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Book SynopsisThe ongoing austerity crisis is being felt in all sectors of EU law, but has had a particularly severe impact on labour law. Silvana Sciarra, a leading judge and scholar of EU employment law, considers how solidarity regimes have been shaken by the crisis. She brings together existing European policies in social and employment law, to enhance synergies and developments in a post-crisis discourse. She looks at reactions of national constitutional courts to austerity measures and of international organizations in re-establishing respect of fundamental workers'' rights. Criticizing soft law approaches in employment policies, she favours recourse to binding measures connected with selective financial incentives through European funds. She highlights developments in European sector social dialogue and new horizons of transnational collective bargaining in large multinationals. Taking a positive, practical approach, Sciarra shows how social policies can enhance solidarity and social cohesion, through European financial support.Trade Review'[The book is] highly recommended for academic legal scholars and EU and national policy makers who would like to gain new innovative insights into the concept of solidarity, at EU law and beyond, as well as understanding of the implications of the relationship between solidarity and conflict in European social law.' Effrosyni Bakirtzi, European Journal of Social SecurityTable of Contents1. Europe in time of crisis; 2. Employment policies; 3. Beyond European 'governance' inside the global crisis; 4. Conflict and the uncertain shape of transnational solidarity: Viking and Laval; 5. Voices from global law; 6. Integration and disintegration.

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Book SynopsisThe Enlargement States Compared Poland: A New Giant Joins the EU The Czech Republic: Between the Problems and Joys of Life Hungary: Reform on a Zig-Zag Course Slovakia: Carpathian Land with Spirit Slovenia: Primus in Central Europe Estonia: The Baltic Tiger Prepares to Spring Latvia: Economic Growth Champion Lithuania: The Long Road Home to Europe Malta: Merging Tradition and Renewal Cyprus: The Divided Mediterranean IslandTrade ReviewEndorsements from the German edition of the book: 'This investment guide provides the answers to all important questions regarding market entry or regional expansion. The book informs in a succinct, clear and understandable way. A must for all who consider a commitment in the new EU countries. But also for those who want to participate in the discussion about the economic situation of Germany and migration of businesses abroad.' - Dr. Krimphove, Professor of European Business Law, University of Paderborn, Germany 'The expansion of the European Union offers huge chances for a number of industries. This competent and clear structured description of investment and market conditions facilitates strategic market entries in Central and Eastern Europe for companies of any size.' - Ulrich Pascheke, Human Resource Director, Volkwagen Motor Polska, Polkowice, Poland 'The accession of ten new EU members marks a turning point in history: The former communist countries receive the same rights as the old members. This offers many chances for companies as markets open up. Whoever wants to seize them, needs a solid basis of information. This book provides it.' - Dieter Rampl, CEO, HVB Group 'In recent years we find strong and well-defined economic systems in the Central and Eastern European states. The authors describe the market conditions in these countries and point to new possibilities for entrepreneurial commitment. Whoever wants to discover the enlarged Europe from an economic point of view cannot miss out on this book.' - Dr. Klaus Hartmann, CFO, Matav, Hungarian Subsidiary of Deutsche TelekomTable of ContentsThe Enlargement States Compared Poland: A New Giant Joins the EU The Czech Republic: Between the Problems and Joys of Life Hungary: Reform on a Zig-Zag Course Slovakia: Carpathian Land with Spirit Slovenia: Primus in Central Europe Estonia: The Baltic Tiger Prepares to Spring Latvia: Economic Growth Champion Lithuania: The Long Road Home to Europe Malta: Merging Tradition and Renewal Cyprus: The Divided Mediterranean Island

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Book SynopsisThis collection addresses the potential of the European Social Charter to promote and safeguard social rights in Europe. Drawing on the expertise of the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights expert network from across Europe, it provides a comprehensive commentary on these fundamental rights. Taking a two part approach, it offers an in-depth legal analysis of the European Social Charter as a new social constitution for Europe, investigating first the potential of the general legal frame in which the Charter is embedded. In the second phase a series of social rights which are related to the employment relation are examined in particular in light of the jurisprudence of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR), to demonstrate the crucial but difficult role of the Charter's