Employment and labour law: general Books

Book SynopsisAlix Adams is a barrister with over 30 years' experience of teaching law from GCSE to degree and postgraduate level. Stephanie Caplan is a barrister and a Senior Lecturer at Kings Business School, Kings College London and Westminster Business School, University of Westminster, with extensive experience in teaching law at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and with a special interest in employment law. Graeme Lockwood is a Senior Lecturer in business law at Kings Business School, Kings College, London with a broad range of teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate level and on executive business courses. He is a prominent researcher with extensive publications in employment law.Table of ContentsPreface Table of cases Table of statutes Table of statutory instruments Table of European and International legislation Part 1: Introduction: getting started Study skills The nature of law How the law is made Resolving legal disputes Part 2: Law of contract, agency and sale of goods The law of contract: Offer and acceptance The law of contract: Consideration, intention and privity The terms of the contract at common law Statutory terms in contracts for sale of goods and services Defects in the contract: Misrepresentation, mistake, duress and undue influence The consequences of illegality and incapacity: Illegality and incapacity Discharge of the contract and remedies for breach The law of agency Part 3: The law of tort The tort of negligence Negligence and special duty situations Product liability Occupiers' liability, nuisance and vicarious liability Part 4: Elements of employment law Rights at work: The contract of employment and health and safety at work Rights at work: Protection against discrimination in employment Rights at work: Protection against termination of employment by wrongful and unfair dismissal including redundancy Part 5: Introduction to company law Business organisations Forming a registered company Running the company: Raising and maintaining capital The management and governance of companies: Functions of directors, secretary and auditors Company meetings, shareholder participation and minority protection Part 6: General principles of intellectual property law Statutory intellectual property protection: Copyright, designs, patents and trademarks Common law protection of intellectual property: Passing off, malicious falsehood and breach of confidence Appendix 1: Additional resources Appendix 2: Worth thinking about? and Review questions – outline answers Index

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Book SynopsisDavid Lewis is Professor of Employment Law in the Law School at Middlesex University, UK.Malcolm Sargeant was Professor of Labour Law in the Business School at Middlesex University, UK.Ben Schwab is a Lecturer in Employment Law at Kingston University London, UK.Trade Review"Aimed at CIPD and other HRM students this textbook authoritatively covers employment law and is soundly structured, well-written, and up to date. It includes chapter overviews, activities prompting reflection, key learning points, a glossary, and online resources for students and staff." * Michael Jefferson, Senior Lecturer, Law, University of Sheffield, School of Law *"Now in its 16th edition, 'Employment Law, The Essentials' remains the leading textbook for the CIPD advanced Employment Law module. This book covers all key areas of employment law and includes up-to-date case law and legislative amendments. It is well-structured and accessible, including clear learning outcomes, reflective activities, case studies, and suggestions for further reading and useful websites in each chapter. I highly recommend this extremely valuable resource for all HR professionals, business leaders, and those who are studying employment law on HRM or business degrees." * Dr Lauren Kierans BL, Lecturer, Law, Maynooth University, Department of Law *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: The sources and institutions of employment law; Chapter - 02: Formation of the contract of employment (1) – The sources of terms; Chapter - 03: Formation of the contract of employment (2) – Implied terms of law; Chapter - 04: Recruitment and selection; Chapter - 05: Pay issues; Chapter - 06: Discrimination against employees (1); Chapter - 07: Discrimination (2) – Lawful discrimination, vicarious liability, burden of proof, enforcement and equality of terms; Chapter - 08: Parental rights; Chapter - 09: Health and safety at work; Chapter - 10: The regulation of working time; Chapter - 11: Variation, breach and termination of the contract of employment at common law; Chapter - 12: Unfair dismissal (1) – Exclusions and the meaning of dismissal; Chapter - 13: Unfair dismissal (2) – Potentially fair reasons and the concept of reasonableness; Chapter - 14: Redundancy; Chapter - 15: Unfair dismissal and redundancy claims; Chapter - 16: Continuity of employment and transfers of undertakings; Chapter - 17: Information and consultation; Chapter - 18: Trade unions and collective bargaining; Chapter - 19: Glossary

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Book Synopsis'There aren't many books that can claim to change your life, but this one will.' Clare Balding'A force for good, for change. This book will make you change the way you think. Mary is my hero.' Scarlett Curtis, author of Feminists Don't Wear PinkAre you ready to be your best self at work? Packed with advice, tips and decades of business experience from Mary Portas, this is a book for every one of us: whatever level you are, wherever you work.It's about calling time on alpha culture and helping every one of us to be happier, more productive and collaborative.It's time to #WorkLikeAWoman.'Mary Portas doesn't want to lean in, she wants a whole new office culture.' Evening StandardTrade ReviewReally enjoyed reading this and recommending it to everyone. There aren't many books that can claim to change your life, but this one will. * Clare Balding *I loved this book. Ideas, solutions, wisdom, kindness and zero whining... Everyone should be handed this book with their contract of employment. * Sali Hughes *A force for good, for change. This book will make you change the way you think. Mary is my hero. * Scarlett Curtis, author of Feminists Don't Wear Pink *Mary Portas is a woman on a mission. * Forbes *Full of advice for working women. * Observer *Mary Portas doesn't want to lean in, she wants a whole new office culture. * Evening Standard *Find out why channelling our 'inner goddess' could lead to happiness and success in the workplace. * The Pool *The fab Mary Portas calls us to arms. * Jeanette Winterson *If anyone knows how to get ahead in business it's 'Queen of Shops' Mary Portas. * Huff Post *

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Book SynopsisOffering comprehensive coverage of all the key aspects of individual and collective employment law in a clear and accessible way, Employment Law is ideal for both LLB and HRM students. Packed with a wealth of case law and legislation, this book will enable you to fully understand the intricacies of this fast-changing subject with ease. With features such as chapter summaries and further reading suggestions, Employment Law is well suited to support you in your studies. The eighth edition has been fully updated to include coverage of the latest legislative and case law developments, including: Issues around shared parental leaveThe national living wage Legal developments in the area of non-standard work

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Book SynopsisThe Palgrave Core Statutes series is designed to meet the needs of today''s law students. Compiled by experienced lecturers, each title contains the essential materials needed at LLB level (and, where applicable, on GDL/CPE courses) and is easy to use under exam conditions and in the lecture hall.

