Employment and labour law: general Books

Book SynopsisGemma Dale is a senior lecturer in the Business School at Liverpool John Moores University, teaching management, HR and personal development skills to first second and third year undergraduates. She is an experienced HR professional, as Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and Fellow of the HEA , with over twenty years of experience working in a range of HR roles across multiple sectors. Gemma Dale is the author of How to Work Remotely and Flexible Working, also published by Kogan Page.

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Book SynopsisAdelle Blackett tells the story behind the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention No. 189, and its accompanying Recommendation No. 201 which in 2011 created the first comprehensive international standards to extend fundamental protections and rights to the millions of domestic workers laboring in...Trade ReviewThe book's breadth and grounding in labor law make it most accessible and useful to a professional audience, but even nonspecialists and lay readers will appreciate Blackett's insights about law and domestic work and provocative issues such as social stratification and immigration. * Choice *An important book for legal and policy historians concerned with labor, Blackett's volume encourages her readers to think about why standards for decent work must be transnational, responsive to workers' experiences, and inspired by a desire to see substantive justice rather than formal law implemented. * Labor: Studies in Working-Class History *Everyday Transgressions is a magnificent piece of research. The book sparks numerous questions and provides innovative heuristic tools for answering them. For specialists in this field (legal scholars and social scientists) but also for domestic workers and activists, it can be read as an invitation to explore the international and local dynamics in which state law confronts and defeats (albeit partially and momentarily) the persistent law of the household workplace. * Revue International des études du Dévelopmenet *Everyday Transgressions is a magnificent piece of research. The book sparks numerous questions and provides innovative heuristic tools for answering them. For specialists in this field (legal scholars and social scientists) but also for domestic workers and activists, it can be read as an invitation to explore the international and local dynamics in which state law confronts and defeats (albeit partially and momentarily) the persistent law of the household workplace. * ILR Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Who Cares? 1. Establishing a Transgressive Transnational Legal Order 2. What's Informality Got to Do with It? On Invisibility 3. Subordination or Servitude in the Law of the Household Workplace: Decent Work for Domestic Workers 4. Searching for Law in Historical Cookbooks 5. Tough Spots at the International Labour Conference 6. Beyond Ratification: Diffusing Decent Work for Domestic Workers Conclusion: Thinking Transnationally Postface Appendixes 1. A Note on Terminology 2. Text of the Domestic Workers Convention and Domestic Workers Recommendation 3. International Standard-Setting Timeline 4. The Foregrounded Ethnographies Glossary of Terms Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn authoritative and practical guide to business ethics, written in an accessible question-and-answer formatIn today''s turbulent business climate, business ethics are more important than ever. Surveys of employees show that misconduct is on the rise. Cover stories reporting indictments, prosecutions, and penalties imposed for unethical business conduct appear almost daily. Legislatures pass requirements elevating the levels of punishment and their enforcement against corporations and individuals. Organizations face pressure to design and implement effective ethics and compliance programs. As a result, businesses and businesspeople are increasingly worried that their conduct might cross lines that put their wealth and reputations at risk. Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know explains what those lines are, how not to cross them, and what to do when they are crossed. Written for both businesspeople facing real-life dilemmas and students studying ethical questions, this succinct Trade ReviewNelson and Stout have written a readable and eminently usable book that answers the questions that real business people—whether they are organizational leaders or middle managers or entry employees—wonder and even worry about. What's more, their answers are informed and supported by research but presented in a directly applicable manner. Most importantly, their responses are in themselves 'tools' and 'scripts' for those of us who want to behave in accordance with our best values. And the research presented here clarifies that this is most of us. * Mary C. Gentile, author of Giving Voice To Values: How To Speak Your Mind When You Know What's Right, and Creative Director of Giving Voice to Values *This is a well-written book for anyone interested in corporations and their conduct. It's an excellent resource for students and faculty. * Timothy Fort, Eveleigh Professor of Business Ethics, Kelley School of Business *When two prominent legal scholars put their personal stamp on the issue now galvanizing the planet, how ethics fits in with modern business, it is time to pay attention. * Thomas Donaldson, Mark O. Winkelman Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania *What do we owe—if anything—to those we do business with? Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know provides pragmatic answers to tough questions, drawing on legal requirements, professional standards, and classical philosophy. It should be your go-to-guide, especially in these rapidly changing and often competitive times. * Michael Wheeler, Emeritus Chaired Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School *This book by J. Nelson and L. Stout exhibits several virtues. First, it is accessible even to those not yet acquainted with the subject matter. It is disgraceful that intellectuals writing on business ethics tend to adopt a language that lay intelligent people cannot follow. Second, the book does not defend, in a aprioristic manner, one position over others. Rather, it clarifies pros and cons of the main theses on the subject in a balanced and fair way. Finally, this book comes out at a time characterized by the emergence of problems such as environmental degradation, pandemics, the explosion of income and wealth inequalities, problems that cannot be solved without the active intervention of businesses. Whence the great relevance of an ethical approach capable of directing their behaviour toward the common good. * Stefano Zamagni, Professor of Economics, University of Bologna and SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University *This book contains extremely useful, science-based guidance as to how we can act more ethically and effectively influence others in our organizations to do the same. * Robert Prentice, McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin *This comprehensive and accessible book, brings to the table everything one needs to know about business ethics. It addresses all the major questions and reviews in a highly clear way the relevant legal and management literatures. A fantastic achievement for Prof. J.S. Nelson and the late Prof. Lynn Stout. * Yuval Feldman, author of The Law of Good People, and Faculty of Law, Bar-Ilan University *This is a wonderful book that finally provides comprehensive guidance on how to understand and respond to business ethics challenges today. The current state of business ethics is placed firmly in historical context, and the writing is sharp and free of the jargon that dominates this field. * Alison Taylor, Executive Director, Ethical Systems, NYU Stern School of Business *An invaluable resource concerning business ethics. The chapters on compliance systems are particularly useful. * Gideon Mark, University of Maryland Smith School of Business *The book focusses on what are the most important concepts and tools for businesspeople and compliance professionals to comprehend well. It address what to do, how to do it and why to do it. It is an excellent book and important not only for businesspeople and students, but for Compliance Professionals: We see them all the time stuck in legal and paper-program issues. They more than all others should read it (and will love it). * Matthias Kleinhempel, Head of the Center for Governance & Transparency, IAE Business School *Business Ethics is a timely yet evergreen resource for students and business leaders. Nelson and Stout bring together decades of academic research and literature in this clear and practical guide on ethical behavior and dilemmas in modern business. * Elizabeth Pollman, Professor of Law and Co-Director of Institute for Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School *There is no doubt in my mind that this information will be useful to students and business people and that it is not discussed enough. * Art Hinshaw, Clinical Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University *An outstanding introduction to business ethics, including individual ethical decision making, leading ethical organizations, and the related legal issues. Each chapter covers an essential topic in business ethics and is organized around the key questions for that topic. This user-friendly format is valuable for the first-time reader and for returning to the book for advice in the future. This introduction to business ethics should be of value to everyone from business students to corporate leaders. The reader will become fully informed on the key managerial and legal issues related to ethics, compliance, and corporate social responsibility. * David Hess, Professor of Busines Law and Business Ethics, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan *Table of ContentsChapter 1: An Overview of Business Ethics Chapter 2: The Benefts of Acting Ethically Chapter 3: Moral Philosophical Bases for Business Ethics Chapter 4: What Does Science Tell Us About Ethical Behavior? Chapter 5: Legal Foundations for Business Ethics Chapter 6: Understanding Corporations, LLCs, and Other Legal "Persons" Chapter 7: The Corporation as an Ethical "Person" in Modern Society Chapter 8: The Costs of Acting Ethically Chapter 9: Major Ethical Traps in Modern Business Chapter 10: Negotiations Chapter 11: Specific Liability Questions and Whistleblowing Options Chapter 12: Special Issues of Ethics in Leadership Chapter 13: How to Institute Best Practices Chapter 14: How to Respond to Investigations and Protect Your Reputation Chapter 15: Additional Resources and People You Can Reach Out To Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisKnown for its detailed and authoritative approach, Smith & Wood''s Employment Law provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to employment law. Clear accounts of essential case law and legislation are complemented by insightful commentary and critique to direct preparation for classes and assessments. Carefully explains topics in their social and historical context, providing readers with an awareness of the fast-paced development of employment legislation and offering a critical analysis of the future direction of the law.Digital formats and resourcesThe sixteenth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks The online resources include self-test questions with feedback for each chapter, as well as further reading Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Contracts of employment (1): status, formation, continuity, and change 3: Contracts of employment (2): content and wages 4: Discrimination in employment 5: The work-life balance legislation 6: Termination of employment contract at common law 7: Unfair dismissal 8: Redundancy, reorganization, and transfers of undertakings 9: Collective labour law 10: Industrial action

