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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Book SynopsisThe contributors to this volume set out to study union strategies toward immigrant workers in four countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and United States.Trade Review"The immigrant workforce is both victimized as the most precarious element of the low-wage workforce and scapegoated by nativist and anti-immigrant elements as the cause of low wages and terrible working conditions. Through several case studies examining immigrant worker organizing in the United States and Europe, Mobilizing against Inequality provides vital insights into the importance of organizing the immigrant workforce and fully integrating immigrants into the general society as the best way to protect and improve wages and working conditions across the board. These insights can inform the debate in the United States at a time when immigration policy is under close examination and change is on the horizon." -- Robert P. Deasy, immigration law and policy specialistTable of ContentsForeword by Ana Avendaño Acknowledgments List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Part I UNIONS AND THE MOBILIZATION OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS 1. Organizing Immigrant Workers Lowell Turner 2. Union Campaigns as Countermovements: "Best Practice" Cases from the United Kingdom, France, and the United States Maite Tapia, Lowell Turner, and Denisse Roca-Servat Part II CASES AND NATIONAL CONTEXTS 3. The United States: Tackling Inequality in Precarious Times Lee H. Adler and Daniel B. Cornfield 4. The United Kingdom: Dialectic Approaches to Organizing Immigrant Workers, Postwar to 2012 Maite Tapia 5. France: Battles for Inclusion, 1968–2010 Lowell Turner 6. Germany: Success at the Core, Unresolved Challenges at the Periphery Lee H. Adler and Michael Fichter Part III COMPARISONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS 7. Opportunity and Choice for Unions Organizing Immigrant Workers: A Comparison across Countries and Industries Gabriella Alberti, Jane Holgate, and Lowell Turner 8. The Countermovement Needs a Movement (and a Counterstrategy) Janice Fine and Jane Holgate 9. Integrative Organizing in Polarized Times: Toward Dynamic Trade Unionism in the Global North Daniel B. Cornfield

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

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

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

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

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

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Book SynopsisAnya Bernstein offers a unique perspective on one of the few major policy innovations of the 1990s, and on the contentious issue of the role of the state in legislating family and medical leaves in the United States.

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Book SynopsisThe Trades Union Congress (TUC) believes that working people joining together can change things. For more than 150 years, trade unions have fought for safer workplaces and wages you can build a life on. Today they're needed more than ever to make sure every job is a decent job and everyone at work is treated with respect.Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Introduction; Chapter - 02: Starting a job; Chapter - 03: Payday; Chapter - 04: Working time rights; Chapter - 05: Families and work; Chapter - 06: Common problems at work; Chapter - 07: Discrimination; Chapter - 08: Getting the sack; Chapter - 09: Enforcing your rights; Chapter - 10: Further information

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Book SynopsisElizabeth Aylott has over 15 years' experience as an HR specialist and lecturer in areas of Employment Law and Employee Relations. After a career in HR both in industry and the charitable sector, she joined the Hampshire Business School where she lectured on CIPD programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is based in Surrey, UK.Trade Review"The compact yet extremely informative text will prove invaluable to both students and professionals in in the HR and legal fields. What stands out is the clarity in which complicated concepts are broken down and no assumption of legal knowledge is made, or jargon used. Diagrams are used where appropriate to ensure a full understanding of systems and processes. I thoroughly recommend this text." * Adam Doyle, Director of Careers and Enterprise, Royal Docks School of Business and Law, University of East London *"This book has been written clearly and concisely and will be very useful to students as well as professionals. Each topic covers comprehensive aspects of case law and case studies for easy understanding. How I wish this book was out while I was studying my MSc. in Human Resources Management to easily learn key points with ease and to acquire good grades. A must buy." * Enide Freeman, Administrator, Brixton Prison *"When looking for a good text, you have to ask yourself what learners, HR professionals and line managers with responsibility for people actually need and want: knowledge which is accessible, comprehensive and easy to apply in the real world. Employment law and practice are dynamic areas which often require quick decision-making rather than trawling through dry accounts of case law for an answer. This book offers that depth and knowledge while remaining a concise and easily understood reference point for a diverse range of employment and HR topics." * Chris Dobbs, Employment Solicitor, Frettens Solicitors *"As an HR professional, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to educate people about their rights at work, as well as help HR professionals to think more broadly about their profession. Having had the opportunity to attend Elizabeth's Employment Law seminars, I am proud to say that Elizabeth had a major influence on my career choice as I was hugely inspired by her knowledge and expertise which she shared with us with a great passion. Following Elizabeth Aylott's Employment Law 1st and 2nd editions, I found the 3rd edition as interesting as the first two. As a past HRM student, I would highly recommend the 3rd edition to all students who wish to embark on their career as HR professionals. The book provides in-depth knowledge on Employment Law and the core principles and legislation of HR Management in global business which I found fascinating." * Karine Harutyunyan, HR Business Partner at the Security Industry Authority *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Fundamentals; Chapter - 01: What is employment law?; Chapter - 02: The importance of employment law; Chapter - 03: Employment law and strategy; Section - TWO: In practice; Chapter - 04: How it works; Chapter - 05: How you do it; Chapter - 06: Planning and action; Chapter - 07: Measurement; Chapter - 08: Conclusions and Government changes to employment law

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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 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 SynopsisThrough a compelling combination of policy analysis and humanizing detail of both consumers and providers of PAS, this book appeals to students, scholars, and patients of these services who are considering use of self-directed PAS alike.

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Book SynopsisThrough a compelling combination of policy analysis and humanizing detail of both consumers and providers of PAS, this book appeals to students, scholars, and patients of these services who are considering use of self-directed PAS alike.

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Book SynopsisHow social security disability law is out of touch with the contemporary American labor market Passing down nearly a million decisions each year, more judges handle disability cases for the Social Security Administration than federal civil and criminal cases combined. In Social Security Disability Law and the American Labor Market, Jon C. Dubin challenges the contemporary policies for determining disability benefits and work assessment. He posits the fundamental questions: where are the jobs for persons with significant medical and vocational challenges? And how does the administration misfire in its standards and processes for answering that question? Deploying his profound understanding of the Social Security Administration and Disability law and policy, he demystifies the system, showing us its complex inner mechanisms and flaws, its history and evolution, and how changes in the labor market have rendered some agency processes obsolete. Dubin lays out hoTrade Review"This is an excellent, long-term overview of the social security disability programs that comes to grips with the current challenges and offers recommendations for ongoing reform. I don’t know of any project that’s assembled the history of these programs as comprehensively as Dubin has done. An excellent history by an extremely careful and well-known scholar." -- Matthew Diller, Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham University Law School"A comprehensive review of the influence of labor market considerations on the evolution of the Social Security Act’s disability standard and the administrative tools used to adjudicate the ‘ability to engage in substantial gainful activity’ component of that standard. In this important book, Dubin examines the implications of a changing labor market on the availability of jobs for persons with disabilities and explores the challenges that presents to the existing structure and administration of Social Security disability programs." -- Frank Bloch, editor of The Global Clinical Movement: Educating Lawyers for Social Justice"Provides a detailed account of the longstanding and ongoing disputes among Congress, the Social Security Administration, and the courts on the fundamental question of who should be excused from working because of disability and granted economic and health care support by the government. Dubin explores the obvious flaws in the current adjudicative system, including reliance on outdated labor market data, demonstrates the fallacious assumptions of those who would make the system even harsher than it is today, and suggests sensible improvements. A must read for policy wonks, as well as serious practitioners." -- Robert E. Rains, Professor Emeritus and founder of the Disability Law Clinic, Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law