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Book SynopsisThe Chicago Teachers Union strike was the most important domestic labor struggle so far this century-and perhaps for the last forty years-and the strongest challenge to the conservative agenda for restructuring education, which advocates for more charter schools and tying teacher salaries to standardized testing, among other changes.The teachers took on the bipartisan, free market school reform agenda that is currently exacerbating inequality in education and waging war on teachers' livelihoods. In the age of austerity, when the public sector is under attack, Chicago teachers fought back-and won. The strike was years in the making. Chicago teachers spent a long time building a grassroots movement to educate and organize the entire union membership. They stood up against hostile mayors, billionaire-backed reformers out to destroy unions, and even their own intransigent union leadership, to take militant action. The Chicago protest has become a model for how reforms to the school system can be led by teachers and communities. It offers inspiration for workers looking to create democratic, fighting unions. Strike for America is the story of this movement and how it triumphed in the defining struggle for workers today.Trade ReviewIn this pithy and accessible book the author provides a passionate, well-researched and highly engaging account of the 2012 Chicago teachers strike. -- Peter Brogan * Labour/Le Travail *

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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 SynopsisWhat effect do robots, algorithms, and online platforms have on the world of work? Using case studies and examples from across the EU, the UK, and the US, this book provides a compass to navigate this technological transformation as well as the regulatory options available, and proposes a new map for the era of radical digital advancements. From platform work to the gig-economy and the impact of artificial intelligence, algorithmic management, and digital surveillance on workplaces, technology has overwhelming consequences for everyone’s lives, reshaping the labour market and straining social institutions. Contrary to preliminary analyses forecasting the threat of human work obsolescence, the book demonstrates that digital tools are more likely to replace managerial roles and intensify organisational processes in workplaces, rather than opening the way for mass job displacement. Can flexibility and protection be reconciled so that legal frameworks uphold innovation? How can we address the pervasive power of AI-enabled monitoring? How likely is it that the gig-economy model will emerge as a new organisational paradigm across sectors? And what can social partners and political players do to adopt effective regulation? Technology is never neutral. It can and must be governed, to ensure that progress favours the many. Digital transformation can be an essential ally, from the warehouse to the office, but it must be tested in terms of social and political sustainability, not only through the lenses of economic convenience. Your Boss Is an Algorithm offers a guide to explore these new scenarios, their promises, and perils.Trade ReviewTechnology is fundamentally revolutionising the world of work - in this magisterial contribution, Aloisi and De Stefano traverse the impact of innovation on jobs, from the prospect of full automation to platform work and future-proofing labour law. It will be of great value to scholars and practitioners in law, labour market economics, and beyond. * Jeremias Adams-Prassl, Professor of Law, Oxford University, UK *Your Boss is an Algorithm is an indispensable resource to anyone thinking about how to understand and govern technology at work. Aloisi and De Stefano provide brilliant—and urgent—analysis of platform labor and the role of artificial intelligence in constraining our collective futures. But more critically, they provide a ‘future-proof’ framework to regulate innovation. * Veena Dubal, Professor of Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Navigating Uncharted Waters I. A Future Without Work? Raining on the ‘Full Automation’ Parade A. The ‘Robocalypse’ is Postponed to a Later Date II. The Digital is Political. Adopting a ‘Human in Command’ Approach 2. A Changing Labour Market I. The Consequences for the ‘Jobs that Remain’ II. Technology at Work A. Smart Robots, IoT and Manufacturing: Mind the Machines with Minds B. Remote Work, Out of Sight and Out of Place? Beyond the Pandemic Panopticon C. Selective Affinities: Matchmaking is the New Recruiting III. Work at the Service of Technology A. ‘People are Numbers’: Count or be Counted B. Working under the Algorithmic Boss C. Beating AI at its Own Game 3. Social Rights in the Digital Age I. What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Platform Work’ (And Why Do We Talk About it So Much?) II. ‘What is Mine is Yours’. Doublespeak and the Mythology of Sharing A. Workers on Tap and Untapped Appetites B. The Platform Paradigm, Rethinking the Master–Server Dialectic C. The European Way: Strengthening the Social Dimension Step by Step III. Labour Law between Obsolescence and Resistance A. Regulation, Flexibility and the ‘Spirit’ of Innovation B. Moving Towards a Universal Model of Protection for Modern Times? C. The Big Family of Non-Standard Forms of Employment Conclusions: A Job Well Done I. Future-Proof Labour Law A. Universal Basic Income, Radical Measures in Search of Sustainability B. Collective Voice versus Digital Despotism: Negotiating the Algorithm C. And They Lived Happily and Connected Ever after: Saving the Digital Transformation from Itself

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Book SynopsisIn this revealing look at home care, Cynthia J. Cranford illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension. As Cranford shows, workers can experience devaluation within racialized and gendered class hierarchies, which shapes their pursuit of security. Cranford analyzes the tensions, alliances, and compromises between security for workers and flexibility for elderly and disabled people, and she argues that workers and recipients negotiate flexibility and security within intersecting inequalities in varying ways depending on multiple interacting dynamics. What comes through from Cranford''s analysis is the need for deeply democratic alliances across multiple axes of inequality. To support both flexible care and secure work, she argues for an intimate community unionisTrade ReviewCranford's in-depth, thought-provoking, and insightful work is an important read not only for scholars of care work and labor, but also for activists, social workers, and organizers outside of academia who are interested in building alliances of care. * New Books Network *Home Care Fault Lines provides an innovative and essential analysis of the politics of community-based personal and attendant care and demonstrates the power of sociological analysis to inform policy and promote social justice. * American Journal of Sociology *In Home Care Fault Lines, Cynthia Cranford has written an ambitious and pathbreaking book. More than ever before, we cannot ignore the glaring need to invest in the home care sector in a way that is responsive to the needs of both care workers and recipients of care. Luckily, just in time, Cranford's book has provided us with an insightful analysis of how to do just that. * Contemporary Sociology *We can expect Home Care Fault Lines to become a pivotal reference for international care scholarship. * International Journal of Care and Caring *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Tenions between Flexibility and Security 1. Gender, Migration, and the Purist of Security 2. Disability and the Quest for Flexibility 3. Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto's Direct Funding 4. Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles's In-Home Supportive Services 5. Agency-Led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto's Home Care 6. Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto's Attendant Services 7. Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor

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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 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 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 SynopsisTony Bennett is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Previously he was a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Business School, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Richard Saundry is a Principal Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK and a Visiting Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Margaret Prior is a Lecturer in Human Resources Management at the University of Plymouth, UK. She came to academia after a career working for two major trade unions.