supervisory bodies to secure the respect and promotion of social rights and national level, bearing in mind the reciprocal influence of other international social rights instruments. This examination is timely, given the pressure exerted on those rights during the recent period of economic crisis. Furthermore, in the light of the predominantly economic vision of Europe, such analysis is crucial. The collection is aimed at stimulating academic scrutiny and raising awareness amongst practitioners and trade unions about this important and equally necessary anchor of the social dimension of Europe in legal and political practice.Trade ReviewOne of the book's strengths is that, from a methodological perspective, it is written in a systematic and transparent manner, allowing the reader to locate the desired information with ease ... One can only hope that the reviewed collection will stimulate further academic scrutiny and will significantly raise awareness amongst practitioners and trade unions about, as the authors eloquently put it in the foreword, the 'necessary anchor of the social dimensions of the European Union in legal and political practice. -- Primož Rataj * European Journal of Social Security *Table of ContentsPart I: General Part The European Social Charter as the Social Constitution of Europe Olivier De Schutter Interpretation Klaus Lörcher Implementation: Article I Teun Jaspers Restrictions: Article G Aristea Koukiadaki The Charter’s Supervisory Procedures Stefan Clauwaert Part II: Specific Articles Article 1: The Right to Work Simon Deakin Article 2: The Right to Just Conditions of Work Klaus Lörcher Article 3: The Right to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions Klaus Lörcher Article 4: The Right to a Fair Remuneration Zoe Adams and Simon Deakin Article 5: The Right to Organise Antoine Jacobs Article 6: The Right to Bargain Collectively: A Matrix for Industrial Relations Filip Dorssemont Article 7: The Right of Children and Young Persons to Protection Isabelle Schömann Article 8: The Right of Women to Maternity Protection Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky Article 15: The Right of Disabled Persons to Vocational Training, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Isabelle Schömann Article 19§4: The Right of Migrant Workers and Their Families to Protection and Assistance Stefan Clauwaert Article 20: The Right to Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment in Matters of Employment and Occupation without Discrimination on The Grounds of Sex Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky Article 21: The Right to Information and Consultation Bruno Veneziani Article 22: The Right to Take Part in the Determination and Improvement of the Working Conditions and Working Environment Niklas Bruun Article 24: The Right to Protection in Cases of Termination of Employment Mélanie Schmitt Article 26: The Right to Dignity at Work Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky Article 27: The Right of Workers with Family Responsibilities to Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment Isabelle Schömann Article 28: The Right of Workers’ Representatives to Protection in the Undertaking and Facilities to Be Accorded to Them Niklas Bruun Article 29: The Right to Information and Consultation in Collective Redundancy Procedures Bruno Veneziani Article E: Non-Discrimination Csilla Kollonay-Lehoczky Conclusions—The Potentials for the Charter to be Used Niklas Bruun, Klaus Lörcher, Isabelle Schömann and Stefan Clauwaert

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Book SynopsisWorkplace Violence and Harassment: A Forensic Investigation Handbook is a definitive manual for those tasked with screening and conducting workplace investigations of varying severity, sensitivity, and complexity.The opening chapter delves into the definition of workplace violence and discusses how different organizations have attempted to carve out policies to reflect its often interpretive nature. The second chapter examines the definitions of workplace harassment and sexual harassment and misconduct. It discusses the challenges investigators and organizations alike may face if a workplace has tolerated such behavior in the past and is now actively investigating such claims. Through a forensic and investigative lens, Chapter 3 addresses discrimination in the workplace and poisoned or toxic environments.Chapter 4 looks at how an investigator should begin the process of a formal inquiry and whether an impartial third party should be brought into the investigation. In Chapter 5, readers examine best practices for conducting investigative interviews, from constructing interview questions to selecting interview spaces to documenting and recording interactions with all parties involved. The closing chapter addresses what comes after the completion of all interviews and the delivery of investigative reports, as well as how investigators can remain safe and healthy throughout the process.Workplace Violence and Harassment is a unique and critical guide for future and practicing human resource managers, private corporate investigators, and corporate legal counsel.