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Book SynopsisMillions of laborers, from the Philippines to the Caribbean, performed the work of the United States empire. Forging a global economy connecting the tropics to the industrial center, workers harvested sugar, cleaned hotel rooms, provided sexual favors, and filled military ranks. Placing working men and women at the center of the long history of the U.S. empire, these essays offer new stories of empire that intersect with the grand narratives of diplomatic affairs at the national and international levels. Missile defense, Cold War showdowns, development politics, military combat, tourism, and banana economics share something in commonthey all have labor histories. This collection challenges historians to consider the labor that formed, worked, confronted, and rendered the U.S. empire visible. The U.S. empire is a project of global labor mobilization, coercive management, military presence, and forced cultural encounter. Together, the essays in this volume recognize Trade ReviewBender and Lipman have assembled a collection of short studies that conflate labor studies, imperial analyses, and diplomatic history to produce a challenging, insightful means of viewing such histories simultaneously. [] The innovative subjects and rigorous scholarship in this highly readable volume are accessible to general readers and scholars alike. * Choice *This book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the history of American imperialism, much of it from the bottom up. * American Historical Review *Making the Empire Work is a game changer. This spectacular volume will transform the way U.S. historians conceive, write and teach about empire. Workers were everywhere in the U.S. empire: building and serving it, shaped by and suffering from it. The work collected here gives new meaning to William Appleman Williams trenchant call for us to consider 'empire as a way of life.' -- Nan Enstad,University of Wisconsin, MadisonTable of ContentsContents 1. The Wages of Empire: Capitalism, Expansionism, and Working-Class Formation 35 2. Revolutionary Currents: Interracial Solidarities, Imperial Japan, and the U.S. Empire 59 3. The Secret Soldiers' Union: Labor and Soldier Politics in the Philippine Scout Mutiny of 1924 85 4. The Photos That We Don't Get to See: Sovereignties, Archives, and the 1928 Massacre of Banana Workers in Colombia 104 5. Sexual Labor and the U.S. Military Empire: Comparative Analysis of Europe and East Asia 137 6. Making Aloha: Lei and the Cultural Labor of Hospitality 161 7. The Advantages of Empire: Chinese Servants and Conflicts over Settler Domesticity in the "White Pacific," 1870-1900 185 8. Empire and the Moving Body: Fermin Tobera, Military California, and Rural Space 208 9. Slavery's Stale Soil: Indentured Labor, Guestworkers, and the End of Empire 227 10. The Colonization of Antislavery and the Americanization of Empires: The Labor of Autonomy and the Labor of Subordination in Togo and the United States 267 11. Progressive Empire: Race and Tropicality in United Fruit's Central America 289

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Book SynopsisThis is the third volume in a series sponsored by the Faculty of Law in the University of Western Ontario as a forum for presentation of research in law and related social sciences. The primary object of the series is to promote collaboration between lawyers, social scientists, juristic philosophers, and others who are interested in exploring social values, processes, and institutions. The present volume is devoted to topics relating to the changing role of trade union activity in Canada. It includes a discussion of the regulatory function of law in industry; an examination of the problems of jurisdictional disputes in Ontario; an outline of the major aspects of labour legislation in Quebec; a study of the relation of criminal law to trade union activity in Canada; and an analysis of conciliation procedures in British Columbia. Comparative material is supplied in an article on the ramifications of a national wages policy in Britain. This volume also contains the concluding part of an a

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Book SynopsisLabor unions and courts have rarely been allies. From their earliest efforts to organize, unions have been confronted with hostile judges and antiunion doctrines. In this book, Julius G. Getman argues that while the role of the Supreme Court has become more central in shaping labor law, its opinions betray a profound ignorance of labor relations along with a persisting bias against unions. In The Supreme Court on Unions, Getman critically examines the decisions of the nation''s highest court in those areas that are crucial to unions and the workers they represent: organizing, bargaining, strikes, and dispute resolution.As he discusses Supreme Court decisions dealing with unions and labor in a variety of different areas, Getman offers an interesting historical perspective to illuminate the ways in which the Court has been an influence in the failures of the labor movement. During more than sixty years that have seen the Supreme Court take a dominant role, both unions and the iTrade Review"For more than half a century, Julius G. Getman has brought to the study of labor law not simply the analytical rigor of a law professor, but a hunger for facts—to understand the effects of legal rules on human behavior—and the empathy of a participant-observer—whether among paper workers in Maine, clerical workers at Yale, or university professors across the country.Getman's unique and invaluable perspective is fully on display in this tour through the Supreme Court’s labor jurisprudence." -- Craig Becker, General Counsel, AFL-CIO"In this wide-ranging, critical survey of the Supreme Court's labor law decisions, Julius G. Getman displays the practical wisdom and acuity that has made him one of the nation's leading labor law teachers and scholars for more than a half century. Even the most attentive students and scholars of labor law will find valuable insights in this book." -- Cynthia Estlund, New York University School of Law, author of Regoverning the Workplace"Julius G. Getman deftly demonstrates how the Supreme Court—over many decades—has restrained the protections and possibilities contained in the National Labor Relations Act, one of the major achievements of the New Deal era. He paints a detailed and disturbing picture of Court-imposed limitations on workers' ability to exert lawful economic pressure and to vindicate their collective voice. In doing so, Getman brings welcome historical perspective to the current state of U.S. labor law, and situates the Court as an important contributor to the NLRA’s weakened status." -- James J. Brudney, Fordham Law School"Julius G. Getman's terrific new book supports in detail his thesis that 'the Supreme Court has played a major role in transforming the National Labor Relations Act from a law meant to empower workers to a law that helps to sustain the power of employers.’ He shows that this reactionary Supreme Court role began almost immediately after the passage of the NLRA, that it has continued through Democratic and Republican majorities on the Court, and in particular that the Supreme Court’s gutting of the strike weapon has drastically tilted collective bargaining against workers and toward corporations. Getman’s keen analysis is informed and strengthened by his unusual combination of academic legal scholarship, research on the reality of labor law in the workplace, and personal involvement." -- John W. Wilhelm, Retired President, UNITE HERETable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Court and Union Organizing 2. The Supreme Court and Collective Bargaining 3. The Supreme Court and the Right to Strike 4. The Court and the Protected Status of Economic Pressure 5. The Supreme Court, Union Picketing, and Boycotts 6. Exclusivity and the Duty of Fair Representation 7. The Court and the Definition of "Employee" under the NLRA 8. The Supreme Court and Arbitration Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to collective bargaining and labor relations with a focus on developments in the United States. It is appropriate for students, policy analysts, and labor relations professionals including unionists, managers, and neutrals. A three-tiered strategic choice framework unifies the text, and the authors’ thorough grounding in labor history and labor law assists students in learning the basics. In addition to traditional labor relations, the authors address emerging forms of collective representation and movements that address income inequality in novel ways.Harry C. Katz, Thomas A. Kochan, and Alexander J. S. Colvin provide numerous contemporary illustrations of business and union strategies. They consider the processes of contract negotiation and contract administration with frequent comparisons to nonunion practices and developments, and a full chapter is devoted to special aspects of the public sector. An IntroducTrade ReviewWhat struck me most about this work is that it steers clear of the case-method approach common in many legal textbooks. Instead, the authors offer a more explanatory review of the topics discussed, using case studies throughout to illustrate concepts of particular interest. The result is a work that is highly substantive, yet accessible to a wide audience. This book works equally well as a reference tool for those familiar with labor relations and an introduction for the uninitiated. * Monthly Labor Review *For a continental European academic, this text not only offers a thorough and wellbalanced introduction into the US system of collective bargaining and industrial relations but also into the superstructure and the theoretical framework that underpins it. And it is actually a pleasure to read and therefore comes highly recommended. * British Journal of Industrial Relations *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Part I 1. A Framework for Analyzing Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations 2. The Historical Evolution of the U.S. Labor Relations System 3. The Law and Legal Systems 4. The Role of the Labor Relations Environment Part II 5. Management Strategies and Structures for Collective Bargaining 6. Union Strategies and Structures for Representing Workers Part III 7. Union Organizing and Bargaining Structures 8. The Negotiations Process and Strikes 9. Dispute Resolution Procedures 10. Contract Terms and Employment Outcomes Part IV 11. Workplace Labor Relations 12. Conflict Resolution at the Workplace Part V 13. Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector 14. Global Pressures 15. Labor Relations in Other Countries 16. The Future of U.S. Labor Policy and Labor Relations Glossary About the Authors Name Index Subject Index