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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 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 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 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 SynopsisThis book uses the concepts of vulnerability and resilience to analyze the situation of individuals and institutions in the context of the employment relationship. It is based on the premise that both employer and employee are vulnerable to various social, economic, and political forces, although differently so. It demonstrates how in responding to those complementary institutional relationships of employer and employee the state unequally and inequitably favors employers over employees.Several chapters included in this collection also consider how the state shapes, creates and maintains through law the social identities of employer and employee and how that legal regime operates as the allocation of power and privilege. This unique and fundamental role of the state in defining the employment relationship profoundly affects the respective abilities and degree of resiliency of actual employers and employees.Other chapters explore how attention to the respective vulTable of ContentsIntroducing Vulnerability - Martha Albertson FinemanPart I. Law and VulnerabilityChapter 1: A Vulnerability Approach to Private Ordering of Employment - Jonathan W. FinemanChapter 2: Green Shoots in the Labor Market: A Cornucopia of Social Experiments - Katherine Van Wezel StoneChapter 3: The Constitutional Right to Organize - Rebecca E. ZietlowChapter 4: Labour Rights as Natural Rights - Sean CoylePart II. Work and Social WelfareChapter 5: Paid Care Work, Gendered Labour Law and the Vulnerability of Community - LJB HayesChapter 6: Vulnerability, Workfare Law and Resilient Social Justice - Camilla Sabroe JydebjergChapter 7: Contract as Public Law: The Public Nature of Collective Bargaining Agreements - Risa L. LieberwitzChapter 8: Acknowledging but Transcending Gender at Work: Applying the Model of Lifetime Disadvantage and Vulnerability Theory to Women’s Poverty in Retirement - Susan Bisom-Rapp and Malcolm SargeantChapter 9: Laboring Freedom: Neoliberalism, the Jurisprudence of Obamacare, and the Welfare-State Left - Jack JacksonPart III. Marginalized WorkersChapter 10: A Desired Composition: Regulating Vulnerability Through Immigration Law - Silas W. AllardChapter 11: The Wages of Human Trafficking - Rana M. JaleelChapter 12: Migrant Domestic Workers in the UK: Enacting Exclusions, Exemptions and Rights - Siobhán Mullally and Clíodhna MurphyChapter 13: Bad Jobs and Good Workers: The Hiring of Ex-Prisoners in a Segmented Economy - Kristin BumillerChapter 14: We Are All Contingent: Fighting Vulnerability in the U.S. Workforce - Ann C. McGinley and David McClurePart IV. Limits of LawChapter 15: Equal by What Measure? The Lost Struggle for Universal State Protective Labor Standards - Deborah Dinner Chapter 16: Improving Job Quality for Low-Wage Women Workers: A 21st Century Movement - Elizabeth Ben-IshaiChapter 17: A Right to Request Flexible Working: What Can the UK Teach Us? - K. Lee AdamsChapter 18: Vulnerable Communities: Proposing Community Syndicalism for Distressed Localities - Kenneth M. CasebeerBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe US Supreme Court has systematically eroded the rights of minority workers through subtle changes in procedural law. This accessible book identifies and describes how the Supreme Court''s new procedural requirements create legal obstacles for civil-rights litigants, thereby undermining their substantive rights. Seiner takes the next step of providing a framework that practitioners can use to navigate these murky waters, allowing workers a better chance of prevailing with their claims. Seiner clearly illustrates how to effectively use his framework, applying the proposed model to one emerging sector - the on-demand industry. Many minority workers now face pervasive discrimination in an uncertain legal environment. This book will serve as a roadmap for successful workplace litigation and a valuable resource for civil-rights research. It will also spark a debate among scholars, lawyers, and others in the legal community over the use of procedure to alter substantive worker rights.Table of Contents1. The Supreme Court, employment discrimination and an overview of civil rights; 2. Access to the courts and enforcement; 3. Class actions, systemic claims, arbitration; 4. Retaliation: the last safe haven for plaintiffs; 5. Striking at relief; 6. The on-demand economy example; 7. The solution.

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Book SynopsisElizabeth Aylott is an experienced HR specialist and lecturer in the areas of employee relations and employment law. After a career in HR, both in industry and the charitable sector, she taught on CIPD programmes at all levels and lectured on HRM and business degree courses. She is also the author of Employment Law, published by Kogan Page. She is based in Surrey, UK.Trade Review"The easy- to-follow format and up-to-date case studies that illustrate the underpinning theories will be useful to students learning about the topic for the first time as well as to HR practitioners and people managers in the workplace. It is a handy reference guide with tips to build up skills when deciding on both ethical and strategic choices and practical actions to take in a specific context to stay within the existing legal framework." * Linda Holden, Freelance CIPD Tutor and HR Trainer *"For those interested in understanding and learning employee relations, this is an exceptional book with a well-structured critical text, conceptual rigour, engaging case studies, empirical richness, up-to-date examples and thoughtful balance between theory and practice. What else is desired in a complete book? Yet, Elizabeth Aylott offers us more, no less than a brand-new sense of complex employment relations in a simple, concise, and clear way for the 21st century. Positively recommended for an invaluable learning experience." * Dr M Naseer Akhtar, Associate Editor, 'Employee Relations', Senior Lecturer in HRM and People Analytics, Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London, UK *"Employee Relations is an easy-to-read, practical and informative guide packed full with case studies and up to date research, making it an invaluable resource for HR students, practitioners and business managers." * Debbie Paddington, HR Business Partner, The Kent Autistic Trust *"The political and economic landscape both at home in the UK and internationally, is built on the shifting sands of unprecedented change, which is actively shaping and changing the world of work and how organisations develop and maintain positive working relationships with the modern-day employee. While employee relations naturally fall under the wider umbrella of HRM, it is a complex area of people management practice which requires practitioners to have a deep understanding of the relationship between employer and employee and how this relationship is intrinsically woven into the fabric of UK employment law and industrial relations. Employee Relations is the essential text for practitioners at all stages of their careers for developing and maintaining a deep understanding of employee in relations in practice." * Nathaniel Andrews, Founder and CEO at Okana Limited *"This is a bookshelf essential that strikes the right balance between theory and practice in relation to the subject of employee relations. The book is not only for HR personnel but also for those in leadership positions aspiring to build and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with their team members. As an MD I have found the book to be practical, insightful and engaging - an invaluable resource overall!" * Dianne Ramdeen, Managing Director, Quartic Training *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Fundamentals; Chapter - 01: What is Employee Relations?; Chapter - 02: The importance of Employee Relations; Chapter - 03: Employee Relations and strategy; Section - TWO: In practice; Chapter - 04: Employee Relations in practice; Chapter - 05: Planning and action; Chapter - 06: Measurement; Chapter - 07: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to build new forms of worker power – and overcome decades of declining membership wrought by neoliberalism, globalisation, and hostility from employers and the state. The study evaluates the responses of unions in each country to falling membership levels since the 1980s. It considers the US ‘organising model’ and its adoption in Australia and the UK, comparing this with the strategies of Italian unions which have been more deliberately focused on precarious and migrant workers. The increasing reliance of US unions on community alliances, as seen in the ‘Fight for $15’ and similar campaigns, is scrutinised along with new union prototypes like Hospo Voice in Australia, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain and SI Cobas in Italy. The book includes an in-depth analysis of union responses to the gig economy in the four countries, and the emergence of self-organised worker collectives to combat this exploitative business model. The vital role played by unions in defending the interests of workers during the COVID-19 pandemic is also examined. As well as highlighting the most successful union initiatives to meet the challenges of the past 30 years, the book assesses the strengths and deficiencies of the legal framework for union representation in the four nations. It identifies the labour law reforms needed to rebuild collectivism, but argues that more is needed than favourable laws. This cross-national study provides a rich basis for identifying the combination of reforms, strategies and linkages required to ensure that unions can remain relevant for a new generation of digitally-active workers.Trade ReviewThis book provides an insightful synthesis of industrial activity abroad, and thoughtful potential solutions to reversing union woes. -- Grace Morgan Cocks * Alternative Law Journal *Professor Forsyth makes this need for comprehensive and structural trade union action and policy measures strikingly evident. He does so in a well-written, enlightening, and stimulating book underpinned by a robust legal and industrial relation analysis. There is no doubt that The Future of Unions and Worker Representation will be a most valuable resource for academics, researchers, and students in labour law and industrial relations for many years to come. -- Valerio de Stefano * Industrial Law Journal *The Future of Unions and Worker Representation: The Digital Picket Line is an important book which comes at a critical time for the union movement. To fulfil the promise of revitalisation, unions must forge lasting connections with the newest generations of workers who have grown up as digital natives. The book builds a convincing case for reform, both of external legal frameworks and of unions themselves. It also builds a compelling case through its analysis of union activity in the gig economy and during the pandemic of the continuing necessity of trade unions and their important place as agents of all working people. -- Shae McCrystal * Australian Journal of Labour Law *Table of Contents1. Introduction I. Unionising Big Tech II. Aims and Scope III. Why Compare the USA, the UK, Australia and Italy? IV. Chapter Overview V. The Digital Picket Line 2. A Snapshot of Union Decline in the Four Countries I. Introduction II. Challenging Times for Trade Unions in the USA, the UK and Australia III. The Differing Trajectory of Union Membership and Worker Representation in Italy IV. Conclusion 3. The Legal Framework for Unions and Worker Representation in the Four Countries I. Introduction II. The USA III. The UK IV. Australia V. Italy VI. Conclusion 4. Unions in the USA: From the Organising Model to Alt-Labour I. Introduction II. The AFL-CIO Organising Model III. Change to Win IV. Unions Bypass the Broken NLRA Process V. Looking Further Afield: Unions in the Community, Alt-Labour and Bargaining for the Common Good VI. A (Seemingly) Lost Cause: Unions and Labour Law Reform VII. Conclusion 5. Australian Unions: From the Accord to ‘Change the Rules’ I. Introduction II. Early 1990s: The Legacy of the Accord III. Adopting the Organising Model IV. Campaigning for Legal Change: Ending Work Choices and the Return of a Labor Government V. Unions on the Defensive again as the Coalition Returns to Government VI. Union Decline Intensifies, Spawning Exploration of New Membership Models VII. The ‘Change the Rules’ Campaign and its Aftermath VIII. Conclusion 6. Australian Unions: Innovations, Amalgamations and Organising Beyond the Workplace I. Introduction II. New Union Models and Digital Prototypes III. Back to the Future: A New Wave of Union Mergers IV. Campaigning and Organising Beyond the Workplace V. Conclusion 7. The UK: From ‘New Unionism’ to Indy and Digital Unions I. Introduction II. The UK Variant of Organising III. ‘Third Way’ Unionism: The Partnership Agenda IV. Back into the Wilderness: Unions Confront Austerity, Brexit and the Legacy of New Labour V. Up for a Scrap: Social Movements, ‘Indy Unions’ and #McStrike VI. ‘An Alternative to Simply not being Present’: New Membership Models and Digital Experiments VII. Conclusion 8. Italian Unions: Fighting for the Marginalised I. Introduction II. Specialist Unions for Precarious Workers – And Challenging Agency Work III. Italian Unions and Migrant Workers IV. Building (Rank-and-File) Union Strength in the Logistics Sector V. Conclusion 9. Unions and the Gig Economy: Advocacy, Campaigning, Mobilising I. Introduction II. Overview of the Gig Economy in the Four Countries III. The Mirage of Liberating Work in the Gig Economy IV. Enter, the Unions … V. Exposing the Reality of Gig Work as a Basis for Advocacy, Campaigning and Mobilising VI. Conclusion 10. Unions and the Gig Economy: Misclassification Test Cases and Collective Bargaining I. Introduction II. ‘Litigating the Digital Platform Model’: Legal Challenges to the Misclassification of Gig Workers III. ‘Staying United to Reverse the Race to the Bottom’: Collective Bargaining in the Gig Economy IV. Conclusion 11. What is the Future of Unions and Worker Representation? What Changes are Needed in Labour Laws? I. Introduction II. A Pathway to Union Revitalisation III. Reforming Labour Law to Empower Workers and Unions to Win IV. Conclusion 12. The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Undeniable Case for Unions I. Introduction II. Union Involvement in National Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency III. Income Protection IV. Protecting Workers’ Safety V. Conclusion: Implications of the Pandemic for Trade Unions