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn times of the 'big quit,' questions about workplace relations have come to the fore of public discussions again -- and philosophers have turned to them as well. This volume brings together an interesting range of papers on philosophical dimensions of work, discussing both moral and institutional demands, from angles such as autonomy, reason-giving, or democracy. They are worth reading not only for where they agree but also for where they disagree, showing what normative values are at stake in the organization of work life. * Lisa Herzog, Author of Reclaiming the System: Moral Responsibility, Divided Labor, and the Role of Organizations in Society *This book offers a multi-angled look at the concept of relational egalitarianism in the workplace...this is a very readable, sometimes challenging book, important for the present moment. * Choice *Table of ContentsForeword Elizabeth Anderson 1. Introduction Grant J. Rozeboom and Julian David Jonker 2. What Is Wrong with the Commodification of Human Labor Power: The Argument from

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Book SynopsisExplores the philosophical concept of 'exploitation' in the law relating to the formation of contracts. This volume discusses the criteria for a claim of 'legal contractual exploitation'. It examines the consequences of this conception of exploitation upon the contract law doctrines of unconscionable dealing, duress, and undue influence.Trade Review...the reader will benefit from Bigwood's guide to what is now a very large body of doctrine...this book refuses to be swamped by the amount of material it discusses. * Cambridge Law Journal *Table of Contents1. Prospectus ; 2. Operational Bargaining Norms: Contracting Beyond Utopia ; 3. Contract and Justice: From Involuntariness to Exploitation ; 4. Legal Contractual Exploitation ; 5. Towards a Purely Processual Conception of Legal Contractual Exploitation ; 6. Exploitation of Special Disadvantage: Unconscionable Dealing ; 7. Contracting Under Duress ; 8. Exploitation of Deferential Trust: Relational Undue Influence ; 9. Beyond Legal Contractual Exploitation: Towards a Common Law Precept of Transactional Care ; References

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Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In today''s society, work takes up a vast proportion of the time and energy of ordinary people. Although use of the phrase ''work-life balance'' is now commonplace in the media and ordinary conversation, people work longer hours than ever before. However, rather than purely a means to an end in terms of supporting oneself financially, the workplace is a place to develop skills and talents and build lasting friendships. For these reasons, people want to know about their rights in the workplace. Issues of equal pay, discrimination, discharge/dismissal, and redundancy are prevalent within the media, and there is a growing public appetite for knowledge of the law governing the employment relationship. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the main kinds of employment rights and labour laws found in many countries. It unpicks and evaluates some of the assumptions underpinning contemporary attitudes to such rightsTable of Contents1: Employment law: Background, origins and sources 2: The employment relationship and the employment contract 3: Statutory employment rights 4: Equality law 5: Dismissals/discharges 6: Business reorganisations 7: Collective labour law 1: Trade unions 8: Collective labour law 2: Industrial action Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisAuthoritative and accessible, Smith & Wood's Employment Law provides detailed and lucid coverage on the core areas and key case law. Critical analysis combined with discussion of contextual knowledge engages students and helps them to develop a well-rounded and intricate understanding of the subject.

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Book SynopsisEmployment Law Concentrate is written and designed to help you succeed. Written by experts and covering all key topics, Concentrate guides go above and beyond, not only consolidating your learning but focusing your revision and maximising your exam performance. Each guide includes revision tips, advice on how to achieve extra marks, and a thorough and focused breakdown of the key topics and cases.Revision guides you can rely on: trusted by lecturers, loved by students... The Concentrate books are my favourite revision guides as the quality of the information is always more comprehensive than others. Carly Hatchard, law student, University of BoltonThe Concentrate structure is extremely good, it makes it so much easier to revise ... no key information is left out, it''s a great series. Emma Wainwright, law student, Oxford Brookes UniversityI have always used OUP revision and Q&A books and genuinely believe they have helped me get better grades - Anthony Poole, law student, Swansea UniversityThe detail in this revision textbook is phenomenal and is just what is needed to push your exam preparation to the next level - Stephanie Lomas, law student, University of Central LancashireIt is a little more in-depth than other revision guides, and also has clear diagrams and teaches ways to obtain extra marks. These features make it unique - Godwin Tan, law student, University College LondonThe exam style questions are brilliant and the series is very detailed, prepares you well - Frances Easton, law student, University of BirminghamThe accompanying website for Concentrate is the most impressive I''ve come across - Alice Munnelly, law student, King''s College LondonDigital formats and resourcesThe seventh edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by extensive online resources to take your learning further (www.oup.com/lawrevision/).The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksThe online resources include:- advice on revision and exam technique from experienced examiner Nigel Foster; - a diagnostic test to help you pinpoint areas to focus your revision on; - interactive glossary and key cases to help you revise key terminology, facts, and principles; - multiple choice questions to test your knowledge; and - outline answers to questions in the book.

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Book SynopsisThese days almost everyone seems to think it obvious that equality of opportunity is at least part of what constitutes a fair society. At the same time they are so vague about what equality of opportunity actually amounts to that it can begin to look like an empty term, a convenient shorthand for the way jobs (or for that matter university places, or positions of power, or merely places on the local sports team) should be allocated, whatever that happens to be.Matt Cavanagh offers a highly provocative and original new view, suggesting that the way we think about equality and opportunity should be radically changed.Trade ReviewThis book is an ambitious and provocative challenge to meritocracy and equality, two foundations of equality theory. In questioning and opposing the prevailing account of what constitutes appropriate employment opportunity, Matt Cavanagh provides a refreshing, and at times disquieting critique of broader anti-discrimination jurisprudence. * The Cambridge Law Journal *The book fully lives up to its provocative title. In the horse-trading of meritocracy versus equality, few have had the nerve and imagination to throw out both these ideals at once. * Nicholas Fearn, The Spectator *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Meritocracy ; 3. Equality ; 4. Discrimination ; 5. Conclusions ; References, Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook gives a comprehensive overview of conflict resolution. Leading scholars in the field examine a range of innovative alternative dispute resolution (ADR) practices, drawing on international research and scholarship and covering both case studies of major exemplars and developments in countries in different parts of the global economy.Table of ContentsPART 1: THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; PART 2 APPROACHES TO CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; PART 3 EXEMPLARS AND INNOVATORS; PART 4 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