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

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Book 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 SynopsisStitching the 24-Hour City reveals the intense speed of garment production and everyday life in Dongdaemun, a lively market in Seoul, South Korea. Once the site of uprisings against oppressive working conditions in the 1970s and 1980s, Dongdaemun has now become iconic for its creative economy, nightlife, fast-fashion factories, and shopping plazas. Seo Young Park follows the work of people who witnessed and experienced the rapidly changing marketplace from the inside. Through this approach, Park examines the meanings and politics of work in one of the world''s most vibrant and dynamic global urban marketplaces.Park brings readers into close contact with the garment designers, workers, and traders who sustain the extraordinary speed of fast-fashion production and circulation, as well as the labor activists who challenge it. Attending to their narratives and practices of work, Park argues that speed, rather than being a singular drive of accelerationTrade ReviewEminently readable for anyone interested in the production side of fast fashion, regardless of geographic field. * Choice *I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in urban ethnography of labour, temporality, affect and spaces. This book offers fascinating stories and compelling analyses that illuminate affective and embodied time-geographies of labour. * Urban Studies *Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction Part 1: SPEED AS EXPERIENCE 1. Affective Crowds and Making the 24-Hour City 2. Intimate Networks 3. Passionate Imitation Part 2: PROBLEMATIZATION OF SPEED 4. Redirecting the Future 5. Pacing the Flow Conclusion

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Book SynopsisStitching the 24-Hour City reveals the intense speed of garment production and everyday life in Dongdaemun, a lively market in Seoul, South Korea. Once the site of uprisings against oppressive working conditions in the 1970s and 1980s, Dongdaemun has now become iconic for its creative economy, nightlife, fast-fashion factories, and shopping plazas. Seo Young Park follows the work of people who witnessed and experienced the rapidly changing marketplace from the inside. Through this approach, Park examines the meanings and politics of work in one of the world''s most vibrant and dynamic global urban marketplaces.Park brings readers into close contact with the garment designers, workers, and traders who sustain the extraordinary speed of fast-fashion production and circulation, as well as the labor activists who challenge it. Attending to their narratives and practices of work, Park argues that speed, rather than being a singular drive of accelerationTrade ReviewEminently readable for anyone interested in the production side of fast fashion, regardless of geographic field. * Choice *I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in urban ethnography of labour, temporality, affect and spaces. This book offers fascinating stories and compelling analyses that illuminate affective and embodied time-geographies of labour. * Urban Studies *Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction Part 1: SPEED AS EXPERIENCE 1. Affective Crowds and Making the 24-Hour City 2. Intimate Networks 3. Passionate Imitation Part 2: PROBLEMATIZATION OF SPEED 4. Redirecting the Future 5. Pacing the Flow Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn Putin''s Labor Dilemma, Stephen Crowley investigates how the fear of labor protest has inhibited substantial economic transformation in Russia. Putin boasts he has the backing of workers in the country''s industrial heartland, but as economic growth slows in Russia, reviving the economy will require restructuring the country''s industrial landscape. At the same time, doing so threatens to generate protest and instability from a key regime constituency. However, continuing to prop up Russia''s Soviet-era workplaces, writes Crowley, could lead to declining wages and economic stagnation, threatening protest and instability.Crowley explores the dynamics of a Russian labor market that generally avoids mass unemployment, the potentially explosive role of Russia''s monotowns, conflicts generated by massive downsizing in Russia''s Detroit (Tol''yatti), and the rapid politicization of the truck drivers movement. Labor protests currently show littlTrade ReviewPutin's Labor Dilemma offers a historically-informed and spatially-sensitive account of economic and political change in post-communist Russia. It also offers valuable insights into understanding societal change in (post)industrial societies beyond the post-communist world. This is an excellent book, which I would recommend to anyone interested in Russian geography, current politics, or labor movements. * Eurasian Geography and Economics *Putin's Labor Dilemma is an invaluable resource in understanding why and how Russia's labor movements have not successfully influenced the government in many cases, but why the Russian government still rightly worries about them. Many observers have long discounted the political sway of labor in post-communist Russia. Crowley gives us good reason to keep labor politics central in our understanding how Putin navigates stability and stagnation. * The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review *Table of Contents1. The Political Consequences of Russian Deindustrialization 2. Russia's Peculiar Labor Market and the Fear of Social Explosion 3. Russia's Labor Productivity Trap 4. Monotowns and Russia's Post-Soviet Urban Geography 5. Labor Protest in Russia's Hybrid Regime 6. Downsizing in "Russia's Detroit" 7. The Dread of a Color Revolution 8. Russia's Truckers and the Road to Radicalization 9. How Different Is Russia? The Comparative Context Conclusion: Overcoming Russia's Labor Dilemmas