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Book SynopsisDeakin and Morris’ Labour Law, a work cited as authoritative in the higher appellate courts of several jurisdictions, provides a comprehensive analysis of current British labour law which explains the role of different legal and extra-legal sources in its evolution, including collective bargaining, international labour standards, and human rights. The new edition, while following the broad pattern of previous ones, highlights important new developments in the content of the law, and in its wider social, economic and policy context. Thus the consequences of Brexit are considered along with the emerging effects of the Covid-19 crisis, the increasing digitisation of work, and the implications for policy of debates over the role of the law in constituting and regulating the labour market. The book examines in detail the law governing individual employment relations, with chapters covering the definition of the employment relationship; the sources and regulation of terms and conditions of employment; discipline and termination of employment; and equality of treatment. This is followed by an analysis of the elements of collective labour law, including the forms of collective organisation, freedom of association, employee representation, internal trade union government, and the law relating to industrial action. The seventh edition of Deakin and Morris’ Labour Law is an essential text for students of law and of disciplines related to management and industrial relations, for barristers and solicitors working in the field of labour law, and for all those with a serious interest in the subject. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Employment Law online service.Trade ReviewA truly excellent update of a great book. -- Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl * University of Oxford *This is probably one of the best textbooks on employment law in Britain. Clearly presented, comprehensive and a pleasure to read. -- Dr Manoj Dias-Abey * University of Bristol *I was impressed by the comprehensiveness of this textbook, and also how up-to-date it is. -- Dr Chris Dietz * University of Leeds *This is another excellent edition of an invaluable textbook. the scholarship is of the highest quality. -- Professor David Lewis * Middlesex University *The book is excellent, very comprehensive and detailed. -- Dr Isabella Mancini * Brunel University London *Very comprehensive and properly updated, this book is an invaluable tool for French labour law students willing to have a complete overview of both UK labour law system and legal solutions. Definitely a "must have"! -- Francois HENOT * Universite de Picardie Jules Verne *Table of Contents1. Introduction: History, Sources, and Institutions of Labour Law Labour Law: The Scope and Nature of the Subject Historical Development Sources of Labour Law Institutions of Labour Law 2. The Employment Relationship Introduction Contract or Status? The Hiring Process Identifying Dependent Labour Quasi-dependent Labour Public Sector Employment Continuity of Employment, Qualifying Thresholds, and Equality of Treatment for Fixed-term, Part-time and Agency Workers Identifying the Employer Transfers of Undertakings Assessment 3. Terms of Employment and Working Conditions Introduction Sources of Contractual Terms and Conditions Written Notification of Terms Construction, Incorporation and Variation of Terms Payment of Wages and Salaries Working Time Health and Safety and the Working Environment Duties of Obedience, Co-operation and Care Duties of Fidelity, Confidentiality and Privacy Income Security: Sick Pay and Lay-off Assessment 4. Discipline and Termination of Employment Introduction Theoretical Underpinnings of Dismissal Protection Wrongful Dismissal Unfair Dismissal: Scope of Protection Fairness of Dismissal Remedies for Unfair Dismissal Economic Dismissals Assessment 5. Equality in Employment Introduction The Origins and Historical Development of Equality Law The Meaning of Equality Protected Characteristics Discrimination and Related Forms of Prohibited Conduct Exceptions and Defences Work–Life Balance Legislation Disability Discrimination Discrimination in Relation to Employment: Issues of Scope Enforcement Positive Action Equal Pay Assessment 6. Collective Organisation and Freedom of Association Introduction The Rationale and Role of Collective Organisation International Standards Relating to Collective Organisation Legal Policy Relating to Collective Organisation Basic Definitions and Concepts Protection of Trade Union Membership and Activities in Relation to Employers Facilities for Trade Union Representatives and Trade Union Activities Union Membership and Deductions from Workers’ Pay Assessment: The Changing Role of Trade Unions in Contemporary Society 7. Collective Bargaining, Trade Union Recognition, and Statutory Information and Consultation Rights Introduction Collective Bargaining and Union Recognition Statutory Rights of Information and Consultation Employee Involvement at Transnational Level Assessment 8. Trade Unions and their Members Introduction The Contract of Membership Statutory Rights: An Overview Rights Relating to Union Membership and Discipline Trade Union Elections Trade Union Expenditure for Political Purposes Assessment 9. Industrial Action Introduction Industrial Action: Role, Rationale and International Standards Legal Policy Relating to Industrial Action: An Overview Liability in Tort The Liability of Trade Unions The Scope of Statutory Immunity Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers Civil Law Remedies Industrial Action and EU Law Picketing ‘Essential Services’ and Emergency Powers Industrial Action and Contractual Rights Industrial Action and Individual Employment Rights Industrial Action and the Rights of Union Members

