LABOUR ORDINANCES
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Regulations which govern terms and conditions of employment and working conditions in enterprises, branches of industry and economic sectors. They originated during the Franco regime to replace the basic provisions adopted by joint councils , and are the most obvious reflection of the regime's interventionist and authoritarian attitude and its radical opposition (particularly in the early years) to manifestations of collective autonomy and, in particular, to collective bargaining . They were initially called Labour Regulations but this was changed to "Labour Ordinances" in the 1960s. Their role as basic industry-wide or occupational regulations is tending to be taken over by collective agreements , given that current legislation allows them to be replaced entirely by agreements and authorizes the Ministry of Labour to repeal them. By late 1995 all Labour Ordinances had been repealed and many of them replaced by collective agreements , although a few remain temporarily in force on a transitional basis. Only in extreme cases may the Government issue new Ordinances. See extension of collective agreements .
Please note: the European industrial relations glossaries were compiled between 1991 and 2003 and are not updated. For current material see the European industrial relations dictionary.