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Book SynopsisUnionizing the Ivory Tower chronicles how a thousand low-paid custodians, cooks, and gardeners succeeded in organizing a union at Cornell University. Al Davidoff, the Cornell student leader who became a custodian and the union''s first president, tells the extraordinary story of these ordinary workers with passion, sensitivity, and wit.His memoir reveals how they took on the dominant power in the community, built a strong organization, and waged multiple strikes and campaigns for livable wages and their dignity. Their strategies and tactics were creative and feisty, founded on worker participation and ownership.The union''s commitment to fairness, equity, and economic justice also engaged these workersmostly rural, white, and conservativeat the intersections of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia. Davidoff''s story demonstrates how a fighting union can activate today''s working class to oppose antidemocratic and white supremacist forces.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Mophead 2. Yes, Yes, No 3. Custodians—That's All You'll Ever Be 4. We Meet the Enemy and It Is Us 5. Frankie McCoy 6. Blackness on the Cornell Plantation 7. Noah's Amalgamated Ark 8. Figuring It Out 9. "Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee" 10. Sustaining Struggle: Building the Union during the Off-Season 11. From Grassroots Up to Grassroots Out 12. In the Shadow of the Tower Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is intended to address the need for an updated look at the HRM legal and regulatory environment. Contrary to existing books which address legal issues in HRM from a narrower focus or specific issue (like sexual harassment, performance appraisal or employment termination), this book will provide a comprehensive and in-depth look at legal issues, regulations and laws which govern all aspects of human resource management - recruitment, selection, placement, performance management (i.e., employee training and development), benefits and compensation - and specific issues such as job analysis, sexual harassment, and the like.The contributors to this book offer their insight derived from their own research and practical experience with the HRM legal and regulatory environment/world of work. More specifically, the contributors examine, analyze and discuss challenges, issues and opportunities related to HRM legal and regulatory issues and the implications for employees and their organizations while emphasizing the importance of navigating such laws and regulations to the employment cycle and toward sustainable competitive advantage intoday’s and tomorrow’s organizations.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is intended to address the need for an updated look at the HRM legal and regulatory environment. Contrary to existing books which address legal issues in HRM from a narrower focus or specific issue (like sexual harassment, performance appraisal or employment termination), this book will provide a comprehensive and in-depth look at legal issues, regulations and laws which govern all aspects of human resource management - recruitment, selection, placement, performance management (i.e., employee training and development), benefits and compensation - and specific issues such as job analysis, sexual harassment, and the like.The contributors to this book offer their insight derived from their own research and practical experience with the HRM legal and regulatory environment/world of work. More specifically, the contributors examine, analyze and discuss challenges, issues and opportunities related to HRM legal and regulatory issues and the implications for employees and their organizations while emphasizing the importance of navigating such laws and regulations to the employment cycle and toward sustainable competitive advantage intoday’s and tomorrow’s organizations.

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive book addresses themes related to labor rights, employment contracts, dispute resolution, and the legal framework for labor relations. It is particularly relevant to undergraduate students studying labor law, providing them with a deep understanding of the legal rights and protections afforded to workers. Practitioners in the legal field enhance their knowledge of labor regulations and employment law, making it a valuable resource for professionals dealing with labor-related issues. Policymakers can draw from this knowledge to shape labor policies that promote fair and equitable employment practices. The general public also benefits from gaining awareness of labor rights and protections, which play a crucial role in ensuring social justice in the workplace.Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction to Industrial Relations Chapter 2 Setting the Legal Context for Industrial Relations Chapter 3 The Conceptualization of Industrial Relations Chapter 4 The Practice of Industrial Relations Chapter 5 Evolution and Revolution in Industrial Relations Chapter 6 A Critique of the Notion of Industrial Relations Chapter 7 Frameworks for Contemporary Industrial Relations Chapter 8 Looking at the Future of Industrial Relations Chapter 9 Concluding Remarks

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Book SynopsisEconomic pressure, as well as transnational and domestic corporate policies, has placed labor law under severe stress. National responses are so deeply embedded in institutions reflecting local traditions that meaningful comparison is daunting. This book assembles a team of experts from many countries that draw on a rich variety of comparative methods to capture changes and emerging trends across nations and regions.The chapters in this Research Handbook mingle subjects of long-standing comparative concern with matters that have pressed to the fore in recent years. Subjects like 'soft law' and emerging geographic zones are placed in a new light and their burgeoning significance explored. Thematic and regional comparisons capture the challenges of a globally comparative perspective on labor law.The fresh and thoughtful comparative analysis in this Handbook makes it a critical resource for scholars and students of labor law.Contributors: K. Banks, A. Bogg, S. Bonfanti, S. Butterworth, S. Cooney, L. Corazza, N. Countouris, G. Davidov, D. du Toit, K.D. Ewing, M. Finkin, R. Fragale, M. Freedland, N. Garoupa, S. Giubboni, F. Hendrickx, J. Howe, A. Hyde, E. Kovacs, R. Krause, N. Lyutov, E. Menegatti, L. Mitrus, G. Mundlak, R. Nunin, M. Pittard, O. Razzolini, K. Rittich, R. Ronnie, E. Sánchez, K. Sankaran, M. Schlachter, A. Seifert, A. Stewart, H. Takeuchi-Okuno, A. TopoTrade Review'A monumental work of comparative labor law by an impressive group of international academics! This book highlights regional and cross-regional developments of contemporary labor law, clarifies the major trends and issues of labor law in the dynamically changing world, and discusses the new forms and framework of labor law emerging across continents. It presents rich reflections on the methodology of comparative labor law and addresses the very fundamental issues of globalized market economies.' --Kazuo Seguno, President, Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training'This important book will be essential reading for all those who wish to understand the reasons for the continuing divergences and similarities between national systems of labor law in the age of modern globalisation and the growing influences of global competition, internationalisation and regionalisation on labor standards and processes. The authors not only provide new and sometimes provocative insights into traditional topics such as freedom of association, workers' representation and the personal contact of employment, but also newer areas such as workplace discrimination, privacy and new forms of contracting.' --Sir Bob Hepple, QC, FBA, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Comparative Labor Law Handbook Guy Mundlak and Matthew Finkin PART I COMPARING LABOR LAW 1. The Rich Panoply of Sources of Labor Law: National, Regional and International Marilyn J. Pittard and Stuart Butterworth 2. Comparative Labor and Employment Law in Developed Market Economies: Fostering Market Efficiencies or Repairing Market Failures? Silvia Bonfanti, Cynthia Estlund and Nuno Garoupa 3. The Challenge to Comparative Labor Law in a Globalized Era Kerry Rittich and Guy Mundlak PART II THEMATIC COMPARISONS 4. The Subjects of Labor Law: “Employees” and Other Workers Guy Davidov, Mark Freedland and Nicola Kountouris 5. Who is an Employer? Luisa Corazza and Orsola Razzolini 6. Employee Autonomy, Privacy, and Dignity Under Technological Oversight Matthew W. Finkin, Rüdiger Krause and Hisashi Takeuchi-Okuno 7. Legal Protection for Employee Mobility Alan Hyde and Emanuele Menegatti 8. The Lasting Influence of Legal Origins: Workplace Discrimination, Social Inclusion and the Law in Canada, the United States and the European Union Kevin Banks, Roberta Nunin and Adriana Topo 9. Job Loss Joanna Howe, Esther Sanchez and Andrew Stewart 10. Freedom of Association Alan Bogg and K.D. Ewing 11. Employee Voice Outside Collective Bargaining Monika Schlachter and Achim Seifert PART III REGIONAL COMPARISONS 12. European Union Labour Law and the European Social Model: A Critical Appraisal Frank Hendrickx and Stefano Giubboni 13. Labor Law in Transition: From a Centrally Planned to a Free Market Economy in Central and Eastern Europe Erika Kovács, Nikita Lyutov and Leszek Mitrus 14. Building BRICS of Success? Sean Cooney, Darcy Du Toit, Roberto Fragale, Roger Ronnie and Kamala Sankaran Index