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Book SynopsisCases and Materials on Employment Law provides students with a current, reliable, and complete reference resource. Choice case extracts, judgments, articles, and statutory materials are presented alongside clear author commentary. The accompanying notes and questions are provided to reinforce key issues and to develop critical thinking skills.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition The best employment law casebook available. It contains the key materials and provides breadth and depth. This is an excellent resource! * Alice Blythe, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bolton *An excellent text in all respects. * Karen Davies, Senior Lecturer, Swansea University *Table of Contents1. Introduction to employment law ; 2. Defining the contract of employment and its continuity ; 3. Constructing the contract of employment ; 4. Equality law (1): equal pay ; 5. Equality law (2): discrimination in the workplace - sex and race ; 6. Equality law (3): other forms of discrimination ; 7. Terminating the contract ; 8. Unfair dismissal ; 9. Redundancy ; 10. Trade unions and their members ; 11. Industrial conflict (1) ; 12. Industrial conflict (2)

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Book SynopsisAnalyzing the effects of regulation and deregulation on Latin American labor markets, Law and Employment joins the ongoing debate about the virtues and costs of legislating mandatory benefits for workers.

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Book SynopsisThis text explores the role that litigation has played in the struggle for equal pay between women and men. It explains how wage discrimination battles have raised public legal consciousness and helped reform activists mobilize working women in the pay equity movement since the 1970s.

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Book SynopsisOpinions of specialized labor courts differ, but labor justice undoubtedly represented a decisive moment in worker ''s history. When and how did these courts take shape? Why did their originators consider them necessary? Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio present essays that address these essential questions. Ranging from Canada and the United States to Chile and Argentina, the authors search for common factors in the appearance of labor courts while recognizing the specific character of the creative process in each nation. Their transnational and comparative approach advances a global perspective on the various mechanisms for regulating industrial relations and resolving labor conflicts. The result is the first country-by-country study of its kind, one that addresses a defining shift in law in the first half of the twentieth century. Contributors: Rossana Barragán Romano, Angela de Castro Gomes, David Díaz-Arias, Leon Fink, Frank Luce, Diego Ortúzar, Germán Palacio, Juan Manuel PaTrade Review"This is a fabulous book. As historians and social scientists return to the distributional dimensions of capitalist development, they should look closely at this anthology. It contains insightful studies of national experiences; it also lays out a template for analyzing a central institution in framing class conflict in the modern age: labor courts and the struggle for justice and recognition. This is a wonderful example of connected and comparative history." --Jeremy Adelman, author of Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman"Labor Justice across the Americas can help us to learn from past struggles to think creatively about new ideas for effective labor justice. It is a unique book that deserves to be read by labor historians, legal historians, labor advocates, and quixotic dreamers who want to keep a toe on the ground." --New Labor Forum“An important and necessary first step in assessing the role of the law in twentieth-century capital-labor relations, a valuable contribution greatly enhanced by its comparative focus." --Hispanic American Historical Review"Highly recommended." --Choice"An ambitious transnational project developed around a specialized body of knowledge, this volume has many great strengths. This book artfully presents side-by-side national histories within their hemispheric context and points us toward a sophisticated neo-Boltonian hemispheric labor history founded on deeply researched national case studies." --Labor

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Workers against the City is an excellent, nuanced, and timely history of Hague and the fight for free speech. . . . His careful analysis of free speech and civil liberties before the era of FDR is appropriately grounded in the Reconstruction and World War I periods." --Labor"Workers against the City brings a fresh perspective to one of the more famous free speech and assembly battles of the turbulent 1930s, which was the newly emerging Committee of Industrial Organizations' and American Civil Liberties Union's clash with the Jersey City, New Jersey, machine led by Major Frank Hauge." --Journal of American History "Rogers set out to write a book about Hague v. CIO, and the book accomplishes this task admiringly. That it points to other areas worth exploring underlines its strengths, not it weaknesses." --NJS"A refreshing and thorough study of the Supreme Course case of Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, which considered the constitutionality of municipal restrictions on outdoor assembly. . . . Professor Rogers' analysis of Hague is incisive and original." --Journal of Supreme Court History"Skillfully blending the histories of American civil liberties, organized labor, and urban politics, Rogers shows us how a complex set of forces has shaped and limited the rights of modern Americans to assemble and speak their minds in public."--James J. Connolly, author of An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing AmericaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Rise of Boss Hague: Municipal Politics and Civil Liberties in the Old Era Chapter 2. The Transformation of Labor Unionism in a Boss-Run Town Chapter 3. Street Fight and Media Fight in the Battle for Jersey City Chapter 4. Into Federal District Court: Municipal Power and Civil Liberties in a New Forum Chapter 5. “Time Out of Mind”: The Supreme Court Decision(s) Epilogue: Aftermath and Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOpinions of specialized labor courts differ, but labor justice undoubtedly represented a decisive moment in worker ''s history. When and how did these courts take shape? Why did their originators consider them necessary? Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio present essays that address these essential questions. Ranging from Canada and the United States to Chile and Argentina, the authors search for common factors in the appearance of labor courts while recognizing the specific character of the creative process in each nation. Their transnational and comparative approach advances a global perspective on the various mechanisms for regulating industrial relations and resolving labor conflicts. The result is the first country-by-country study of its kind, one that addresses a defining shift in law in the first half of the twentieth century. Contributors: Rossana Barragán Romano, Angela de Castro Gomes, David Díaz-Arias, Leon Fink, Frank Luce, Diego Ortúzar, Germán Palacio, Juan Manuel PaTrade Review"This is a fabulous book. As historians and social scientists return to the distributional dimensions of capitalist development, they should look closely at this anthology. It contains insightful studies of national experiences; it also lays out a template for analyzing a central institution in framing class conflict in the modern age: labor courts and the struggle for justice and recognition. This is a wonderful example of connected and comparative history." --Jeremy Adelman, author of Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman"Labor Justice across the Americas can help us to learn from past struggles to think creatively about new ideas for effective labor justice. It is a unique book that deserves to be read by labor historians, legal historians, labor advocates, and quixotic dreamers who want to keep a toe on the ground." --New Labor Forum“An important and necessary first step in assessing the role of the law in twentieth-century capital-labor relations, a valuable contribution greatly enhanced by its comparative focus." --Hispanic American Historical Review"Highly recommended." --Choice"An ambitious transnational project developed around a specialized body of knowledge, this volume has many great strengths. This book artfully presents side-by-side national histories within their hemispheric context and points us toward a sophisticated neo-Boltonian hemispheric labor history founded on deeply researched national case studies." --Labor