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Book SynopsisWell-selected and authoritative, Hart Core Statutes provide the key materials needed by students in a format that is clear, compact and very easy to use. They are ideal for use in exams.Table of ContentsPreface Statutes Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 Employment Rights Act 1996 National Minimum Wage Act 1998 Human Rights Act 1998 Employment Relations Act 1999 Equality Act 2006 Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 Equality Act 2010 Modern Slavery Act 2015 European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 Statutory Instruments Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations 1996 Working Time Regulations 1998 Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000 Trade Union Recognition (Method of Collective Bargaining) Order 2000 Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000 Fixed-Term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002 Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 Agency Workers Regulations 2010 Exclusivity Terms in Zero Hours Contracts (Redress) Regulations 2015 Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017 Parental Bereavement Leave Regulations 2020 Code of Practice ACAS – Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures – Code of Practice 1 Index

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Book SynopsisAn essential and timely guide to the changing landscape of the labor movement, from a veteran labor organizerAt the most inspiring moment for American unions in our lifetimes, Who's Got the Power? takes readers on a journey through the resurgence of the American labor movement in the wake of a pandemic that changed everything. In the first two decades of the twenty-first century, unions seemed to be fading into history, with representation shrinking to levels unseen in over a hundred years. But the pandemic didn't just disrupt the workplace; it reignited a movement. Longtime organizer and labor historian Dave Kamper details how labor reemerged with newfound strength, as workers across industries, from warehouses to classrooms, began to question the status quo and demand more from their employers. Interviewing workers and labor leaders across the country, Kamper captures the stories of those on the front lines, from Frito-Lay workers in Kansas and Chicago teachers, to Amazon warehouse employees in New York and Detroit auto workers, offering a compelling account of how, in industry after industry, workers realized they held the power to reshape the terms of their employment. Strikes, protests, and bold negotiations signaled the rise of a more coordinated effort to reclaim control over working conditions, and Kamper provides a front-row seat to a new wave of labor activism that isn't just about wages and benefitsit's about dignity and solidarity. An up-to-the-minute look at a brand-new phenomenon, Who's Got the Power? is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the seismic changes in American labor today.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides for a comprehensive overview of the various areas of European labour law: fundamental rights, free movement of workers and posting, equal treatment, a-typical forms of employment, collective bargaining and collective agreements, restructuring of enterprises and health and safety. The chapters are written by eminent experts from a considerable number of EU Member States. Most of them are written by two authors from different Member States. As a result of this duo-authorship the book does not approach European labour law from a single country perspective, but intends to give insight in the different ways European labour was received and implemented in the various Member States. The book does not only describe the current state of affairs, but also critically assesses how the interaction of EU legislature, Court of Justice, Member States and social partners has contributed to the development of EU labour law. As such, it is not only a comprehensive introduction to European labour law, but provides also food for thought as part of advanced study in this area. This handbook, dealing with all important areas of labour law, written from several perspectives by experts, but within a restricted number of pages, is therefore also excellent study material for master programmes of European labour law. With contributions by Edoardo Ales (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy), Mark Bell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Niklas Bruun (Hanken School of Economics, Finland), Mijke Houwerzijl (Tilburg University, The Netherlands), Teun Jaspers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Sylvaine Laulom (Universite Lumiere Lyon 2, France), Antonio Lo Faro (University of Catania, Italy), Pascale Lorber (University of Leicester, United Kingdom), Ann Numhauser-Henning (Lund University, Sweden), Frans Pennings (Utrecht University, The Netherlands), Saskia Peters (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), Jan Popma (Dutch Labour Inspectorate, The Netherlands), Sophie Robin-Olivier (Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France) and Herwig Verschueren (University of Antwerp, Belgium).Table of ContentsChapter 1. An Introduction to European Labour Law (p. 1) Chapter 2. Free Movement of (Posted) Workers and Applicable Labour and Social Security Law (p. 45) Chapter 3. Equal Treatment (p. 131) Chapter 4. Atypical Forms of Employment (p. 201) Chapter 5. Collective Bargaining in EU Law (p. 245) Chapter 6. Restructuring of Companies (p. 309) Chapter 7. Workers' Participation in Business Matters (p. 373) Chapter 8. Occupational Health and Safety and Working Time (p. 431) Chapter 9. European Labour law as the Result of Conflicting Norms and Interests (p. 497)

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Book SynopsisLong-established as the leading work in this area, this title has provided authoritative guidance to lawyers, tribunals, and other experts dealing with professional discipline and regulation. Written by a team of specialist authors who have extensive experience in this area, thereby ensuring that every area is covered in depth. The book addresses all the major regulatory fields of expertise, and provides expert analysis on the full range of issues that may arise in the course of disciplinary proceedings.Part 1: GeneralPart 2: The Disciplinary Process Part 3: Specific Regulatory RegimesPart 4: Data Protection and Freedom of Information

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Book SynopsisThis book provides for a comprehensive overview of the various areas of European labour law: fundamental rights, free movement of workers and posting, equal treatment, a-typical forms of employment, collective bargaining and collective agreements, restructuring of enterprises and health and safety.

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Book SynopsisThis report examines the impacts of COVID-19 on labour markets along with adjustment patterns in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam.Labour markets in Southeast Asia were particularly hit hard in 2020 when government pandemic containment measures were most severe. COVID-19 exacerbated growing inequalities in the region and exposed large gaps in social protection . This report aims to help policymakers identify priorities, constraints, and opportunities for developing effective labour market strategies for economic recovery and beyond.