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Book Synopsis'This volume presents precisely the types of problems facing HR professionals in multinational corporations and reveals the many challenges of bridging across cultures and legal systems.'- Howard Salazar, Manager of HR Operations, Harley-Davidson Motor Company, US'In aligning human resource management with the legal requirements in different countries, multinational corporations have to simultaneously stay true to their corporate culture and honor the distinct cultures where they do business. This volume provides deep insights for navigating this terrain in the 21st Century.'- Pat Canavan, Senior Vice President for Global Governance, Motorola Corporation (retired), US'Leading a global HR function requires a deep appreciation of many cultures and laws, which are at the center of this important new book. Organizing the learning around tangible problems is a great approach - valuable for experienced practitioners and newly appointed HR professionals alike.'- Cheri Alexander, Vice President, HR International Operations, General Motors (retired), USMultinational corporations face considerable complexity in setting the terms and conditions of employment. Differing national laws prevent firms from developing consistent sets of employment policies, but, at the same time, employees are often expected to work closely with colleagues located in many different countries and seek comparable treatment. This critical volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how these contradictory issues are dealt with in five countries - Australia, Brazil, Germany, Japan and the United States.The authors identify six key areas that present the most typical challenges: employee voice (unionization and works councils), discrimination, privacy, wrongful dismissal, compensation and benefits administration, and global supply chain and labor standards. Working within these broad categories, legal experts from each country offer a detailed breakdown of twenty commonly confronted human resource problems and the ways in which national laws affect their solutions. Using a unique combination of primary sources, discussion questions and expert analyses, this pioneering volume provides readers with a new and intensive picture of human resource management across the world.Human resources managers and other practitioners will find this book an indispensable resource. The structure and approach make it an ideal classroom text for students of business and management, labor law and other related fields. Instructors from other than the five countries can easily supplement analysis of the problems by reference to their domestic systems, which gives this work added flexibility and relevance.Trade Review'HR professionals at multi-national employers need to understand the legal and employment context of the countries that they do business in - particularly the differences. In this book, key issues are presented via case problems across five of the major global economies, building the comparative and critical thinking skills which are essential to an effective HR leader operating in any country.' --Andrew Bartlow, HR Director, Apollo Group, US'The great merit of this book is, in my view, the problem oriented approach which forces the authors of the different countries to focus on the same factual situation and put it into the legal context of each country. Thereby, it becomes possible to show that the legal instruments may differ very much in each country. . . In this respect the book not only fills a gap but provides an important innovation.' --Manfred Weiss, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany'The problem-solving approach adopted in this book makes it an excellent teaching and learning tool for human resource managers and their lawyers in multinational corporations. The notes, questions and comments should stimulate research and wider discussion of key issues in modern employment law and practice.' --Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION A. Sketches of the Labor and Employment Law Systems B. Some Demographic Context PART II: EMPLOYEE VOICE: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, CO-DETERMINATION, INFORMATION SHARING AND CONSULTATION Introduction Directive 2002/14 EC Problem 1: Collective Bargaining and a New ‘Greenfield’ Facility Problem 2: Restructuring Workplace Operations Problem 3: Consultation on ‘Eco-friendly’ Issues PART III: DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT Problem 4: Shift to Part-time Workers A Note on the Casualization of Work Problem 5: Request to Pray Three Times a Day Problem 6: Hiring a Woman Who is Pregnant PART IV: PRIVACY, DIGNITY, AND AUTONOMY A Note on the Concept of Personality Problem 7: Background Checks Problem 8: Video Cameras and Monitoring in the Workplace A Note on ‘Data Protection’ Directive 95/46 EC Problem 9: Dating Policy A Note on Dignity: The Case of Captive Audition PART V: WRONGFUL DISCHARGE A Note on Wrongful Discharge Litigation Problem 10: Outsourcing Abroad Problem 11: 54-year Old ‘Underperforming’ Salesman Problem 12: Critical Blog Comments Posted by an Employee Problem 13: Confidential Securities Hotline A Concluding Note on Alternate Dispute Resolution PART VI: COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION Problem 14: Share Ownership and Common Supplementary Pension Scheme Problem 15: Pay for Members of a Virtual Team Problem 16: Government Imposed Executive Compensation Restrictions Problem 17: Non-competition and Confidentiality Agreement PART VII: GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND LABOR STANDARDS Problem 18: Requested Waiver of Inspections Problem 19: Global Safety Problem 20: Zero Tolerance Policy Problem 21: Signing an International Framework Agreement PART VIII: IN LARGER COMPARATIVE CONTEXT A. Legal Origin, Legal Family B. Legal Culture C. Political Economy: Varieties of Capitalism D. National Values E. Legal Transmission and Transplantation F. The Diffusion of Corporate Culture and Managerial Practice G. Implications for Policy and Practice Index

