Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Hospitals - Netherlands

The aim of this representativeness study is to identify the respective national and supranational actors (i.e. trade unions and employer organisations) in the field of industrial relations. This study will, in particular, focus on their representational quality as well as on their role in collective bargaining. The hospital sector is a highly organised sector. The collective bargaining coverage is 100%. On the employer side there are three employer organisations, which represent all employers in the specific sub-sector. At employer side the density is complete. The unions too have a high coverage, representing more than 25% of employees, the national average. However many employee organisations are responsible for this high representation. All organisations are accepted parties in collective bargaining. The social partners are occasionally consulted by the authorities on specific issues.