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Book SynopsisMigrant Work by Another Name explores the complexities of Canada's evolving international migration and employment policy landscape. It critically examines the shift towards “mobility” programs under the recently inaugurated International Mobility Program (IMP). This shift occurs alongside the contraction of certain streams within Canada’s long-standing Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The book investigates the implications of policy changes, influenced at once by public outcry over migrant worker exploitation and persistent demands for labour in the face of qualitative labour shortages in high-income countries like Canada. Grounded in a decolonial feminist political economy approach, Leah F. Vosko employs a mixed methods analysis to contrast the narrative of “mobility” with the persistent realities of precarity among transnational workers.The book features in-depth case studies of the three largest IMP subprograms – Workin

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Book SynopsisUnsurpassed in authority, reliability and accuracy; Blackstone''s Statutes, trusted by students for over 30 years.Celebrating over 30 years as the market-leading series,Blackstone''s Statutes have an unrivalled tradition of trust and quality. With a rock-solid reputation for accuracy, reliability and authority, they remain first-choice for students and lecturers, providing a careful selection of all up-to-date legislation for exams and course use.-Clear and easy-to-use, helping you find what you need instantly-Edited by experts and covering all the key legislation needed for employment law courses, so you can use alongside your textbook to ensure you approach your assessments with confidence-Unannotated legislation - perfect for exam use-Also available as an e-book with functionality and navigation featuresTrade Review'Blackstone's Statutes are a very reliable series. Up-to-date legislation, with a good match for teaching needs. Students appreciate the clear layout and easy reference materials. Ideal for exam use.' * Renu Barton-Hanson, Associate Professor in Law, Middlesex University *'The e-book is useful to support student's learning throughout the semester and for online exams.' * Dr Vera Pavlou, Lecturer, University of Glasgow *'A must-have quick and easy reference point, with everything you need to access in one place.' * Sarah Willis, Senior Lecturer, University of Northampton *'These are the industry standard, containing a one-stop source for students. They cover all bases.' * Dr Lucy Barnes, Associate Professor in Law, University of East Anglia *

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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 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 SynopsisThe book is for non-lawyer, union and employer representatives; lawyers who are grounded in the American system but have little understanding of labor law; labor lawyers, including government representatives who want to have an overview; and foreign audiences who are interested in the United States, American studies and labor-management relations.Trade Review'William B. Gould IV expertly informs analysis of how American labor law faces a crisis of indifference to the needs and interests of the workforce by drawing on his rich lifetime of experience in adjudicating and resolving labor disputes, advising policy makers, and studying the intricacies of labor law. The sixth edition of his Primer clarifies where the law is today, and provides clear and insightful signals of where it needs to go tomorrow.' Thomas A. Kochan, George M. Bunker Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Gould's latest A Primer on American Labor Law is a bible for union members, elected leaders and staff that explains the legal constraints and opportunities for almost every situation. Using this book before consulting with lawyers will make your conversations more productive and could save you some billable hours.' Craig Merrilees, International Longshore and Warehouse Union'Professor Gould IV does it again. The sixth edition A Primer on American Labor Law, is a comprehensive, yet incredibly accessible exploration into the intricacies of American labor law. It covers everything - history, legal doctrine, policy and practical considerations! A must read for anyone interested in understanding the US workplace.' Rafael Gely, James E. Campbell Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, University of Missouri'A Primer on American Labor Law is an invaluable overview of labor law in the United States that is also readable and quite accessible to non-lawyers. We regularly commend it to our clients as well as to young attorneys who are novices in the field of labor law. Professor Gould IV has now updated his primer to review the extremely significant developments of the last five years, including last year's Supreme Court decision in the Janus case. Well worth reading for experienced labor law practitioners as well as for newcomers.' John Provost, Beeson, Tayer & BodineTable of Contents1. An overview; 2. Industrial relations and labor law before modern legislation; 3. The National Labor Relations Act and related labor law; 4. Unfair labor practices; 5. Establishing the collective bargaining relationship: organization and recognition; 6. Economic pressure and bargaining tactics in the established relationship; 7. Remedies, the Labor Reform Bill of 1978, and the Employee Free Choice Bill of 2009; 8. Dispute resolution in the established relationship; 9. The duty of fair representation; 10. The public sector; 11. Public-interest labor law; 12. Labor in professional sports: collective bargaining and dispute resolution procedures; 13. Conclusion.

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Table of ContentsPreface Publisher's Acknowledgements Keeping up to date with employment law Useful websites Guided Tour Table of cases Table of statutes Table of statutory instruments Table of European Legislation Table of Statutory Rights Abbreviations used when referring to judges Part One: What is Employment Law about: Its history, sources and institutions 1. The context of Employment Law and its institutions 2. The impact of European Union Law and International Labour Standards 3. The impact of Human Rights Law Part Two: The Employment Relationship 4. The employment relationship 5. The contract of employment 6. Continuity of employment 7. Payment of wages and hours of work 8. Health and safety 9. Discrimination Law 10. Employment rights and the family Part Three: Termination of the Employment Relationship 11. Wrongful and unfair dismissal 12. Dismissal for economic reasons Part Four: Collective employment law 13. Trade Unions: their status and their members 14. Collective action Part Five: The Future of Employment Law Glossary of legal terms Index

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Book SynopsisEuropean employment law is becoming increasingly important. Its impact upon domestic law of the Member States in fields such as fixed-term employment contracts, collective redundancies or industrial action, is growing. This volume therefore covers the complete scope of European employment law: its foundations in EU primary law and its various sources in EU secondary legislation, as well as the growing body of case law of the European Court of Justice. The book begins by providing an overview of the relevant fundamental rights, fundamental freedoms and competences of the European Union in the field of employment law. A systematic presentation of the conflict of law rules in European Employment Law then follows: the Rome I and Rome II-Regulations, the Posting of Workers Directive and the Brussels Regulation on the recognition and enforcement of judgements. Subsequently, the author focuses on individual labour law which, at the EU level, is principally composed of rules on non-discrimination, the protection of safety and health and working time; rules on atypical forms of employment (part-time, fixed-term and temporary agency work) and special groups of employees (mothers, parents, young people); as well as legislation concerning employment protection in situations of collective redundancy, business transfer and insolvency. This is followed by a discussion of collective labour law issues. Particular attention is given to the European Works Council and the rules on employee involvement in the European Company, the European Cooperative Society, and the European Private Company, and to employment law rules contained in the Directive on cross-border mergers. European Employment Law is written for advanced students, academics and practitioners specialising in EU employment law.Table of Contents§1. European Employment Law: Introduction, Subject Matter, Sources of Law, Overview, Methods (p. 1) PART 1. FOUNDATIONS §2. Fundamental Rights (p. 51) §3. Fundamental Freedoms (p. 99) §4. Competition Law and Labour Law (p. 165) §5. Legislative Competences (p. 173) PART 2. CONFLICT OF LAWS §6. Conflict of Laws – The Rome I and Rome II-Regulations (p. 205) §7. The Posting of Workers Directive (p. 233) §8. The Brussels Ia-Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments (p. 257) PART 3. PROTECTION OF PERSONALITY RIGHTS CHAPTER 1. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAW§9. The Principle of Equality and Prohibitions of Discrimination – General Part: Sources of Law and Instruments of Protection (p. 273) §10. Prohibition of Sex Discrimination (p. 331) §11. Race Discrimination Directive (p. 369) §12. The Equal Treatment Framework Directive (Religion, Belief, Disability, Age and Sexual Orientation) (p. 375) CHAPTER 2. DATA PROTECTION§13. General Data Protection Regulation (p. 413) PART 4. INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT LAW CHAPTER 1. EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS§14. The Transparency Directive (p. 447) §15. Whistleblower Directive (p. 475) CHAPTER 2. WORKERS’ SAFETY AND HEALTH§16. The Safety and Health Framework Directive (p. 499) §17. The Working Time Directive (p. 519) CHAPTER 3. ATYPICAL FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT§18. Atypical Forms of Employment – Overview and General Part (p. 559) §19. The Part-Time Work Directive (p. 571) §20. The Fixed-Term Work Directive (p. 591) §21. The Temporary Agency Work Directive (p. 619) §22. The Temporary Work Health and Safety Directive (p. 641) CHAPTER 4. PROTECTION OF SPECIFIC GROUPS OF WORKERS§23. The Maternity Protection Directive (p. 647) §24. The Parental and Carers’ Leave Directive (p. 673) §25. The Young People at Work Directive (p. 693) CHAPTER 5. EMPLOYEE PROTECTION IN BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY§26. The Collective Redundancies Directive (p. 705) §27. The Transfer of Undertakings Directive – With an Appendix on the Takeover Directive (p. 735) §28. The Insolvency Protection Directive (p. 803) PART 5. COLLECTIVE EMPLOYMENT LAW §29. European Law on Employee Involvement – Introduction and Overview (p. 823) §30. The Information and Consultation Framework Directive (p. 845) §31. The European Works Council Directive (p. 863) §32. Employee Involvement in the European Company and in the European Cooperative Society (p. 903) §33. Cross-Border Structural Measures (Conversion, Merger, Division) and Employee Participation (p. 943) §34. Employee Involvement in the European Private Company (p. 977)