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Workers against the City is an excellent, nuanced, and timely history of Hague and the fight for free speech. . . . His careful analysis of free speech and civil liberties before the era of FDR is appropriately grounded in the Reconstruction and World War I periods." --Labor"Workers against the City brings a fresh perspective to one of the more famous free speech and assembly battles of the turbulent 1930s, which was the newly emerging Committee of Industrial Organizations' and American Civil Liberties Union's clash with the Jersey City, New Jersey, machine led by Major Frank Hauge." --Journal of American History "Rogers set out to write a book about Hague v. CIO, and the book accomplishes this task admiringly. That it points to other areas worth exploring underlines its strengths, not it weaknesses." --NJS"A refreshing and thorough study of the Supreme Course case of Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, which considered the constitutionality of municipal restrictions on outdoor assembly. . . . Professor Rogers' analysis of Hague is incisive and original." --Journal of Supreme Court History"Skillfully blending the histories of American civil liberties, organized labor, and urban politics, Rogers shows us how a complex set of forces has shaped and limited the rights of modern Americans to assemble and speak their minds in public."--James J. Connolly, author of An Elusive Unity: Urban Democracy and Machine Politics in Industrializing AmericaTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Rise of Boss Hague: Municipal Politics and Civil Liberties in the Old Era Chapter 2. The Transformation of Labor Unionism in a Boss-Run Town Chapter 3. Street Fight and Media Fight in the Battle for Jersey City Chapter 4. Into Federal District Court: Municipal Power and Civil Liberties in a New Forum Chapter 5. “Time Out of Mind”: The Supreme Court Decision(s) Epilogue: Aftermath and Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPacked with cutting-edge cases and hands-on applications, Walsh's EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE, 7E explains major issues and rules of employment law behind each step of the employment process -- all in understandable terms. You learn how law impacts your career, as a manager or employee. Current news, typical situations and real cases help you understand how legal concepts apply to each stage of employment -- from hiring and managing to firing. Each chapter begins with new learning objectives and ends with a summary of practical advice for today's managers. Updates addresses the latest topics in employment law, from discrimination based on sexual orientation and "gig workers" to COVID-19, pay equity and other pressing issues. This edition provides insights to help you prevent discrimination and harassment, accommodate employees with disabilities, comply with wage and hour laws, and avoid wrongful terminations and other common legal issues.Table of ContentsPart I: INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYMENT LAW 1. Overview of Employment Law. 2. The Employment Relationship. 3. Overview of Employment Discrimination. Part II: THE HIRING PROCESS 4. Recruitment. 5. Background Checks, References, and Verifying Employment Eligibility. 6. Employment Testing. 7. Hiring and Promotion Decisions. Part III: MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE 8. Harassment. 9. Reasonably Accommodating Disability and Religion. 10. Work-Life Conflicts and Other Diversity Issues. Part IV: PAY, BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 11. Wages, Hours, and Pay Equity. 12. Benefits. 13. Unions and Collective Bargaining. 14. Occupational Safety and Health. 15. Privacy on the Job. Part V: TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT 16. Terminating Individual Employees. 17. Downsizing and Post Termination Issues.

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Book SynopsisRoutledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law, shouldn't you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments, Routledge Lawcards are packed with features: Revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out Full tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come uTrade Review“This is an excellent series, which hits the target at a remarkable number of levels. The clarity of its reference points makes it ideal for students new to undergraduate study, while at the same time being the perfect ‘refresher’ book for students about to start on professional courses. More than that, the series is great as a ‘starter pack’ for non-specialist students covering elements of law as part of their wider studies, and invaluable for teaching international students studying the English common law from abroad.”FIONA E.C. KINGLAW LECTURER (for almost 30 years in Universities & Business Schools in the UK and Europe) “What a relief! A book I can understand quickly.. I’ll be using these this year”SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE "an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic." Lex Magazine Table of ContentsThe Contract of Employment. Equal Pay. Discrimination. Termination of Employment. Unfair Dismissal. Redundancy Payments. Collective Labour Relations. Putting it into Practice

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Book SynopsisThe active pursuit of social and labour rights is a crucial response to globalization. These essays - by leading scholars from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the USA - question the effectiveness of the rhetoric of rights including those to decent work and security, equality of opportunity and healthcare.Trade Review'Social and Labour Rights makes a significant contribution to a discussion that should be supported and expanded to include the broadest possible range of participants. It is a tribute to Cambridge University and its present and former labour lawyers that this project can build on such a vibrant tradition of scholarship and commitment to social justice.' The Industrial Law Journal'The contributors to Hepple's volume analyse not only the impact of new developments on social and labour rights, but also the role that such rights might play in countering effects of market-led globalisation. In this respect, the focus of this book is distinguishable from that of other texts relating to similar themes. The result is a valuable addition to the literature on what is likely to be an ongoing debate.' Legal Studies'… [an] outstanding collection of essays … an extremely important achievement'. Political Studies Review'Social and Labour Rights is an important contribution to the debate on social and labour rights ands to the debate on the nature of globalisation.' Modern Law ReviewTable of ContentsList of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Table of cases; Introduction Bob Hepple; Part I. Responses to Globalisation: 1. Common law, labour law, global law Lord Wedderburn; 2. The interaction of the ILO, the Council of Europe and European Union labour standards Paul O'Higgins; Part II. The Potential of Fundamental Social Rights in the European Union: 3. The Politics of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Manfred Weiss; 4. Market freedom and fundamental social rights Silvana Sciarra; 5. Corporate governance, European governance and social rights Catherine Barnard and Simon Deakin; Part III. Constitutionalisation and Enforcement of Social Rights: Some Comparisons: 6. Social rights as fundamental human rights Ivan Hare; 7. The legal efficacy and significance of fundamental social rights: lessons from the European experience Antoine Lyon-Caen; 8. An American perspective on fundamental labour rights Cynthia L. Estlund; 9. The impact of fundamental social rights on Japanese law Takashi Araki; 10. Enforcement: the law and politics of cooperation and compliance Bob Hepple; Index.

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Book SynopsisAdverse impact analyses and test validation promote social justice and equity. Employers who unknowingly use invalid tests or recruitment procedures that have an adverse impact are reducing minority and/or female representation in their workforce, unfairly screening out qualified workers and (worst of all) just plain discriminating. Dan Biddle's Adverse Impact and Test Validation provides you with analyses that allow you to identify which of your selection procedures have adverse impact. The validation steps will help you decide whether to keep the selection procedure (because it's valid), change it, or stop using it altogether. This second edition contains new material on using multiple regression to evaluate pay practices and provides step-by-step instructions for using SPSS or Excel for evaluating your company's pay practices for possible inequities. New content on how to define Internet applicants and set up defensible Basic Qualifications (BQs) for online recruiting will help employers ensure compliance with EEO regulations and screen in qualified applicants. Specific guidelines for developing and validating written job knowledge tests, such as those used for police and fire promotional testing, have also been included in this new edition. The downloadable resources include tools (which may be used on a trial evaluation basis) describing several of the functions described in the book, including Adverse Impact Toolkità , Test Validation and Analysis Programà (TVAPà ), Guidelines Oriented Job Analysisà (GOJAà ) Manual, and Content Validity Checklists. This highly pragmatic guide goes beyond the concepts, theories and ideas behind adverse impact and test validation. It not only explains what to do but crucially, also shows you how to do it. The second edition has been expanded to include two brand new chapters with a new Appendix and comes with new editions of the accompanying software. As a means of protecting your organization from litigation, damage to employee relations and to your corporate reputation, Adverse Impact and Test Validation is a 'must-have' purchase for human resource professionals, testing and recruitment specialists.Trade ReviewReviews from the first edition: 'Before the resurgence of the civil rights movement in the middle of the twentieth century, many employers had relegated the development of employee selection procedures to persons of the technician level. This was reinforced by some academics employment selection "cookbooks". These activities led to the use of many improper selection procedures that not only hurt the employment prospects of many groups, but also served no useful purpose for the employer. As new civil rights acts became effective and guidelines regarding employee selection were promulgated, it was quickly realized by both employers and psychologists-both in industry and academia-that the technical issues were far beyond the technician level. In fact even today, some of the issues are so complicated that only a small minority of psychologists can rightly claim to really understand them. Dr Biddle's book is an excellent effort to bridge the gap between the technical and the practical. The procedures presented are informed by the most relevant technical information and by present legal requirements. This book is best suited for non-technicians who have at least a general foundation of relevant technical knowledge.' Mary L. Tenopyr, AT&T, and Past President of SIOP (Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology)Table of ContentsContents: Adverse impact; Selection procedure development and validation; Developing, validating, and analyzing written tests; Developing, validating, and analyzing structured interviews; Developing, validating, and analyzing training, education and experience requirements; Using selection procedures: cutoff scores, banding, ranking, and weighting; Using multiple regression analysis to examine compensation practices; Internet applicant regulations: recordkeeping, adverse impact, and Basic Qualifications (BQs); Appendix: Seven steps for developing a content valid job knowledge written test; References; List of cases; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis timely and controversial book presents powerful theoretical and empirical arguments for the repeal of the anti-discrimination laws within the workplace.Trade ReviewEpstein has convinced me…that the abuses of the anti-discrimination laws are so intimately connected with misconceptions in the laws themselves that any benefits from them will always be far outweighed by the harm they do. -- Harry V. Jaffa * Wall Street Journal *Forbidden Grounds covers not only laws on racial discrimination but also sex discrimination, age discrimination and disability discrimination. Never has the whole range of anti-discrimination laws been subjected to such a thorough and penetrating critique. No one who writes on this subject again can be taken seriously if he [or she] does not confront the analysis presented here by Epstein. -- Thomas Sowell * Forbes *