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Book SynopsisEU Labour Law is a concise, readable and thought-provoking introduction to the labor and employment law of the European Union. The book explores the subject's major policy themes, examines the various procedures by which EU labor law is made, and analyzes key topics such as worker migration, equality, working time and procedures for workers' participation in employers' decision-making. It sets the legal materials in their policy context and identifies the important issues which have shaped the development of EU labor law and are likely to determine its future, including the economic crisis and the debate about fundamental rights in the EU. This accessible yet rigorous book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate law students, academics and practitioners working on domestic and EU labor and employment law, as well as those with an interest in this increasingly important subject from the perspective of business and management, economics, sociology or politics.Trade Review -- Stephen Weatherill, Somerville College, Oxford, UK’I feel confident that this book will be judged to have made a very significant contribution to the study of European labour law. It fills a particular niche within the rich existing literature by providing a lucid, accessible, and succinct thematic overview of the subject, in much the same way as the author has so successfully done for the study of British labour law in her work on perspectives on labour law.’ -- Mark Freedland, Oxford University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Themes in EU Labour Law 2. Regulatory Techniques Part II: Topics in EU Labour Law 3. Worker Migration and Market Integration 4. Equality 1: Women and Men 5. Equality 2: New Grounds, New Techniques 6. Workers and ‘Atypical’ Workers 7. Working Time 8. Worker Protection and Participation 9. Postscript Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook is testament to the value of whistleblowing for democracy, with new research and existing knowledge probed with fresh and urgent questions. What is the impact of global technology on public accountability, journalism and whistleblower protection? If indifference is what really matters, is focus on retaliation misplaced? What stops those in authority from heeding whistleblowers? A vital resource for anyone fighting to protect whistleblowers anywhere to better articulate whose interests are really at stake and what needs to be done.- Anna Myers, lawyer and Expert Coordinator of the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN)'The International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research offers a thorough and thoughtful examination of current approaches to research regarding this important topic. The editors have included the viewpoints of highly regarded researchers from a number of different fields, including the social sciences, business, and law. Unlike some collections of comments by experts in diverse fields, the editors have created a coherent and useful structure for an analysis of the status of whistleblowing research, the appropriate design for such research and its practical applications. The book casts new light on many topics crucial to the success or failure of whistleblower laws. Researchers, activists, policy makers and anyone interested in understanding whistleblowing and improving laws that encourage and protect it should read this indispensable work. A 'who's who' of the field and a depository of insights and ideas.- Robert Vaughn, American University Washington College of Law, USWhistleblowing the disclosure of wrongdoing by organizational insiders is vital to modern public accountability and integrity across all organizations and societies. This important Handbook offers original, cutting-edge analyzes of the conceptual and practical challenges that researchers face in order to better inform the way whistleblowing is understood and confronted by organizations, regulatory authorities and governments.Featuring contributions from scholars and policy practitioners in a number of diverse fields - including sociology, political science, psychology, information systems, media studies, business, management, criminology, public policy and several branches of law - the book provides a comprehensive guide to existing research and blueprints for how new research should be conducted in the future. It covers conceptual and definitional fundamentals of whistleblowing and strategies for researching whistleblowing in an organizational context, as well as law reform, regulation, management practicalities and research ethics. It also charts the lessons of 30 years of empirical research and maps out new questions and projects for future decades.This Handbook, with its unique perspective on the complex, multi-faceted and often controversial nature of whistleblowing research, will be a vital resource for researchers, policymakers and organizations around the world.Contributors: B. Bjørkelo, R. Bosua, A.J. Brown, H.H. Bye, K. Crow, T. Devine, S. Dreyfus, T. Morehead Dworkin, B. Edwards, B. Fasterling, T. Faunce, P. Harpur, R. Lederman, D. Lewis, J. Leys, K. Loyens, J. Maesschalck, B. Martin, D.P. Meyer, M.P. Miceli, S. Milton, R. Moberly, F.M. Morgan Jr, J.P. Near, T. Nikolic, J. Olsen, M.T. Rehg, P. Roberts, M. Skivenes, R. Smith, J. Spencer, M. Spencer, S.C. Trygstad, E. Tsahuridu, T. Uys, W. Vandekerckhove, S. Walden, C. Wheeler, J. ZuckermanTrade Review‘This Handbook is testament to the value of whistleblowing for democracy, with new research and existing knowledge probed with fresh and urgent questions. What is the impact of global technology on public accountability, journalism and whistleblower protection? If indifference is what really matters, is focus on retaliation misplaced? What stops those in authority from heeding whistleblowers? A vital resource for anyone fighting to protect whistleblowers anywhere to better articulate whose interests are really at stake and what needs to be done.’ -- Anna Myers, lawyer and Expert Coordinator of the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN)‘The International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research offers a thorough and thoughtful examination of current approaches to research regarding this important topic. The editors have included the viewpoints of highly regarded researchers from a number of different fields, including the social sciences, business, and law. Unlike some collections of comments by experts in diverse fields, the editors have created a coherent and useful structure for an analysis of the status of whistleblowing research, the appropriate design for such research and its practical applications. The book casts new light on many topics crucial to the success or failure of whistleblower laws. Researchers, activists, policy makers and anyone interested in understanding whistleblowing and improving laws that encourage and protect it should read this indispensable work. A “who’s who” of the field and a depository of insights and ideas.’ -- Robert Vaughn, American University Washington College of Law, US‘There is little doubt that policy makers worldwide, as well as practitioners, will greet the publication of this book with enthusiasm.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents Introduction 1. Whistleblowing, its Importance, and the State of Research David Lewis, A.J. Brown and Richard Moberly PART I: RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS 2. Understandings of Whistleblowing: Dilemmas of Societal Culture Wim Vandekerckhove, Tina Uys, Michael T. Rehg and A.J. Brown 3. Outsider ‘Whistleblowers’: Conceptualizing and Distinguishing ‘Bell-Ringing’ Behavior Marcia P. Miceli, Suelette Dreyfus and Janet P. Near 4. Wrongdoing: Definitions, Identification and Categorizations Marit Skivenes and Sissel C.Trygstad 5. Whistleblowing Duties Jos Leys and Wim Vandekerckhove 6. On the Appropriateness of Research Design: Intended and Actual Whistleblowing Brita Bjørkelo and Hege Høivik Bye 7. Whistleblowing and Power Kim Loyens and Jeroen Maesschalck PART II: ORGANISATIONAL CULTURE AND RESPONSIVENESS 8. Reporting Versus Inaction: How Much Is There, What Explains the Differences and What to Measure Jane Olsen 9. Motivations for Whistleblowing: Personal, Private and Public Interests Peter Roberts 10. Whistleblowers and Suffering Rodney Smith 11. Going Public: Researching External Whistleblowing in a New Media Age Rachelle Bosua, Simon Milton, Suelette Dreyfus, Reeva Lederman 12. ‘To Persons or Organizations That May Be Able to Effect Action’: Whistleblowing Recipients Richard Moberly 13. Managerial Responsiveness to Whistleblowing: Expanding the Research Horizon Wim Vandekerckhove, A J Brown, Eva Tsahuridu PART III: RESEARCH IN ACTION 14. Whistleblower Protection – A Comparative Law Perspective Björn Fasterling 15. The Key to Protection: Civil and Employment Law Remedies David Lewis, Tom Devine, Paul Harpur 16. Because They Have Evidence: Globalizing Financial Incentives for Corporate Fraud Whistleblowers Tom Faunce, Kim Crow, Tony Nikolic, Frederick M. Morgan, Jr. 17. When it All Goes Bad: Criminal Remedies Maureen Spencer and John Spencer 18. Whistleblower Protection in International Governmental Organizations Shelley Walden and Bea Edwards 19. Whistleblower Support in Practice: Towards an Integrated Research Model A J Brown, Daniel P Meyer, Chris Wheeler, Jason Zuckerman Conclusions 20. Research That Whistleblowers Want – And What They Need Brian Martin 21. Strategic Issues in Whistleblowing Research Wim Vandekerckhove, A J Brown, Richard Moberly and David Lewis Index

