Regulating public sector wages in times of inflation and constitutional restraints

Brezovar, Nejc (author), Pollák, Kitti (author)

Purpose: The article discusses the impact of public sector wages and inflation on various aspects of a country’s socioeconomic development. Methodology: Using Slovenia as a case study, the article focuses on how inflation impacts collective bargaining and wage regulation in the public sector, as well as the role of constitutional fiscal restraints in collective bargaining in the public sector. The research employs qualitative methods and focuses on patterns in existing documents and empirical case studies, and a comparative method involving Hungary. Findings and Academic contribution to the field: The article examines the impact of inflation on collective bargaining and wage regulation in the public sector. It concludes that inflation, even with (some) constitutional fiscal restraints in place, can affect collective bargaining and wage regulation in the public sector, depending on the bargaining power of unions and employers and specific provisions outlined in collective bargaining agreements and wage regulations.

• Language: English
• Keywords: public sector, wage system, inflation, constitutional restraint
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FU - Faculty of Administration
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 85-103, 107
• Numbering: Vol. 21, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148684
• UDC: 35:331.221.1:336.784.1:341.231.4
• ISSN on article: 2591-2240
• DOI: 10.17573/cepar.2023.1.04
• COBISS.SI-ID: 157500419
• Publication date in RUL: 31.08.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Central European public administration review
• Shortened title: CEPAR
• Publisher: Fakulteta za upravo
• ISSN: 2591-2240
• COBISS.SI-ID: 293849600

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• License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 30.05.2023

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Ureditev plač v javnem sektorju v času inflacije in ustavnih omejitev

Abstract

Namen: Članek obravnava vpliv plač v javnem sektorju in inflacije na različne vidike družbeno-gospodarskega razvoja držav. Metodologija: Na primeru Slovenije članek proučuje vpliv inflacije na kolektivna pogajanja in ureditev plač v javnem sektorju ter vlogo ustavnih fiskalnih omejitev v kolektivnih pogajanjih v javnem sektorju. Študija se osredotoča na vzorce v obstoječih dokumentih in empiričnih študijah primerov. Uporabljene so kvalitativne raziskovalne metode in primerjalna metoda z Madžarsko. Ugotovitve in akademski prispevek k znanstvenem področju: Članek analizira vpliv inflacije na kolektivna pogajanja in ureditev plač v javnem sektorju. Ugotovitve kažejo, da lahko inflacija kljub nekaterim ustavnim omejitvam vpliva na kolektivna pogajanja in ureditev plač v javnem sektorju, obseg tega vpliva pa je odvisen od pogajalske moči sindikatov in delodajalcev ter določb kolektivnih pogodb in plačnih predpisov.

• Keywords: javni sektor, sistem plač, inflacija, ustavne omejitve