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Book SynopsisThe need for a legislative framework for ensuring equality of opportunity is not seriously questioned in the UK. However,despite the presence on the Statute book of various significant pieces legislation dating back to the mid 1970s, there remain deep-seated structural disadvantages which blight the lives of many women, Black and Asian people, and disabled persons. The Stephen Lawrence inquiry report highlighted the presence of institutionalised racism in the police. Similar barriers can also be found in other public services and in private sector organisations. There are also insistent demands for the extension of legislation to cover discrimination on other grounds such as religion, age and sexual orientation. Discriminatory behaviour cannot be remedied by legislation alone, or simply by the actions of government, courts and tribunals and Commissions. Political and social leadership, customer and peer pressure, the development of good practices and campaigning all have a crucial part to play. Employers, trade unions, social organisations and clubs, service providers and individuals all have to take voluntary action to achieve the goals of the legislation. One thing that is clear is that the present legislation is badly in need of modernisation. The present acts are outdated, piecemeal and inconsistent. They fall short of the standards set by EU law, international human rights law, and the Human Rights Act. In writing this report, the authors set out to develop an accessible and cost-effective legislative framework for ensuring equality of opportunity, and to propose other measures which will promote equal opportunity policies and spur compliance with those policies. In the course of preparing the report they have considered experience in other countries. They have heard from many individuals and organisations who have either experienced the effects of discrimination or attempted to counter it. They conducted a survey of employers in Britain, Northern Ireland and the USA, which shows that human resource managers are looking for a new more inclusive approach not only to prevent discrimination but also to provide positively for the fair participation of all groups. These views, together with those of an advisory group drawn from government, the Commissions, and tribunals, as well as a panel of academic and practising lawyers, form the backdrop to the recommendations contained in this report. Coming at a time when the Government is committed to introducing new equality legislation the report is bound to be highly influential. It will be essential reading for all those interested in human rights, discrimination and employment law, and human resources management. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - Aims and Methodology Ch. 1 - Why a new famework is needed Ch. 2 - Harmonising legislation and institutions Ch. 3 - Changing organisational policy and behaviour Ch. 4 - Making procedures and remedies more effective Appendices The research was sponsored by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Nuffield Foundation, and was conducted under the auspices of the Centre for Public Law and the Judge Institute of Management Studies in the University of Cambridge.Trade ReviewThis Report is written in a fluent and straightforward style. The approach adopted, which lists recommendations relevant to the topic discussed at the end of each paragraph, is particularly useful. This Report is a valuable and welcome contribution to the development of an important principle and the relevant legislation.I would recommend it...The price makes this report accessible. Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law June 2002 The report lays out the best short description of the present state of anti-discrimination law in the United Kingdom that I am aware of, presents a clear description of the failings of that law and proposes that a new, fourth generation law be enacted to sustain what is good in the present scheme, to remedy what is less than adequate and to take U.K. anti-discrimination law to the cutting edge. The authors are to be admired for a first class job that attempts a number of interesting techniques that will certainly influence how future projects for the reform of the law will be structured. Michael J. Zimmer, Seton Hall University Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal September 2002 ...Equality: A New Framework is such an important document. It scrutinises all aspects of