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Book SynopsisProfessional writers may earn a tidy living for their work, but they seldom own their writing. Catherine Fisk traces the history of labor relations that defined authorship in film, TV, and advertising in the mid-twentieth century, showing why strikingly different norms of attribution emerged in these overlapping industries.Trade ReviewThis is an incisive work of scholarship and historical reconstruction that not only captures the dilemma of authorship in corporatized film, TV, and advertising but also demonstrates the central importance of good old-fashioned trade unionism in defending the creativity, status, and income of even the most renowned writers. For any ‘knowledge worker’ vexed about his or her place in the gig economy, Catherine Fisk’s eye-opening book is essential reading. -- Nelson Lichtenstein, author of A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics, and LaborDrawing on previously unexplored archival sources, Catherine Fisk has produced a rich and rewarding comparison of two parallel cultures of professional writers doing similar work in different industries. Fisk’s book combines a captivating narrative with insightful legal, economic, and social analysis of how writers, movie studios, and advertising agencies grappled with issues of attribution in the formative decades of radio, film, and television. -- R. Anthony Reese, University of California, Irvine School of LawOpening the archives of firms, guilds, and corporations, Catherine Fisk uncovers the stories of dozens of writer-employees and the rapidly changing parameters of their work. Madison Avenue and Hollywood appear as we’ve never seen them before—as twin sectors of the work-for-hire economy separated at birth by divergent practices of attribution, recognition, and unionization. Writing for Hire makes labor history an indispensable means of understanding copyright in the twentieth century and beyond. -- Paul K. Saint-Amour, author of Tense Future: Modernism, Total War, Encyclopedic FormCatherine Fisk has written an immensely readable historical study of the legal and social significance of creative authorship in the American entertainment and advertising industries. Writing for Hire provides clarity and insight on questions of authorship, intellectual property, and unionization—all of which are essential concerns for anyone working in or studying the creative industries today. -- Miranda Banks, author of The Writers: A History of American Screenwriters and Their GuildAn illuminating work for everyone interested in histories of ‘the author,’ of intellectual property, of unionization, and of Hollywood. Fisk tells a largely unknown story of labor success. And along the way, she uses her imaginative and extensive research to offer something close to an ethnography of contracting behavior and the cultural underpinnings of contracting in twentieth-century America. -- Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University

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Book SynopsisWhere did affirmative action in employment come from? This book presents a fresh perspective, tracing the roots of the policy to partisan conflicts over fair employment practices (FEP) legislation from the 1940s to the 1970s.Trade ReviewCo-Winner of the 2010 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association Co-Winner of the 2010 J. David Greenstone Award in the Politics and History section by the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2010 Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics section of the American Political Science Association Winner of the 2008 President's Book Award, Social Science History Association "This meticulously researched book makes a bold new contribution to the literature on the origins of affirmative action... [T]he book is well written ... a valuable contribution to the literature."--Paul Moreno, Journal of American History "[T]he main narrative of the book, grounded in extensive research and reading on mid-twentieth-century politics, makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the opposition to civil rights and its link to modern American conservatism."--Tracy E. K'Meyer, Register of the Kentucky Historical Society "The Fifth Freedom is a thoughtful and challenging book. The chapters on state antidiscrimination measures are illuminating accounts of grass-roots debates over the public policy of race in the North during the heyday of civil-rights activism in the South. Indeed, Chen makes a compelling case that the classic narrative of the postwar struggle for racial justice in the South has obscured the equally fierce, if less lethal, battle for employment rights that raged throughout the northern states during those years... [A] valuable addition to the literature on the civil-rights era."--Robert H. Zieger, Business History Review "The Fifth Freedom is a comprehensive, compelling account of affirmative action's development. Appropriate for graduate-level methods courses, where Chen's incisive use of quantitative models should prompt valuable discussion of scholarly approaches, this impressive contribution to scholarship on postwar US culture should be read by any student of twentieth-century America."--David Kieran, Journal of American Studies "Fifth Freedom is a fine text (appropriate for most graduate courses), engagingly written, stunningly thorough, and certain to be integral to charting the trajectory for future research on affirmative action."--David Crockett, Journal of African American HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi Preface and Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xxi Chapter 1: On the Origins of Affirmative Action: Puzzles and Perspectives 1 Chapter 2: The Strange Career of Fair Employment Practices in National Politics and Policy, 1941-1960 32 Chapter 3: Experimenting with Civil Rights: The Politics of Ives-Quinn in New York State, 1941-1945 88 Chapter 4: Laboratories of Democracy? The Unsteady March of Fair Employment in the States, 1945-1964 115 Chapter 5: I Have a Dream Deferred: The Fall of Fair Employment and the Rise of Affirmative Action 170 Chapter 6: Conclusions and Implications 230 Appendix 255 Abbreviations in the Notes 287 Notes 291 Index 377

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Book SynopsisLochner v. New York pitted a conservative activist judiciary against a reform-minded legislature, and is a frequently-cited case in Supreme Court history. In this guide Kens shows why the case remains an important marker in the ideological battles between the free market and the regulatory state.Trade Review“This is a welcome contribution. Kens places the Lochner decision firmly within its historical context and uses it as a window to an age. In the course of his narrative, Kens introduces the reader to an array of subjects including the noisome conditions in New York’s tenement bakeries, Progressive reformers and Tammany Hall politics; nineteenth-century intellectual, economic, and labor history; and the lives and personalities of important jurists and lawyers.”—Law and History Review