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Book SynopsisThis open access book discusses how, and to what extent, the legal and institutional regimes and the socio-cultural environments of a range of European countries (the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK), in the framework of EU laws and policies, have a beneficial or negative impact on the effective capacity of these countries to integrate migrants, refugees and asylum seekers into their labour markets. The analysis builds on the understanding of socio-cultural, institutional and legal factors as “barriers” or “enablers”; elements that may facilitate or obstruct the integration processes. The book examines the two dimensions of integration being access to the labour market (which, translated into a rights language means the right to work) with its corollaries (recognition of qualifications, vocational training, etc.), and non-discriminatory working conditions (which, translated into a rights language means right to both formal and substantial equality) and its corollaries of benefits and duties deriving from joining the labour market. It thereby offers a novel approach to labour market integration and migration/asylum issues given its focus on legal aspects, which includes most recent policy changes and legal decisions (including litigation cases). The robust, evidence-based and comparative research illustrated in the book provides academics and students, but also practitioners and policy makers, with up to date knowledge that will likely impact positively on policy changes needed to better address integration conundrums.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Europe’s Legal Peripheries: Migration, Asylum and the European Labour Market.- Chapter 2. Between Numbers and Political Drivers: What Matters in Policy-Making.- Chapter 3. Tightening Asylum and Migration Law and Narrowing the Access to European Countries: A Comparative Discussion.- Chapter 4. Migrant integration and the role of the EU.- Chapter 5. “Enchanted with Europe”: Family Migration and European Law on Labour-Market Integration.- Chapter 6. Governing through Rituals: Regulatory Ritualism in Czech Migration and Integration Policy.- Chapter 7. Accessing the Danish Labour Market: On the coexistence of legal barriers and enabling factors.- Chapter 8. Legal Issues Affecting Labour Market Integration of Migrants in Finland.- Chapter 9. Between Reception, Legal Stay and Integration in a Changing Migration Landscape in Greece.- Chapter 10. The labour market needs them, but we don’t want them to stay for good: the conundrum of MRA integration in Italy.- Chapter 11. 'Fortress' Switzerland? Challenges to Integrating Migrants, Refugees and Asylum-Seekers.- Chapter 12. Regulating Fortress Britain: Migrants, Refugees and Asylum Applicants in the British Labour Market.

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Book SynopsisThe challenges that labour law currently faces are well known. The emergence of new forms of work and the growing importance of technology in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are important tests of the resilience of this field of law and its function: regulating the labour market. Therefore, it is becoming increasingly important to examine the fundamentals of labour law, especially how subordinate labour is addressed in various countries’ constitutions, in order to focus the analysis of the new phenomena affecting labour relations on their fundamental frameworks.In this context, this book puts forward an overarching framework that reflects how the Italian, German, French, Portuguese, and Spanish constitutions view labour in terms of both collective and individual relations – particularly the right to collective bargaining, the right to strikes and lock-outs, job security, and the right to remuneration – without losing sight of each Constitution's historical and political context.The aim of this book is therefore to provide an overview of the labour law frameworks in the constitutions of these legal systems and to show, by means of practical examples, how the law concretely implements them. Accordingly, it provides notes on the legal treatment of the topics analysed, serving as a practical guide for the study of these matters in the respective jurisdictions.This book will be of interest to all students and scholars of labour law looking for an overview of the topics covered in all five jurisdictions.Table of Contents 1.Introduction.- 2.Constitutionalisation of Labour Law.- 3.Horizontal application of fundamental rights.- 4.Collective Labour Law.- 5.Individual Labour Law.

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Book SynopsisThrough time use surveys, this report breaks down the ways in which women contribute to the rural economy in Tajikistan through their paid and unpaid work.Gender equality is guaranteed in the legal and policy framework in Tajikistan, but its implementation faces challenges, especially in rural areas. Through time use surveys, this report breaks down the ways in which women contribute to the rural economy through their paid and unpaid work. Analyzing the impact of gendered roles in care and domestic work, as well as in work outside the household, this report calls for increased public investment to address welfare needs including in universally accessible, high-quality care services, and cash transfers to women. The report emphasizes the need to relax constraints on women's time and improve their access to the labor market.