discrimination and unequal treatment, providing new solutions aimed at achieving equality of opportunity. [it] offers the first real attempt to define the kind of legal rights, which all members of discriminated against groups, should have. Sonia McKay, Labour Research Department Industrial Law Journal February 2003 The comprehensive nature of the analysis and the extensive scope of the consultation, the quality and esteem of the expert advisory panel and the independence of the review team in particular makes the report a credible and important commentary. Muriel Robison Scolag Legal Journal February 2003Table of ContentsWhy a new framework is needed: challenges to the present framework - outdated legislation, the law of the European Union, devolution, the Human Rights Act 1998, summary; the changing face of discrimination and disadvantage: social structure and attitudes, the labour market and unemployment, the gender pay gap, discrimination; changed social and employment practices; towards a new framework. Harmonising legislation and institutions: a single statute? - defects of the present framework, how to harmonise; principles; the concepts of equality and discrimination - direct discrimination, victimisation, knowledge, intention and motivation, indirect discrimination, equality of opportunity, fair participation and fair access, interpretative principles; justification of discrimination - direct discrimination, disability discrimination, genuine occupational qualification, reasonable adjustments, positive action; harassment and bullying; grounds of discrimination - general considerations, specific grounds; harmonising or merging the commissions - a single commission?, structure of a single commission. Changing organisational policy and behaviour: regulatory strategies; duty on public authorities to promote equality - purposes, principles, scope, equality schemes, which authorities and functions?, enforcement; employment equity - lessons from the USA, Northern Ireland, a scheme for Britain; pay equity - introduction, EOC and TUC proposals, the Ontario Pay Equity Act, enforcement of pay equity schemes, relationship of pay equity to individual right, pay comparisons; contract and subsidy compliance - meaning, practice in Britain, Northern Ireland, objections and justifications, restrictions under EC law, proposals. Making procedures and remedies more effective: specialisation and training - a specialist division?, training of chairmen, lay members, the title of "chairman"; jurisdiction - employment appeal tribunal and county and sheriff courts - transfer of cases to the Employment Appeal Tribunal, county and sheriff court cases; pre-hearing matters - unmeritorious cases, interlocutory hearings, questionnaire procedure, class actions and group litigation, equal pay claims; the hearing - length of hearings, legal help and representation, burden of proof; time limits; remedies - compensation, exemplary (punitive) and aggravated damages, reinstatement and re-engagement, power to make recommendations, interim relief; costs; conciliation, mediation and arbitration. Appendices: findings from employer case studies; legislation; comparison of legislation; consultations and interviews; selected bibliography; research team, advisory committee and panel of experts; working papers.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses key challenges and conflicts arising in extractive industries (mining, oil drilling) concerning the human rights of workers, their families, local communities and other stakeholders. Further, it analyses various instruments that have sought to mitigate human rights violations by defining transparency-related obligations and participation rights. These include the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), disclosure requirements, and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The book critically assesses these instruments, demonstrating that, in some cases, they produce unwanted effects. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of resistance to extractive industry projects as a response to human rights violations, and discusses how transparency, participation and resistance are interconnected.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part One: Transparency.- The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a Human Rights Instrument: Potentials and Shortcomings.- United States Law and Conflict Minerals.- The 2017 EU Conflict Minerals Regulation: A Promising European Rite to Remove the Natural Resource Curse?.