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Book SynopsisFully updated, this new edition of CDM 2015: Questions and Answers provides concise answers to frequently asked questions about the management of health, safety and welfare on construction projects. The book shows how the 2015 CDM regulations apply in the context of everyday problems encountered in a construction project, and offers practical guidance and examples that illustrate good practice in this area.Drawing on recent case studies and lessons learned, coverage in this edition includes: updated practical guidance on the roles, responsibilities and duties set out in the 2015 CDM regulations a comprehensive guide to managing health and safety on site a new section on well-being and occupational health, including protecting the mental health of construction workers, use of hazardous substances, and post-Covid-19 site operating procedures a summary of changes introduced by the Building Safety Act and Fire Safety Act. Th

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Book SynopsisWhy we can't rely on the employment tribunal system to protect workers' rights.Trade Review'Essential reading for its empirically grounded and dispassionate analysis of what has gone wrong and how it might be put right' -- Simon Deakin, Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge'With this excellent step-by-step explanation of how the system works in reality, David Renton explains why it so rarely does. Blacklisted workers have experienced the process firsthand and know this book is true' -- Dave Smith, Blacklist Support Group'Approachable and readable. It opens up employment law to students and employees alike' -- Linda Clarke, Professor of European Industrial Relations, University of WestminsterTable of ContentsPreface 1. The Tribunal Obstacle Race 2. How the Tribunal System was Established 3. Agency Workers 4. Equal Pay 5. Why do so few Race Cases Win? 6. Human Rights Decisions in the Tribunal 7. Unions and the Law 8. The Common Law 9. Employment Tribunals in Crisis? Notes Index

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Book SynopsisExploration of the formation of a distinctive working class identity among low-paid manual workers in BotswanaTrade Review'Shows how dignity, justice and morality underlay the resurgence of the Manual Workers' Union. A formidable achievement' -- Professor Robin Cohen, Department of International Development, University of Oxford'[A] masterful ethnography ... Werbner has produced a theoretically sophisticated and thoroughly researched account of the uneven rise ofworking-class consciousness and activism in Botswana' -- American EthnologistTable of ContentsList of Figures List of Abbreviations Series Preface Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Labour Elite? Strategising Women and the Spectre of Unemployment 3. Women, Leadership and the Dignity of Labour 4. Lekgotla la Babereki, the Court of the Workers: The Trade Union as Public Forum 5. 'Legitimate Expectations': Ethics, Law and Labour Justice in the 1991 Strike 6. The Politics of Infiltration: Factionalism and Party Politics 7. This Land Is Our Land: The 2005 Manual Workers' Union Grand Tour of Botswana 8. Solidarity Forever: Mobilising the Trade Union Movement in Prayer and Protest 9. Winning against the Odds: Speaking Truth to Power and Dilemmas of Charismatic Leadership 10. 'The Mother of All Strikes’: Popular Protest Culture and Vernacular Cosmopolitanism in the Public Service Unions' Strike, 2011 11. The Political and Moral Economy of the 2011 Strike: Public Rhetoric, Conflict and Policy 12. Legal Mobilisation, Legal Scepticism and the Politics of Public Sector Unions 13. Concluding Remarks: Class Identity, Dignity and the Agency of Labour in Botswana Appendix Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisBarry Cushway is an independent HR consultant and Personnel Adviser to the Institute of Directors. With over 30 years' HR and employment law experience, he has previously worked for PWC, Hay and MSL. A fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, he is the author of several titles including The Handbook of Model Job Descriptions and Human Resource Management, both published by Kogan Page.Trade Review"guides employers through a maze of employment issues" * The Times (about a previous edition) *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Chapter - 01: Recruiting Staff; Chapter - 02: Writing Employment Contracts; Chapter - 03: Paying Staff; Chapter - 04: Employee Benefits; Chapter - 05: Performance Management; Chapter - 06: Dealing With Absence; Chapter - 07: Maternity and Paternity Rights; Chapter - 08: Working Hours and Holidays; Chapter - 09: Writing a Staff Handbook; Chapter - 10: Personnel Records and Data Protection; Chapter - 11: Handling Organizational Change; Chapter - 12: Handling Disciplinary Issues; Chapter - 13: Dealing With Grievances; Chapter - 14: Terminating Employment; Chapter - 15: Dealing With Tribunal Cases; Chapter - 16: Ensuring the Health, Safety and Welfare of Employees; Chapter - 17: Working With Trade Unions

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Book SynopsisThe Trades Union Congress (TUC) exists to make the working world a better place for everyone. They bring together more than 5.5 million working people who make up their 48 member unions. The TUC support unions to grow and thrive, and they stand up for everyone who works for a living.Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Mental Health and Wellbeing; Chapter - 01: Safeguarding Mental Health; Chapter - 02: Redressing Stress; Chapter - 03: Bullying at the Workplace and Beyond; Chapter - 04: Suicide; Section - TWO: Physical Health; Chapter - 05: Occupational Cancers and Hazardous & Dangerous Substances; Chapter - 06: Musculoskeletal Disorders; Chapter - 07: Disability Discrimination and Reasonable Adjustments; Chapter - 08: Physical Health for an Ageing Workforce; Chapter - 09: Working Time; Chapter - 10: Night and Shift Work; Chapter - 11: Physical Wellbeing and Health Initiatives; Chapter - 12: Access to Occupational Health Advice; Section - THREE: Health and Wellbeing for Specific Groups; Chapter - 13: New Ways of Working; Chapter - 14: Young or Inexperienced workers and apprentices; Chapter - 15: Accommodating Specific Conditions; Chapter - 16: Migrant Workers; Chapter - 17: Violence and Abuse; Chapter - 18: Gender and Transgender Issues; Section - FOUR: Legal Rights and Expectations; Chapter - 19: Realising Your Rights

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Book SynopsisOver a million self-employed Canadians work every day but many of them are not entitled to the basic labour protections and rights. The authors offer a multi-disciplinary examination of the legal, political, and social realities that limit collective action by self-employed workers and create impediments for unions attempting to organize them.Trade Review"This book covers a field crying out for research and publication. As there is very little written on this subject, this book constitutes a significant and very valuable addition to the field, not only in Canada but across the industrialized world." Larry Haiven, Department of Management, Saint Mary's University

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Book SynopsisIn Canada's liberal dream, the law extends its benefits to everyone. But the law also determines who is included in that everyone. Migrant workers, long welcomed in Canada for their labour, are often excluded from both workplace protections and basic social benefits such as health care, income assistance, and education due to their lack of permanent status.Enforcing Exclusion recasts what migration status means to both the state and to non-citizens. Through interviews with migrants and their advocates, Sarah Marsden shows that migrants face barriers in law, policy, and practice, affecting their ability to address adverse working conditions and their interactions with institutions such as hospitals, schools, and employment standards boards. In documenting the impact of precarious migration status on people's lives, Marsden questions the adequacy of human-rights-based responses in addressing its exclusionary effects. Trade ReviewAlthough this book takes an anthropological approach and focuses on precarious migrants in Canada, its interdisciplinarity makes it relevant to a broader audience. Through testimonies and life stories, it provides a much-needed account of how immigration laws and policies foster the exclusion of migrants in their daily lives. It will be enriching for anyone researching immigration law and policy from a legal or political perspective, as well as for anyone studying the anthropology and sociology of migration. -- Celine Hocquet * Oxford Law Review *Enforcing Exclusion should be on every immigration lawyer’s bookshelf. -- Andrea Black * Canadian Law Library Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Creation and Growth of Precarious Migration in Canada: “Illegal” Migration and the Liberal State2 Status, Deportability, and Illegality in Daily Life3 Working Conditions and Barriers to Substantive Remedies4 Exclusion from the Social State: Health, Education, and Income Security5 Multi-Sited Enforcement: Maintaining Subordinate Membership6 Rights and Membership: Toward Inclusion?PostscriptAppendix A: Migrant Participant ProfilesAppendix B: Sample Interview ScriptNotes; Index