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Book Synopsis'A new roadmap for understanding the diverse perspectives and disparate bodies of law involved in any legal regime aimed at encouraging people in organisations to speak up about wrongdoing, making it possible for them to do so, and supporting and protecting them when they do. More than just a rich and readable history of whistleblowing laws, in the USA and around the world. Steeped in Robert Vaughn's personal experience as a lawyer and researcher over a 40 year period, this book stands to help solve some of the greatest conundrums in this vital area of legal regulation - one of the most complex in modern society, but one of the most crucial to integrity, accountability and organisational justice in all institutions. Compulsory reading for all policymakers, regulators, corporate leaders, researchers and activists engaged in improvement and implementation of public interest whistleblowing laws.'- A.J. Brown, Griffith University and Transparency International Australia'Unlike other books on whistleblowing that simply describe and analyze whistleblowing laws, Robert Vaughn's new book provides an in-depth and unique historical account of the roots of the whistleblowing movement in such disparate events as the Mai Lai massacre, the civil rights movement, and the experiments of Stanley Milgrim. As important, he then uses that history to illuminate the competing perspectives and pressures that influenced the passage and interpretation of modern whistleblower laws. Vaughn provides a first-rate account of the varied and complex reasons for the successes and failures of these laws during the last forty years.'- Richard Moberly, University of Nebraska College of LawDrawing on literature from several disciplines, this enlightening book examines the history of whistleblower laws throughout the world and provides an analytical structure for the most common debates about the nature of such laws and their potential successes and failures.The author explores the relationship between the actions of whistleblowers and the character of laws protecting them, as well as their administration and enforcement. The book considers the role of civil society groups in the successes of whistleblower laws and how current controversies reflect issues attached to these laws over half a century.This study contains perspectives from which successes and failures can be evaluated and will appeal to policy makers, scholars, whistleblower advocacy and other civil society groups, as well as anyone with a general interest in the subject.Contents: Preface 1. Successes and Failures 2. Question Authority 3. Nonviolence and Civil Disobedience 4. Whistleblower Stories and Emerging Narratives 5. Watergate and Whistleblower Protection 6. The Civil Service Reform Act and Whistleblower Protection 7. Retrospective and Forecast 8. Incentives 9. Private-sector Laws 10. Institutional Failure 11. Interpretation 12. National Security 13. Global Whistleblower Laws 14. Civil Society 15. Perspectives 16. Old Issues - New Controversies IndexTrade ReviewThe Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws is carefully argued and comprehensively referenced. It is the work of a lawyer in its attention to detail and precedent, but it accessible to non-lawyers who are willing to put in the effort. It is a long book, and most impressive in it exposition of arguments and evidence for and against various facets of whistleblower legislation. Anyone who puts in significant effort promoting whistleblower laws - for example, writing to or talking with politicians - can benefit from studying relevant parts of the book. --Brian Martin, The WhistleIf you're a lawyer, academic, student, or someone who is fascinated by this continuingly fascinating subject, you should enjoy this book. It covers all pertinent aspects of whistleblower laws from various perspectives, societal as well as legal and includes actual stories of whistleblowers... Exciting, topical, as well as precisely analytical, this book examines a vast range of incidents and issues related to whistleblowing. It will appeal not just to practitioners and other professionals, but to a wider public internationally... It may well be destined to become a classic. --Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineVaughn provides a first-rate account of decades of successes and failures. There is nothing else like it. --James McRitchie, Corporate GovernanceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Successes and Failures 2. Question Authority 3. Nonviolence and Civil Disobedience 4. Whistleblower Stories and Emerging Narratives 5. Watergate and Whistleblower Protection 6. The Civil Service Reform Act and Whistleblower Protection 7. Retrospective and Forecast 8. Incentives 9. Private-sector Laws 10. Institutional Failure 11. Interpretation 12. National Security 13. Global Whistleblower Laws 14. Civil Society 15. Perspectives 16. Old Issues —New Controversies Index

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Book SynopsisThe response of European Union institutions to the Eurocrisis demonstrated their fragile and failing commitment to the role of social policy in advancing European economies and societies. The present volume, exploring the positive scope for such policies, is therefore timely and welcome. While sharply critical of much of what goes on at both EU and several national levels, the authors are constructive in tone and point the way to sustainable alternatives to neoliberalism.'- Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and External Scientific Member, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, GermanyHighly valued by its citizens, the European social model is a defining feature of Europe and the European Union yet is under threat from the effects of both globalisation and the aftermath of the financial crisis. The Sustainability of the European Social Model addresses this issue in light of the current crisis that changed the landscape. It examines how social Europe responds to uncertainties that affect its development from a range of different disciplinary perspectives.The book begins by analysing interactions between EU law and national policies from a comparative perspective, highlighting the legal, social and institutional complexities that constrain the development of 'social Europe' It assesses the sustainability of EU law and policies in the areas of pensions and employment policy and then focuses on two crucial areas of EU social policy: the regulations on working time and the provisions of social services of general interest. The expert contributors compare the experiences of a range of Member States (and also bring in external comparison) to explore topics such as ageing, job quality, social protection and employment policies, social dialogue and the relationship between the various methods of European policymaking such as the 'community method' and the Open Method of Co-ordination. The analyses show that sustainability of the European social model will depend heavily on addressing failings in European governance.Insightful and comprehensive, this book is a detailed and timely resource for academic researchers. Its practical, policy-oriented insights into important issues in social and employment policy, as well as into European policymaking itself, will also be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers.Contributors: J.-C. Barbier, I. Begg, F. Colomb, C. Erhel, J. Gautié, B. Gazier, M. Hartlapp, M. Keune, A. Koukiadaki, P. Marginson, N. Ramos Martín, R. Rogowski, T. Sirovátka, E. Sol, M. van der VosTrade Review‘The response of European Union institutions to the Eurocrisis demonstrated their fragile and failing commitment to the role of social policy in advancing European economies and societies. The present volume, exploring the positive scope for such policies, is therefore timely and welcome. While sharply critical of much of what goes on at both EU and several national levels, the authors are constructive in tone and point the way to sustainable alternatives to neoliberalism.’ -- Colin Crouch, University of Warwick, UK and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany‘In summary, this collective research has the merit of giving the reader a broad vision of the state of EU influence on specific aspects of social law and redistributive policies. The usefulness of the book is increased by a complete Table of Cases and a well-structured Index. This book is undoubtedly valuable for academics and lawyers interested in the evolution of EU social and economic integration.’ -- Common Market Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: The Sustainability of the European Social Model Jean-Claude Barbier, Ralf Rogowski and Fabrice Colomb PART 1 EU LAW AND GOVERNANCE OF SOCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES 1. The Janus Face of EU Law - A Sociological Perspective on European Law Making and its Influence on Social Policy in the EU Jean-Claude Barbier and Fabrice Colomb 2. EU Governance of Sustainable Development: Social and Environmental Policies Iain Begg 3. European Social Dialogue as Multi-level Governance: Towards more Autonomy and New Dependencies Paul Marginson and Maarten Keune 4. EU Governance on Ageing: Older, Wider and more Influential than the OMCs Miriam Hartlapp 5. In Search of a European Employment Strategy: The Construction of the ‘Job Quality’ Agenda as an Illustrative Case Christine Erhel, Jérôme Gautié and Bernard Gazier PART II THE REGULATION OF WORKING TIME IN EUROPE 6. Sustainability and Uncertainty in Governing European Employment Law - The Community Method as Instrument of Governance: The Case of the EU Working Time Directive Ralf Rogowski 7. The EU Working Time Directive in the Czech Republic Tomáš Sirovátka 8. The Unexpected Consequences of the Application of the EU Working Time Directive in France Fabrice Colomb 9. Governance of EU Labour Law: Implementation of the EU’s Working Time Directive in the Netherlands Els Sol and Nuria Ramos Martín 10. Implementation of the EU Working Time Directive in the United Kingdom Ralf Rogowski PART III SOCIAL SERVICES OF GENERAL (ECONOMIC) INTEREST IN EUROPE 11. Legal Uncertainty in Social Services: A Threat to National Social Protection Systems? Jean-Claude Barbier 12. Services of General Interest, State Aid and Social Housing in the Netherlands Els Sol and Mara van der Vos 13. The Impact of EU Regulation on Social Services of General Interest in the United Kingdom Aristea Koukiadaki 14. Social Services of General Interest in the Czech Republic: Towards Poorly Regulated Markets Tomáš Sirovátka 15. Social Services of General Interest in France: The Uncertain Impact of the Increasing Reach of EU Law Jean-Claude Barbier Index