- Community Development Agreements as Tools for Local Participation in Natural Resource Projects in Africa.- Stabilization Clauses and Human Rights: The Role of Transparency Initiatives.- Improving Tax Strategy Transparency in the Extractive Industries Sector for the Advancement of Human Rights.- Part II: Participation.- The Evolving Duty to Consult and Obtain Free Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples for Extractive Projects in the United States and Canada.- Asserting the Principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Extractive Industry Sector.- The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Consultation Rights in the Americas: How the Inter-American System Can Better Promote Free, Prior, and Informed Consent.- Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Philippines: A Fourth World Critique.- Norm Contestation and (Non-)Compliance: The Right to Prior Consultation and FPIC in the Extractive Industries.- State-Investor Contracts and Human Rights: Taking a Critical Look at Transparency and Participation.- Disruption and Institutional Development: Corporate Standards and Practices on Responsible Mining.- Part III: Resistance.- Taking Sides in Scientific Research? The Struggle for the Right to Participate in Public Decision-Making Related to a Mining Project in Brazil.- Building the Case for a Home-State Grievance Mechanism: Law Reform Strategies in the Canadian Resource Justice Movement.- Transnational Human Rights and Environmental Litigation: A Study of Case Law Relating to Shell in Nigeria.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part I - Pension Systems.- Main and Supplementary Pension Protection.- Coordination of Pension Systems.- Part II - Pension Benefits.- Coordination of Pensions.- Funded schemes and the “Mobility of Pension Rights”.- Part III - Pension Loss.- Anti-overlapping and the Case-Law.- Practical Effects of the Anti-overlapping Rules.- Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis​Kenntnisse im Personalrecht spielen in den Rechts-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften sowie in der beruflichen Praxis eine große Rolle. Die leicht verständliche, praxisnahe Einführung in die Grundlagen beschreibt die Themengebiete des Personalrechts mit den Schwerpunkten Individual- und Kollektivarbeitsrecht sowie Aspekten des Lohns und der Sozialversicherung. Die rechtliche Materie wird auch für Nichtjuristen so greifbar an praktischen Beispielen, Schaubildern und Mustertexten dargestellt, dass HR-Praktiker dieses Buch nutzbringend im Berufsalltag einsetzen können.Table of ContentsStellenausschreibung und Bewerbungsgespräch.- Arbeitsvertrag.- Rechte und Pflichten im Arbeitsverhältnis.- Besonderheiten für Beamte.- Sozialversicherungsrechtliche Aspekte.- Lohn und Lohnsteuer.- Haftung des Arbeitnehmers.- Kündigung.- Arbeitsschutz.- Spezielle Probleme der Arbeitssicherheit.- Mobbing.- Alkohol und Drogen am Arbeitsplatz.- Rauchen im Betrieb.- Arbeitsunfähigkeit.- Kurzarbeit.- Dienstreisen.- Mitarbeiterüberwachung.- Datenschutz.- Betriebsrat.- Tarifvertrag.- Streik und Aussperrung.- Arbeitsgericht und Prozess.

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Book SynopsisDiese übersichtliche und verständliche Einführung in die Grundstrukturen des Schwerbehindertenarbeitsrechts ist als Praxislehrbuch konzipiert, das sich zum Studium ebenso wie als ideales Nachschlagewerk für Arbeitgeber, HR-Verantwortliche und Arbeitnehmer anbietet. Insbesondere Arbeitgeber, die behinderte, schwerbehinderte Personen oder ihnen gleichgestellte Personen beschäftigen, müssen bei Einstellung, Prävention, Personalentwicklung und Kündigung von Menschen mit Einschränkungen den gesetzlichen Regelungen genau entsprechen. Dieses Lehrbuch vermittelt das notwendige Grundlagenwissen. Viele Mustertexte, Beispielrechnungen und Praxisfälle helfen zum besseren Verständnis und steigern den Praxiswert der Darstellung.Table of ContentsBegriff der Behinderung und Schwerbehinderung.- Gleichstellung mit schwerbehinderten Personen.- Feststellung der Behinderung.- Nachteilsausgleiche und Merkzeichen.- Schwerbehindertenquote und Ausgleichsabgabe.- Gesetze.- Institutionen und Gremien.- Werkstatt für behinderte Menschen.- Begleitende Hilfe im Arbeitsleben.- Diskriminierung von Menschen mit Behinderung.- Mobbing.- Arbeitsrechtliche Besonderheiten für behinderte Menschen.- Betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement.- Besonderer Kündigungsschutz.- Kündigungsschutzklage.- Datenschutz.- Anhang Versorgungsmedizin-Verordnung.

