Title: Comparative Analysis of the Field of Labor Protection: The Case of the USA and Germany
Authors: Nilufarkhon Qobulova, Andijan machine building institute,
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 46-52
Publication Date: 2025/01/28
Abstract:
At present, comparative research is conducted in different fields of knowledge. Meanwhile, comparative studies of the global labor protection field are needed. Labor protection is an integral part of the labor market. In a wider sense, labor market regulations can include active and passive labor market policies, employment contracts, social insurance schemes, and working conditions regulations. In the narrow sense, it refers to regulations of working conditions such as working hours, health and safety measures, work organization, and, theoretically, beyond work, the more general cultural-political context of protection of individual freedoms, rights, and dignity vis-a-vis the market, i.e. protections against market failures, such as discrimination or ill health. The importance of comparing different labor protections or labor protection regimes across nations is highlighted here, and the USA and Germany, representing liberal and coordinated market economies, respectively, are chosen as cases. The choice of liberal and coordinated market economies impinges upon the relevance of different labor protection regimes and the ability to compare them [1]. Meanwhile, the USA and Germany are contemporarily on the political agendas of many countries, and especially of EU member states, as two countries that have performed very differently in terms of recovery from the recent Great Recession [2].