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Book SynopsisHilgert finds that the protection of the right to refuse unsafe work, as constituted under international labor standards, is a failure and calls for a reexamination of worker health and safety policy from the ground up.Trade ReviewHazard or Hardship uncovers an important path-not-taken in the world of workplace health and safety standards.... It speaks to an important set of issues in a resolute voice. It has influenced my own understanding of health-and-safety regulation, and I believe it will be similarly helpful for other scholars of domestic and global labor standards. -- Tim Bartley * Social Forces *This book charts an important but hitherto neglected aspect of social protection in the field of occupational health and safety—the right of workers to refuse unsafe work. The right to refuse unsafe work should be inalienable in societies that respect and value their citizens, and it should be defined and institutionally facilitated so it can be exercised in a meaningful way.... This is a valuable book. -- Michael Quinlan * British Journal of Industrial Relations *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Commodified Workers and the International Response1. Human Rights and the Struggle to Define Hazards2. Theoretical Perspectives on Individual Employment Rights3. The Right to Refuse in International Labor Law4. How Effective Are Convention 155 Refusal Rights?5. Ideological Origins of the Global Framework6. Negotiating "Safe" Rights versus Seeking Social JusticeConclusion: The Future of Labor Rights in the Working EnvironmentNotes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCompelled by the extent to which globalization has changed the nature of labor relations, Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J. S. Colvin give us the first textbook to focus on the workplace outcomes of the production of goods and services in emerging countries. In Labor Relations in a Globalizing World, they draw lessons from the United States and other advanced industrial countries to provide a menu of options for management, labor, and government leaders in emerging countries. They include discussions based in countries such as China, Brazil, India, and South Africa which, given the advanced levels of economic development they have already achieved, are often described as transitional, because the labor relations practices and procedures used in those countries are still in a state of flux.Katz, Kochan, and Colvin analyze how labor relations functions in emerging countries in a manner that is useful to practitioners, policymakers, and academics. They take accouTrade ReviewThis excellent comparative relations text written by three masters of the Wisconsin 'institutional' tradition analyzes employment through the perspective of industrial relations.... Readers will benefit from the insights the authors have derived from their own interventions as consultants and activists. Recommended for serious upper-division students and graduate students in labor relations, human resource management, sociology, and economics. -- D. C. Jacobs * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPART 1. The Strategic Level of Labor Relations 1. A Framework for Analyzing Labor Relations 2. Labor, Management, and Government Interactions 3. The Law and Legal Systems 4. The Role of the Economic, Technological, and Demographic EnvironmentsPART 2. The Middle (Functional) Level of Labor Relations 5. Employment Systems—Informal, Bureaucratic, and Human Resource Management 6. The Negotiations Process and Structures 7. Dispute Resolution ProceduresPART 3. The Workplace Level of Labor Relations 8. Workplace Labor Relations 9. Employment OutcomesPART 4. Special Topics 10. Labor Relations in the Public Sector 11. Global Pressures: Multinational Corporations, International Unionism, and NGOs 12. Economic Development Strategies and PoliciesGlossary Index

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Book SynopsisCompelled by the extent to which globalization has changed the nature of labor relations, Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J. S. Colvin give us the first textbook to focus on the workplace outcomes of the production of goods and services in emerging countries. In Labor Relations in a Globalizing World, they draw lessons from the United States and other advanced industrial countries to provide a menu of options for management, labor, and government leaders in emerging countries. They include discussions based in countries such as China, Brazil, India, and South Africa which, given the advanced levels of economic development they have already achieved, are often described as transitional, because the labor relations practices and procedures used in those countries are still in a state of flux.Katz, Kochan, and Colvin analyze how labor relations functions in emerging countries in a manner that is useful to practitioners, policymakers, and academics. They take accouTrade ReviewThis excellent comparative relations text written by three masters of the Wisconsin 'institutional' tradition analyzes employment through the perspective of industrial relations.... Readers will benefit from the insights the authors have derived from their own interventions as consultants and activists. Recommended for serious upper-division students and graduate students in labor relations, human resource management, sociology, and economics. -- D. C. Jacobs * CHOICE *Table of ContentsPART 1. The Strategic Level of Labor Relations 1. A Framework for Analyzing Labor Relations 2. Labor, Management, and Government Interactions 3. The Law and Legal Systems 4. The Role of the Economic, Technological, and Demographic EnvironmentsPART 2. The Middle (Functional) Level of Labor Relations 5. Employment Systems—Informal, Bureaucratic, and Human Resource Management 6. The Negotiations Process and Structures 7. Dispute Resolution ProceduresPART 3. The Workplace Level of Labor Relations 8. Workplace Labor Relations 9. Employment OutcomesPART 4. Special Topics 10. Labor Relations in the Public Sector 11. Global Pressures: Multinational Corporations, International Unionism, and NGOs 12. Economic Development Strategies and PoliciesGlossary Index