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Book SynopsisOver the last fifty years in the United States, unions have been in deep decline, while income and wealth inequality have grown. In this timely work, editors Richard Bales and Charlotte Garden - with a roster of thirty-five leading labor scholars - analyze these trends and show how they are linked. Designed to appeal to those being introduced to the field as well as experts seeking new insights, this book demonstrates how federal labor law is failing today''s workers and disempowering unions; how union jobs pay better than nonunion jobs and help to increase the wages of even nonunion workers; and how, when union jobs vanish, the wage premium also vanishes. At the same time, the book offers a range of solutions, from the radical, such as a complete overhaul of federal labor law, to the incremental, including reforms that could be undertaken by federal agencies on their own.Trade Review'Charlotte Garden and Rick Bales have brought together an impressive group of experts to provide a comprehensive look at how our labor laws could and should be strengthened to give workers more collective bargaining power. This book is a valuable contribution to the public debate around a critically important issue at a critically important time.' Lynn Rhineheart, Economic Policy Institute, and former general counsel, AFL-CIO'At a time of increasing income inequality and declining union power, this much-needed volume provides many smart and provocative ideas on how to overhaul our nation's labor laws in order to strengthen unions, increase worker power, and, most important, lift America's more than 150 million workers. In this book, a who's who of labor experts provide one thoughtful essay after another on many of the key issues that unions and workers face today.' Steven Greenhouse, long-time labor journalist and author of Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor'In a year of teacher strikes for the public good, private-sector flight attendants standing strong on behalf of locked-out federal workers, and New York state farmworkers just winning a century-long struggle for collective bargaining rights, this book is exceptionally timely and relevant. Richard Bates and Charlotte Garden have chosen an outstanding group of scholars who are refreshingly forward-looking while still being grounded in the daily reality faced by workers and unions.' Kate Bronfenbrenner, Cornell University'The Cambridge Handbook of US Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century is an important resource. It provides a range of opinion and is rich in thought-provoking ideas. It should soon be on the bookshelves of practitioners, scholars, policy makers, and activists - indeed, anyone interested in labor law and policy, worker rights and activism, unions and employers, collective bargaining, economic fairness, and democracy.' Wilma B. Liebman, former chairman, National Labor Relations Board, and professor, author, and advisor on labor law and workplace policy'The Cambridge Handbook of U.S. Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century represents a highly valuable tool for both the scholars and the practicing lawyers to address practical issues and de lege ferenda policies surveying a wide range of topics in a synthetic and clear way, whose analysis is frequently neglected or underestimated by most.' Prof. Dr Andrea Borroni, Contemporary Labour Law Review'The Handbook of US Labor Law for the Twenty-First Century performs several valuable roles: it is a primer on the current state of the organized labor movement and on the economic, political, social, and cultural consequences of its weakness … In assembling such a large and diverse group of contributors, the Handbook can realistically claim to represent the best of what is on offer in addressing all of these crucial topics for discussion and action.' Christopher Tomlins, Law & Social InquiryTable of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Union trends Richard Bales; 2. The consequences of union decline Jake Rosenfeld; Part II. Labor Law Is Out of Date: 3. Yesterday's labor law and today's challenges Cynthia Estlund; 4. The National Labor Relations Board in the twenty-first century William B. Gould, IV; 5. Beyond the race to the bottom: reforming labor law preemption to allow state experimentation Charlotte Garden; 6. Union rights for all: towards sectoral bargaining in the United States Kate Andrias; 7. Public sector innovations: valuing voice Ann C. Hodges and Martin H. Malin; 8. Combatting union monopoly power: the contrast between pre- and post-new deal legal regimes Richard A. Epstein; 9. The case for repealing the firm exemption to antitrust (a modest proposal; or, a response to Professor Epstein) Sanjukta Paul; 10. Make labor organizing a civil right Richard Kahlenberg and Moshe Marvit; Part III. The 'Fissured' Workplace: 11. Some problems with NLRA coverage: independent contractors and joint employers Joseph Slater; 12. Reinventing employers Jeffrey Hirsch; 13. The problem of 'misclassification' or how to define who is an 'employee' under protective legislation in the information age Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt; 14. Rupture and invention: the changing nature of work and the implications for social policy Katherine V. W. Stone; 15. Contemplating new categories of workers: technology and the fissured workplace Miriam A. Cherry; 16. Balancing flexibility and rigidity: do unions make sense in the on-demand economy? Seth Oranburg and Liya Palagashvili; Part IV. Barriers to Forming a Collective Bargaining Relationship: 17. Tactical mismatch in union organizing drives Charlotte Garden; 18. The power of place Michael M. Oswalt; 19. Assembly and collective rights Marion Crain; 20. Leveraging secondary activity within and outside legal boundaries Anne Marie Lofaso; 21. Captive audience meetings: the right not to attend Paul M. Secunda; Part V. Barriers to Bargaining a Good Contract: 22. Obtaining a first contract after winning recognition David Rosenfeld; 23. Advancing global labor standards: potential and limits of international labor law for worker-rights advocacy in the United States Lance Compa; 24. Organizing for workplace rights when immigration law discourages it Leticia M. Saucedo; 25. The central role of the right to strike Julius Getman; 26. Organizational power for workers within the firm Matthew T. Bodie; 27. Returning members-only collective bargaining to the American workplace: how to restore labor's countervailing power Charles J. Morris: Part VI. Unions, Civil Society, and Culture: 28. Can labor law reform encourage robust economic democracy? Brishen Rogers; 29. Union security for the twenty-first century Catherine L. Fisk; 30. Union membership and the Ghent system Matthew Dimick; 31. Principled hope: labor law reform from an alt-labor perspective Cesar F. Rosado Marzan; 32. Politically engaged unionism: the culinary workers union in Las Vegas Ruben J. Garcia; 33. Union commitment to racial diversity Michael Z. Green; 34. The economics of minimum wage regulations Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde; 35. The role of labor research and education in the labor movement of the twenty-first century: the UCLA Labor Center and the CLEAN Carwash Campaign Victor Narro; Index.

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Book SynopsisThere are many new realities confronting labor in the United States. Technology is redefining traditional employment, and globalization continues moving manufacturing as well as service jobs to lower-cost jurisdictions. This timely sixth edition discusses the recent political developments that impact American labor, as well as new court cases and the social and economic issues that American workers are confronting. For union and employer representatives and labor lawyers, alike this volume not only describes the labor law system briefly and clearly, but also attempts to further an understanding among workers, unions, and businesses in order to promote an improved working environment. Professor William B. Gould, IV brings to this work more than a half-century of experience as a practicing labor lawyer and academic, as well as practical exposure to the relationship between administrative agencies and the public.Trade Review'William B. Gould IV expertly informs analysis of how American labor law faces a crisis of indifference to the needs and interests of the workforce by drawing on his rich lifetime of experience in adjudicating and resolving labor disputes, advising policy makers, and studying the intricacies of labor law. The sixth edition of his Primer clarifies where the law is today, and provides clear and insightful signals of where it needs to go tomorrow.' Thomas A. Kochan, George M. Bunker Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'Gould's latest A Primer on American Labor Law is a bible for union members, elected leaders and staff that explains the legal constraints and opportunities for almost every situation. Using this book before consulting with lawyers will make your conversations more productive and could save you some billable hours.' Craig Merrilees, International Longshore and Warehouse Union'Professor Gould IV does it again. The sixth edition A Primer on American Labor Law, is a comprehensive, yet incredibly accessible exploration into the intricacies of American labor law. It covers everything - history, legal doctrine, policy and practical considerations! A must read for anyone interested in understanding the US workplace.' Rafael Gely, James E. Campbell Missouri Endowed Professor of Law, University of Missouri'A Primer on American Labor Law is an invaluable overview of labor law in the United States that is also readable and quite accessible to non-lawyers. We regularly commend it to our clients as well as to young attorneys who are novices in the field of labor law. Professor Gould IV has now updated his primer to review the extremely significant developments of the last five years, including last year's Supreme Court decision in the Janus case. Well worth reading for experienced labor law practitioners as well as for newcomers.' John Provost, Beeson, Tayer & BodineTable of Contents1. An overview; 2. Industrial relations and labor law before modern legislation; 3. The National Labor Relations Act and related labor law; 4. Unfair labor practices; 5. Establishing the collective bargaining relationship: organization and recognition; 6. Economic pressure and bargaining tactics in the established relationship; 7. Remedies, the Labor Reform Bill of 1978, and the Employee Free Choice Bill of 2009; 8. Dispute resolution in the established relationship; 9. The duty of fair representation; 10. The public sector; 11. Public-interest labor law; 12. Labor in professional sports: collective bargaining and dispute resolution procedures; 13. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to rebalance the relationship between comparison and justification to achieve more effective equality and non-discrimination law. As one of the most distinguished equality lawyers of his generation, having appeared in over 40 cases in the House of Lords and the Supreme Court and many leading cases in the Court of Justice, Robin Allen QC is well placed to explore this critical issue. He shows how the principle of equality is nothing if not founded on apt comparisons. By examining the changing way men and women''s work has been compared over the last 100 years he shows the importance of understanding the framework for comparison. With these insights, he addresses contemporary problems of age discrimination and conflict of equality rights.Table of Contents1. Why comparisons matter?; 2. Establishing an effective right to equal pay for equal work; 3. Comparing across the ages; 4. Comparisons when equality rights are in conflict.

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Book SynopsisBennett-Alexander and Hartman''s

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