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Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Herausgeberband widmet sich der Anerkennung ausländischer Qualifikationen. Neben der Bedeutung von Anerkennung im gesellschaftlichen Kontext werden auf struktureller Ebene Rechtsgrundlagen und die Anerkennungsberatung vorgestellt. Anhand realer Anerkennungsbescheide erfolgt eine explorative Analyse von Struktureffekten durch das Anerkennungsgesetz, der sprachlichen Verständlichkeit und inhaltlichen Verwertbarkeit der Bescheide. Ergänzend werden Arbeitsmarktchancen und Einflussfaktoren der Integration von Migrant/innen eruiert. Einen Blick in die Praxis liefern Einschätzungen von Beratern zum Anerkennungsgesetz und Fallbeispiele aus der Anerkennungsberatung.Der Herausgeberband stellt die Forschungsergebnisse des Teilvorhabens „Anerkennung von im Ausland erworbenen Qualifikationen“ der Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (HdBA) dar. Die HdBA ist im Verbund mit der Fachhochschule der Diakonie (FHdD) Projektnehmerin im Rahmen der vom BMBF geförderten Qualifizierungsinitiative „Aufstieg durch Bildung – offene Hochschulen“. Bund und Länder wollen mit der im Jahr 2011 ausgeschriebenen Initiative die Bildungschancen aller Bürgerinnen und Bürger steigern. Dieses Vorhaben wird aus Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung und aus dem Europäischen Sozialfonds der Europäischen Union gefördert. Der Europäische Sozialfonds ist das zentrale arbeitsmarktpolitische Förderinstrument der Europäischen Union. Er leistet einen Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Beschäftigung durch Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit, des Unternehmergeistes, der Anpassungsfähigkeit sowie der Chancengleichheit und der Investition in die Humanressourcen.Table of ContentsTeil 1: Die Bedeutung von Anerkennung in der Gesellschaft.- 1 Bedeutung von Anerkennung in der Gesellschaft.- Teil 2: Anerkennungsgesetz und Anerkennungsverfahren.- 2 Rechtlicher Rahmen der Anerkennung.- 3 Stand und Perspektiven der Anerkennungsberatung zu ausländischen Berufsabschlüssen.- 4 Informell und non-formal erworbene Kompetenzen anerkennen:Das BQFG als Ansatzpunkt.- Teil 3: Anerkennungsbescheide.- 5 Strukturelle und inhaltliche Veränderungen von Anerkennungsbescheiden vor und nach Inkrafttreten des BQFG.- 6 Sprachliche Verständlichkeit von Anerkennungsbescheiden.- 7 Inhaltliche Verwertbarkeit von Anerkennungsbescheiden für Antragsteller und weitere interessierte Akteure.- Teil 4: Erfahrungen aus der Praxis.- 8 Das Anerkennungsgesetz – Erfahrungen und Einschätzungen von Beratern.- 9 Arbeitsmarktchancen in Abhängigkeit von Anerkennungsstatus von im Ausland erworbenen Qualifikationen.- 10 Ausgewählte Einflussfaktoren der Integration: Wanderungsmotiv, Netzwerke, Sprache.- 11 Berufsorientierte Integrationsberatung für Erwachsene mit Zuwanderungsgeschichte am Beispiel der AWO Düsseldorf.

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Book SynopsisGegenstand und Ziele der Untersuchung.- Begriff und Entstehungsgeschichte.- Praktische wirtschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Bedeutung von Hinweisgebern.- Rechtsentwicklung in Deutschland hin zum Status quo ante.- Status quo des Hinweisgeberschutzes im deutschen Recht.- Unionsgrundrechtliche Vorgaben für den Hinweisgeberschutz.- Aufbau und Grundzüge der Hinweisgeberrichtlinie.- Voraussetzungen und Rechtsfolgen geschützten Whistleblowings nach der Hinweisgeberschutz Richtlinie.- Umsetzungsbedarf der Hinweisgeberrichtlinie für den Schutz von Hinweisgeber-Arbeitnehmern im deutschen Recht.- Vertraulichkeitsschutz in Hinweisgeberfällen unter Berücksichtigung des Daten- und Geschäftsgeheimnisschutzes.- Fazit.- Literaturverzeichnis.