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Book SynopsisEstlund and Wachter have assembled a feast on the economic analysis of issues in labor and employment law for scholars and policy-makers. The volume begins with foundational discussions of the economic analysis of the individual employment relationship and collective bargaining. It then progresses to discussions of the theoretical and empirical work on a wide range of important labor and employment law topics including: union organizing and employee choice, the impact of unions on firm and economic performance, the impact of unions on the enforcement of legal rights, just cause for dismissal, covenants not to compete and employment discrimination. Anyone who wants to study what economists have to say on these topics would do well to begin with this collection.'- Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt, Indiana University Bloomington School of Law, USThis Research Handbook assembles the original work of leading legal and economic scholars, working in a variety of traditions and methodologies, on the economic analysis of labor and employment law.In addition to surveying the current state of the art on the economics of labor markets and employment relations, the volume's 16 chapters assess aspects of traditional labor law and union organizing, the law governing the employment contract and termination of employment, employment discrimination and other employer mandates, restrictions on employee mobility, and the forum and remedies for labor and employment claims.Comprising a variety of approaches, the Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law will appeal to legal scholars in labor and employment law, industrial relations scholars and labor economists.Contributors: R. Arnow-Richman, S. Deakin, Z.J. Eigen, R.A. Epstein, C.L. Estlund, S. Estreicher, B.T. Hirsch, A. Hyde, S. Issacharoff, C. Jolls, B.E. Kaufman, M.M. Kleiner, B.I. Sachs, E. Scharff, S.J. Schwab, M.L. Wachter, D. WeilTrade Review... if you are involved in any way with matters pertaining to trades union and/or employment legislation, you'll find this book an enlightening read... The book certainly offers interesting perspectives on employee-employer relationships, often a fraught and politically divisive subject, which is why you should read it. The extensive footnoting, reams of references and the detailed index provide any number of avenues for further research. --- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Introduction: The Economics of Labor and Employment Law Cynthia L. Estlund and Michael L. Wachter 2. Neoclassical Labor Economics: Its Implications for Labor and Employment Law Michael L. Wachter 3. Economic Analysis of Labor Markets and Labor Law: An Institutional/Industrial Relations Perspective Bruce E. Kaufman PART II: UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 4. Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance Barry T. Hirsch 5. Union Organizing and the Architecture of Employee Choice Benjamin I. Sachs 6. The Deserved Demise of EFCA (and Why the NLRA Should Share its Fate) Richard A. Epstein 7. Evaluating the Effectiveness of National Labor Relations Act Remedies: Analysis and Comparison with Other Workplace Penalty Policies Morris M. Kleiner and David Weil 8. The Union as Broker of Employment Rights Stewart J. Schwab PART III: EMPLOYEE RIGHTS AND EMPLOYER MANDATES 9. Bias and the Law of the Workplace Christine Jolls 10. From Just Cause to Just Notice in Reforming Employment Termination Law Rachel Arnow-Richman 11. The Law and Economics of Employment Protection Legislation Simon Deakin 12. Intellectual Property Justifications for Restricting Employee Mobility: A Critical Appraisal in Light of the Economic Evidence Alan Hyde 13. Antidiscrimination in Employment: The Simple, the Complex, and the Paradoxical Samuel Issacharoff and Erin Scharff 14. The Forum for Adjudication of Employment Disputes Samuel Estreicher and Zev J. Eigen PART IV: CONCLUDING PERSPECTIVES 15. The Striking Success of the National Labor Relations Act Michael L. Wachter 16. Why Workers Still Need a Collective Voice in the Era of Norms and Mandates Cynthia L. Estlund Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Research Handbook explores the rights of employers and employees with regard to intellectual property (IP) created within the framework of the employment relationship. Investigating the development of employee IP from a comparative perspective, it contextualises issues in the light of theoretical approaches in both IP law and labour law.Leading academic experts examine the most crucial building blocks of the regulation of employee IP, such as authorship, inventorship and creatorship, as well as individual, corporate and collective works. Chapters focus on US and European law, but also offer insights from Chinese, Japanese and Korean law. The Research Handbook also tackles new and developing global challenges in the field, including labour mobility, trade secrets, non-compete clauses, university employees, cross-border business matters, and choice of law issues.Scholars and students in both IP and labour law, and particularly those working at the intersection of these fields, will find this Research Handbook invaluable. It will also provide important insights for legislators, business practitioners and university management.Trade Review'This Handbook is a very welcome detailed treatment of the most pressing issues in the intersection between IPRs and Employment Law. With a global approach it explores how IPRs today are essential instruments, not only between competitors, but equally in relation to employees. It is a must-read for policy-makers, practicing lawyers, managers and students wishing to understand the many elements of incentivizing, regulating and managing employees performing innovative work.' -- Bengt Domeij, Uppsala University, Sweden'Moderna, Pfizer, Tesla, Amazon, and so many other corporate household names provide us with impressive new developments in technology that, literally, keep humanity going and alive. But inside the glitzy buildings of these firms work thousands of minds creating and discovering for the benefit of humankind - and their company’s shareholders. Many other firms and workers collaborate in these endeavors through various forms of contracting arrangements that span the globe, some of which are fairer than others. Corporate, employee, and social interests don’t always gel. So, around the creative and scientific work lies a global institutional architecture trying to keep things together. It includes intellectual property and labor laws. But given the fast-paced changes in technology and innovation, these areas of law are constantly trying to catch up. Remaining empirically valid - up with the times - is hard work. Experts in each body of law need to work in their specialized fields, but also together. The goals are to promote new and better incentives for creative and scientific work, with equity in mind, all at a global scale. This book contributes with this endeavor. It brings together an international collection of experts in these two legal fields. They ground the larger community of researchers in an urgent agenda for better, global matches between labor law and intellectual property law that can help reconcile the corporate, employee, and social interests at stake.' -- César F. Rosado Marzán, University of Iowa College of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface viii PART I FOUNDATIONS OF EMPLOYEE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – HISTORICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 1 Foundations of labour and IP law 2 Niklas Bruun and Marja-Leena Mansala 2 The role of the employee–inventor and the institutional development of technology-based business 49 Ulf Petrusson 3 Knowledge economy, changing employment relations, and intellectual property issues 98 Alan Hyde PART II REGULATORY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FRAMEWORK 4 Regulatory development in different fields of IP 113 Marja-Leena Mansala and Niklas Bruun 5 Concepts of authorship and their relevance to IP entitlement – personalist vs entrepreneurial approaches 132 Antoon Quaedvlieg 6 The curious contrast between corporate authorship and inventorship in the United States 174 Sean M. O’Connor 7 Collective works in French law 202 Sylvie Nérisson and Stéphanie Le Cam 8 Fairness for all – employee inventions between contract and legislation in Korea and Japan 217 Nari Lee 9 The interface between employment law and enforcement, remedies and sanctions 246 Trevor Cook 10 Comparative perspectives on employee inventions: Chinese developments compared with European, Asian and US models 263 Liguo Zhang PART III GLOBALIZATION AND NEW CHALLENGES 11 Cross-border business matters and choice of law 293 Paul Torremans 12 Academic employees in universities: who can exploit their intellectual property? 326 Ann L. Monotti 13 Knowledge mobility, trade secrets and non-competes: lessons from the common law tradition 361 William van Caenegem Index

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