SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe

Eastern European countries have been trying for decades to eliminate corruption. Potential solutions have included the self-regulation of markets; political reforms; legal requirements; and approaches based in ethics and in organisational theory....

This article reviews the recent performance of south-east European, and eastern European, economies on the issue of wages, inequality and the role of the minimum wage. Rises in inequality are often associated with market liberalisation in transition...

This powerful article, written as a country report for the Clean Clothes Campaign’s Global East (post-socialist Europe and Turkey) office and re-produced here by kind permission, examines the terms and working conditions experienced by workers in...

Minimum wages have been defined by the International Labour Organisation as ‘The minimum amount of remuneration that an employer is required to pay wage earners for the work performed during a given period, which cannot be reduced by collective...

This article is an attempt to close the respective gap in our knowledge of labour pay rates and conditions in the Ukrainian made-for-brands garment sector. It is also an attempt to map the structural factors which are at the heart of the existing...

This strongly-worded report, based on original research into the experiences of workers in four workplaces in the garment production industry in Ukraine, explores the problems which are caused to workers in the industry by the low wages and poor...

In the last decades, international actors have played an influential and catalytic role in facilitating justice and reconciling divided societies through post-conflict peacebuilding missions. Peacebuilding missions not only provide an intermediary...

This article elaborates the political situation in Turkey in general and particularly the era of Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP; the Justice and Development Party). The article is based on observations, an assessment of the specialist and general...

The paper aims to identify and evaluate the risks to which the south-east European region is exposed as a result of Brexit. An exhaustive assessment of the consequences is difficult and surrounded by uncertainty related to the unknowns that will...

The world is rapidly entering a digital era that will fundamentally change not only the way that production operates, but also a way of life. The new industrial revolution will bring many positive changes while the introduction of the ‘smart...

This article reviews the problem of administrative silence that has significant negative consequences regarding the administration and fulfilment of the basic principles of administrative procedures related to citizens’ rights. The article...

The Yugoslav system of self-management was often seen by those on the left in the west as a model for a socialist economic order which gave real power to workers. Yet, at the end of the 1980s workers themselves decided on the property transformation...

This contribution explores the incorporation of international human rights into state legislation, with a particular focus on Kosovo. We explore models of the interaction of national legal order with international law, as well as the wide margin of...

Youth is a crucial time of life during which young people start to realise their aspirations, assume economic independence and find their place in society. Nevertheless, the global jobs crisis has exacerbated the vulnerability of youth and the...

Information technologies are the key driver of significant changes in the world economy as well as of innovation processes and the development process itself in most industrial areas and for most communities. In recent years, the rapid spread of IT...

This research presents the relationship between economic growth, unemployment and inflation in Bulgaria during 2006-2016. The theoretical literature shows that there is a positive relationship between economic growth and inflation whereas the...

Kosovo as a new state aspires to EU membership; however, it is lagging behind other countries in the region in its path to European integration. Progress in Kosovo has, up to now, been generally positive and Kosovo has moved a long way since it...

The right to private property is guaranteed by international acts and domestic laws from the arbitrary intervention of state bodies. Private property may be assumed only in the public interest and under the conditions specified by law. In Kosovo,...

Youth is a crucial time of life during which young people start to realise their aspirations, assume economic independence and find their place in society. Nevertheless, the global jobs crisis has exacerbated the vulnerability of young people and...

This article, through a critical analysis of one of the most important indices of the World Bank - the Logistical Performance Index - aims to highlight the efficiency of the performance in logistics of the Balkans. The evidence shows that the...

Social democracy - the participation of employees in decision-making, which includes the right to information, consultation, insight and control over the implementation of decisions, collective bargaining, social dialogue, etc. - is a significant...

This article illustrates and analyses the main problems and political challenges faced by the system of funded pension pillars in Bulgaria. It is motivated by the specific direction in which the pension debate has resumed in the country in the...

This article explores and problematises the precarious situation of domestic workers in Turkey from two perspectives: one being the characteristics of domestic workers; the other their exclusion from the scope of Labour Law No. 4857. The first part...