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

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Book SynopsisThis book contains 11 country reports that outline the legal bases for the protection of economically-dependent workers in labour and social security law. In addition, a comparative analysis explores the characteristics of such workers and the regulatory models for their legal protection as well as pointing out protection gaps. Further contributions evaluate the impact of international law and European law on the legal protection of economically-dependent workers and highlight the need for future developments.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an all-encompassing and timely analysis of the EU regulatory framework deriving from the enactment of Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages. In the first part, the book discusses the function of minimum wage policies in contemporary labour markets and the role of social partners and collective bargaining in governing minimum wage determinants and trends. The second part provides an article-by-article commentary of the Directive, including insights on crucial aspects such as the EU competence to intervene on wages, the concept of minimum wage adequacy, and the measurement and promotion of collective bargaining coverage. The third part assesses the impact of the Directive across the EU, focusing on the main systemic implications of the Directive as well as on the structural changes that Member States will need to implement.With contributions written by scholars and stakeholders from across Europe, the book sheds light on one of labour

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Book SynopsisThis is a topical area for the courts, which have moved to imply various limitations or tests on decision makers powers and when they can be challenged. This is made more difficult for lay users and lawyers alike in that implied restrictions are (by definition) not apparent from the words of the relevant contract itself. These limits are applied by the courts not just to fiduciaries (such as trustees or directors), but also to non-fiduciaries (eg banks and employers). Recent case law includes: · Pitt v Holt (SC) – trustee decisions (2013) · Braganza (SC) – contractual discretions (2015) · Eclairs (SC) – directors powers: proper purposes (2015) · IBM UK Holdings v Dalgleish (CA) – employer powers under pension plans (2017) · British Airways (CA)– pension plan – proper purposes (2018) The book reviews the relevant doctrines of: · Interpretation rules · Proper purposes; · Due consideration of relevant factors · Full perversity (no reasonable decision maker) This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Pensions Law online service.Trade ReviewIf any textbook can be thoroughly recommended to Trust Quarterly Review (TQR) readers, this is it. It is a truly international survey of the – quite radical – developments introduced into the circumstances where the courts will intrude into decision-making by, among others, trustees. * Trust Quarterly Review *This book should be attractive to the entire range of legal professionals, including academics and practitioners, and not only those operating in the superannuation field. Pollard has accomplished the difficult feat of presenting the material in a way that is accessible to practitioners while ensuring that the content is comprehensive, thoroughly researched and argued in a way that should make it an indispensable resource for those involved in their own research and teaching in the area. … I have already had occasion to resort to my review copy in providing advice to clients and am certain I will be using it in future research projects. * Dr Nuncio D’Angelo, Australian Law Journal *Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1. Introduction Part 2: Legal review of decisions: General 2. Legal review of decisions: Major Tests 3. Expanded outline of major tests 4. Exceptions and qualifications 5. Public Law analogy in private law discretions? 6. Construction – General 7. Interpretation of Pension Schemes Part 3: Types of decision and who is the decision maker 8. Nature of discretion 9. Who is the decision maker? Part 4: Proper Purposes – Applying Eclairs 10. Proper purposes: Introduction 11. Eclairs 12. The proper purpose test 13. Purpose test in Trust Law and Company Law 14. How is the proper purpose test applied? 15. Can proper purposes apply where there has been a failure to act? 16. How is the decision maker’s purpose worked out? 17. Causation/More than one motive or intention 18. More than one decision maker 19. Purpose verses motive? 20. Effect of improper exercise 21. Proper Purposes: Conclusion Part 5: Proper Purposes – Application to Pension Schemes 22. Proper Purposes and pension schemes: Introduction 23. Pension scheme and Trustee powers 24. Overall Purpose of a pension scheme 25. Pensions: Main purpose verses Sole purpose? 