Contract and industrial relations: the German case

Spotlights labour law contracts in Germany and how this increase is only modest. States contractual relations in both the public and private sector in Germany (in principle) are identical. Adds that public servants are excluded from labour laws and are covered by a separate law. Debates the various legal and moral rights of the law and concludes that the developments in Germany are not deregulation but to the contrary – the regulatory framework limiting individual freedom of contracts is steadily increasing.