungarian Social Partners	December 12, 2016, visit of Hungarian delegation of social partners to AIAS/Amsterdam BARCOM MEETING AMSTERDAM CECCON- HUNGARY 20161212 BARCOM MEETING AMSTERDAM KLAVEREN - HUNGARY 20161212
Final meeting	Understanding Collective Agreements in the Commerce Sector -BARCOM meeting, Brussels, Wed. 28 February 2018 - Final Agenda BARCOM Conference February 28 - 1018 Pictures - BARCOM Conference February 28, 2018
Final reports	Report 1 - Report 1 Report 2 -report2-revision-16april Report 3 - Report 3
One-Pagers per country - English and national language	Collective Bargaining in the Commerce Sector in 28 Countries in Europe in English and National Languages
Presentations at final Conference - February 28, 2018	Use this link to go to the agenda and all presentations.
Website	WageIndicator.org - Collective Agreement Database
Leaflet	BARCOM LEAFLET 2016 BARCOM LEAFLET NL BARCOM LEAFLET DE BARCOM LEAFLET FR BARCOM LEAFLET IT BARCOM LEAFLET PL
Leaflet - WageIndicator	Leaflet WageIndicator database in national languages
Codebook and Leaflet Collective Agreement database	Ceccon, D., Janeckova, M., Kostolny, J. 2017 . Codebook WageIndicator Collective Agreements Database. WageIndicator Foundation, Amsterdam, and Central European Labour Studies Institute CELSI , Slovakia. Leaflet Collective Agreement database in national languages - TIP
Video	Collective Agreement Database focus Hungary - watch video presentation in English Barcom CBA slides - Hungarian
Final BARCOM Project Report	BARCOM final results - EN, BARCOM final results - IT, BARCOM final results - NL, BARCOM final results - SK
Evaluation report	Dr. Ernest Tingum, Evaluation report
News	Newsletter March - April 2018
Collective Agreement Database: The standard selection in of topics covered is	General Collective Agreements-data, Gender, Job titles, Social Security & Pensions, Training, Employment Contracts, Sickness & Disability, Health and Safety & Medical Assistance, Work and Family Arrangements, Wages, Working Hours and Schedules, Paid Leaves And Paid Holidays, Coverage.
National WageIndicator websites with a Collective Agreement Database	Austria Collective Agreement Database Lohnspiegel.org/Osterreich Belgium Collective Agreement Database Votresalaire.be Collective Agreement Database Loonwijzer.be Bulgaria Collective Agreement Database Moiatazaplata.org Croatia Collective Agreement Database Mojaplaca.org Cyprus Collective Agreement Database Mywage.org/Cyprus Czech Republic Collective Agreement Database Mujplat.cz Denmark Collective Agreement Database Lontjek.dk Estonia Collective Agreement Database Mysalary.ee Finland Collective Agreement Database WageIndicator.fi France Collective Agreement Database Votresalaire.fr Germany Collective Agreement Database WageIndicator.de Greece Collective Agreement Database Mywage.gr Hungary Collective Agreement Database Berbarometer.hu Ireland Collective Agreement Database Mywage.org/Ireland Italy Collective Agreement Database Iltuosalario.it Latvia Collective Agreement Database Mysalary.lv Lithuania Collective Agreement Database Mysalary.lt Luxembourg Collective Agreement Database Lohnspiegel.lu (French) Collective Agreement Database Lohnspiegel.lu (German) Malta Collective Agreement Database Mywage.org/Malta Netherland Collective Agreement Database Loonwijzer.nl Poland Collective Agreement Database Twojezarobki.com Portugal Collective Agreement Database Meusalario.org/Portugal Romania Collective Agreement Database Salarulmeo.ro Slovakia Collective Agreement Database Mojplat.sk Slovenia Collective Agreement Database Mojaplaca.si Spain Collective Agreement Database Tusalario.es Sweden Collective Agreement Database Lonecheck.se United Kingdom Collective Agreement Database Wageindicator.co.uk
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