26. Pension trusts: Examples of the application of the proper purpose test 27. Pension schemes: Amendment powers/Change of Principal 28. Transfers-in 29. Transfers out: Fletcher Challenge and ITS v Hope 30. Investment 31. Early retirement reduction 32. Commutation factors 33. Pension increases 34. Winding-up a pension scheme? 35. Pension Regulator powers 36. Trustees exercising powers fairly 37. Pension Trustees and Proper Purposes: Overview 38. No literal ‘best interests’ duty for trustees Part 6: Braganza 1: Due consideration of relevant factors 39. Braganza – a landmark case 40. Braganza: the Decision 41. The Braganza rationality Test 42. Trustees and Braganza: Beyond a Good faith test 43. Trustees and public law analogies following Braganza 44. Does Braganza apply to all commercial discretions? 45. Intensity of review 46. Braganza first limb – process: relevant factors 47. Trustees and relevant factors: Pitt v Holt compared with Braganza 48. Three types of relevant factors: the public law approach 49. Limits on enquiries: properly informed, but not an ‘endless search’ 50. Weight given to factors Part 7: Braganza 2: No reasonable decision maker: Perversity 51. Braganza 52. Arbitrary, capricious etc 53. Timing for irrationality? 54. What if one reasonable decision maker would have made the same decision? 55. Braganza 2 test is a limit on a power? Part 8: Braganza rationality tests: interaction with the proper purpose test 56. Braganza and proper purposes tests 57. Braganza and MDTC/Contractual/Imperial duty Part 9: Further common issues on the proper purposes and Braganza tests 58. Multiple decision makers 59. Decision maker would have made the same decision anyway? 60. Decision maker giving reasons Part 10: Remedies for a Failure? 61. Remedies 62. Fiduciary Duties 63. Reversal or cancellation of the decision: void or voidable 64. Damages or equitable compensation for breach of trust/duty 65. Impact on third parties 66. Removal of the decision maker 67. Exclusion clauses 68. Overturning a decision – reference back to decision maker Part 11: Trustees and Directors: Fetters on Discretion 69. Discretions and fetters 70. Statements of a no fetter rule 71. Fetters: Some older cases 72. The Fetters rule gets more sensible: three modern cases: Thorby; Cabra Estates and Firkin-Flood 73. Fetters: Modern position 74. Pension schemes and fetters 75. Fetters: is public law any guide? 76. Fetters: Directors and Companies 77. Fetters and changes of trustees 78. Fetters: Outside parties 79. Fetters: Impact on Third parties 80. Fetters and a Power of amendment 81. Setting policies or guidelines?

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Book SynopsisBridges the gap between the three distinct disciplines of pensions, employment and corporate insolvency law. Through a mix of legislation, case law, analysis and comment, this well-regarded text gives you all the information you need to answer your clients' questions. It outlines the legal principles applicable where the three regimes interact, with a particular focus on the application of the rules relating to corporate insolvency and how they impact on employees and their pension rights. For example: - How is the position of employees affected by the appointment of an insolvency practitioner over their employing company? - Who is liable, and what priority is given to past or future claims? Updates for the 7th edition include: - Full treatment of CVAs and pensions - Implications of the Court of Appeal decision in Granada/Box Clever about “association” and about Pensions Regulator powers - Implications of proposed pensions legislation, including new criminal offences - New Crown preferential debts Corporate Insolvency: Employment and Pension Rights is cited in many works focusing on the employment and insolvency fields. If you work as an employment, pensions or corporate insolvency practitioner, you’ll find its up-to-date case law and practical analysis an essential aid to your work. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Insolvency Law, Employment Law and Pensions Law online services.Table of ContentsPart 1 - Introduction Part 2 - Employment Law Overview Part 3 - Insolvency Law: Overview Part 4 - The start of Insolvency Proceedings Part 5 - IP Liability and Employees Part 6 - Accrued Claims to Insolvency Debt Part 7 - Continued Employment/Carrying on Business Part 8 - Business Transfers and TUPE Part 9 - Impact of Employer Insolvency on Pensions Part 10 - Pension Protection Fund (PPF) Part 11 - Section 75 and Debt on Employer Part 12 - Pensions Regulator and its Statutory Moral Hazard Powers Part 13 - Winding Up Pension Schemes Part 14 - Overseas Issues Part 15 - CVAs and Pensions

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