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Book SynopsisDocuments organized crime's exploitation of organized labor and the massive federal clean-up effort. This book explains how Cosa Nostra families gained a foothold in the labor movement, and used this power to become part of the political and economic power structure of 20th-century urban America.Trade Review"Jacobs offers a history of the federal government's efforts to curb labor racketeering. The heart of his text focuses on the results achieved by employing Civil RICO suits to weed out organized crime from unions long mired in corruption. The Justice Department has mounted twenty such efforts since 1982, and Jacobss book is the first to provide a comprehensive assessment of this controversial tactic. He tackles this ambitious project with a combination of detailed research, clear writing, and judicious consideration, all of which have been a hallmark of his previous texts on corruption and organized crime. The result is a must read book for anyone interested in the problem of union corruption and what to do about it." * Industrial and Labor Relations Review *"I am not aware of a book that covers the same ground as this one, let alone one that does so using such thorough research and with such technical competence." -- Anthony M. Gould,University"For an understanding of RICO litigation against unions, Jacobss book is a good choice." * Law and History Review *"Jacobs, legal scholar and expert on the Mafia, sets out to show how the Mob has distorted American labor history, explaining the relationship between organized crime and organized labor, as well as recent federal efforts to clean up unions." * Booklist *"“James Jacobs, a New York University law professor and author of Mobsters, Unions and Feds, says Mafiosi were hired by union organizers in the early twentieth century to combat company toughs. Now, he says, they specialize in & selling the rights of workers." * USA Today *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Acronyms1 Introduction 2 Organized Crime and Organized Labor 3 President's Commission on Organized Crime 4 Labor Racketeering in New York City 5 Organized Labor's Response to Organized Crime 6 Labor Racketeering and the Rank and File 7 Attacking Labor Racketeering Prior to Civil RICO (1982) 8 Civil RICO Suits and Trusteeships 9 The Liberation of IBT Local 560 10 The New York City District Council of Carpenters 11 The Four International Unions 12 Evaluating Civil RICO 13 Concluding Re?ections Notes Bibliography IndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisDrug testing at the work place and efforts made by some to get around it.Trade ReviewTunnell has written an insightful volume that is clearly written, well organized, informative, and interesting. * Choice *Pissing on Demand presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion of the contemporary erosion of civil liberties. No one can read this fine book without being infuriated and alarmed, challenged and—ultimately—enlightened. A real contribution to democratic discourse. -- Philip Jenkins,author of Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the InternetAn informative and thought-provoking book. Tunnell locates drug testing within its broader social context and in so doing demonstrates the importance of a dynamic and interactive approach to a complex topic. . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in technology and social control. -- Gary T. Marx,author of Undercover Police Surveillance in AmericaReports on the Orwellian invasion of our privacy by pre-employment and on-the-job surprise drug tests carried out by government agencies, the military, and business firms. The book also provides a comprehensive review of the bustling market in products and tactics to beat the testing regimens. Pissing on Demand needs to be read widely to alert us to the ever-shrinking limits of our personal privacy. -- Gilbert Geis,author of White-Collar Crime: Classic and Contemporary ViewsUsing as his starting point a study of workplace drug testing, Ken Tunnell's Pissing on Demand presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion of the contemporary erosion of civil liberties. No one can read this fine book without being infuriated and alarmed, challenged and-ultimately-enlightened. A real contribution to democratic discourse. -- Philip Jenkins,author of Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the InternetTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The Emergence of Drug Testing 2 The Drug-Testing Industry 3 The Detox Industry 4 Drug Testing as Social Monitoring and Control 5 The Politics of Resistance Appendix Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisDrug testing at the work place and efforts made by some to get around it.Trade ReviewTunnell has written an insightful volume that is clearly written, well organized, informative, and interesting. * Choice *Pissing on Demand presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion of the contemporary erosion of civil liberties. No one can read this fine book without being infuriated and alarmed, challenged and—ultimately—enlightened. A real contribution to democratic discourse. -- Philip Jenkins,author of Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the InternetAn informative and thought-provoking book. Tunnell locates drug testing within its broader social context and in so doing demonstrates the importance of a dynamic and interactive approach to a complex topic. . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in technology and social control. -- Gary T. Marx,author of Undercover Police Surveillance in AmericaReports on the Orwellian invasion of our privacy by pre-employment and on-the-job surprise drug tests carried out by government agencies, the military, and business firms. The book also provides a comprehensive review of the bustling market in products and tactics to beat the testing regimens. Pissing on Demand needs to be read widely to alert us to the ever-shrinking limits of our personal privacy. -- Gilbert Geis,author of White-Collar Crime: Classic and Contemporary ViewsUsing as his starting point a study of workplace drug testing, Ken Tunnell's Pissing on Demand presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking discussion of the contemporary erosion of civil liberties. No one can read this fine book without being infuriated and alarmed, challenged and-ultimately-enlightened. A real contribution to democratic discourse. -- Philip Jenkins,author of Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the InternetTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 The Emergence of Drug Testing 2 The Drug-Testing Industry 3 The Detox Industry 4 Drug Testing as Social Monitoring and Control 5 The Politics of Resistance Appendix Notes References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA breathtakingly innovative exploration of employment discrimination cases that show how courts construct masculinities. McGinleys examination of race and sex cases with male plaintiffs will change the way academics and practitioners think about Title VII.-Nancy Levit,Curators' and Edward D. Ellison Professor of Law, University of Missouri * Kansas City *A groundbreaking blueprint to achieve meaningful equality. Most significantly, it brings to bear new social science research and theorizing that tackles the difficult and challenging issue of exposing and proving the presence of gender discrimination that is cultural and structural. . . . Engaging and persuasive. -- Nancy Dowd,David H. Levin Chair in Family Law, University of FloridaAnn McGinley has long been at the forefront of work on masculinity and the law. This book represents pathbreaking work in the gendered dimensions of employment law. It will be of enormous value to scholars, litigators, courts and anyone interested in how the law can better promote gender equality and social justice. -- Deborah L. Rhode,E.W. McFarland Professor of Law, Stanford UniversityPutting masculinities social science research together with antidiscrimination law, McGinley not only describes the law as it is now but also develops ways in which masculinities theory can be used to move antidiscrimination law forward towards its ultimate goal: eliminating discrimination. -- Michael Zimmer,Loyola University ChicagoIn sum, I think this book did a wonderful job of accomplishing its goal. It provides sound logic and additional protections for all types of people from gender-based discrimination at work. * Sex Roles *This book could be incorporated into upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in criminal justice, sociology, womens studies and psychology. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisInternational Aviation Labour Law explores the status quo of the international regulation of labour and employment within the air transport industry and provides a detailed analysis of the regulatory endeavours undertaken at the international, European and domestic level to harmonise aviation labour regulations and ensure adequate labour standards for aircrew members.Offering an original insight into the regulation of labour in the aviation sector and airline industry, it analyses regulatory endeavours undertaken at the international, European and domestic level, exploring the main challenges arising from non-uniform and fragmented regulation of labour standards in the air transport sector. In particular, it investigates whether aviation labour regulations are sufficiently harmonised at an international level to ensure adequate labour standards for aircrew members. Key concerns relating to aviation labour are dealt with from a regulatory and practical perspective, and the curTable of Contents1. The Law of Labour2. The Regulation of Labour and Employment under International Air Law3. The Regulation of Labour and Employment under European Air Law4. The Impact of Fragmented Labour Standards in Air Transport5. Aviation Labour Law as a Self-Standing Branch of LawConclusions

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Book SynopsisWith contributions from top legal scholars, this edited collection provides an international overview of the most up-to-date issues and new trends in law regarding employment discrimination in different countries. Confronting the US, the UK, and Japan on the one hand, with the EU jurisdictions, namely Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic on the other hand, this book pays special attention to the most significant changes to law in these countries and ongoing challenges they face. The monograph is complementary to a former one entitled Discrimination and Employment Law: International Legal Perspectives, Joseph Carby-Hall, Zbigniew Góral and Aneta Tyc (eds.), Routledge 2023, and at the same time works as a separate volume. Adopting a problem-solving approach, this monograph offers an in-depth analysis of both anti-discrimination statutory law and of a growing and still developing corpus of case law. This book will appeal to students, academics aTable of ContentsList of ContributorsForeword by Stephen HardyList of Abbreviations International Workplace Discrimination Law: An Introduction, Jo Carby-Hall, Zbigniew Góral and Aneta Tyc Part I. Discrimination Employment Law in Southern European Union Countries Anti-discrimination Law in the Italian Courts: the new frontiers of the topic in the age of algorithms, Raffaello Santagata De Castro Anti-discrimination Employment Law in France, Loïc Lerouge The Right to Non-discrimination in Employment in the Kingdom of Spain, Jaime Cabeza Pereiro Prohibition of employment-related discrimination in the Greek legal order, Ioannis Stribis Part II. Discrimination Employment Law in Central European Union Countries More equal than "others"…? The Hungarian Experience with "Other Status" as a Protected Characteristic in Terms of Discrimination in Employment, Szilvia Halmos Overcoming the Persisting Scepticism with Equality. Equal treatment in employment: The Czech perspective, Kristina Koldinská, Jakub Tomšej Discrimination in Employment in the Slovak Republic, Marcel Dolobáč Part III. Discrimination Employment Law in non-European Union Countries Sexual harassment in the British workplace, Jo Carby-Hall Employment Discrimination Law in the United States: Strengths and Weaknesses, Risa L. Lieberwitz Employment Discrimination Law in Japan: History and recent developments, Ryoko Sakuraba 12. International Workplace Discrimination Law: Concluding Remarks and Appraisal, Jo Carby-Hall, Zbigniew Góral and Aneta Tyc

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