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Book SynopsisWorkers, Collectivism and the Law offers a captivating historical account of worker democracy, from its beginnings in European guild systems to present-day labor unions, across the national legal systems of Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Analysing these legal systems in light of a Habermasian concept of participatory democracy, Laura Carlson identifies ways to strengthen individual employee voice in claims against employers.Carlson highlights how employee voice and democracy, both collective and individual, assume different guises in each of these four labor law models. By tracing voice and democracy as components in the history of collective worker organizations, from guilds to journeymen associations to modern labor unions, Carlson demonstrates how history has shaped today's national labor law models.In the context of modern labor law's central focus on human rights, Carlson articulates the need for stronger legal defence of mechanisms of transparency and procedural due process, to enhance voice and democracy for union members in invoking rights and asserting protections for workers.This insightful book is indispensable reading for labor law academics and for those practicing in employment law, while those interested in the history of labor law will revel in its penetrating survey of the materials.Trade Review'Professor Laura Carlson, with multi-national legal experience, is an ideal scholar to explore how the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and the US have provided diverse legal structures and mechanisms for individual and collective employee voice in the workplace. The book offers well-researched legal and historical background and insightful analysis and comparison of the countries' unique approaches.' --Laura J. Cooper, University of Minnesota Law School, US and Co-Editor, ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law'Against a rich historical canvas, Carlson explores procedural democracy involving individual and collective labour claims in Germany, Sweden, the UK and the US. Pointing to the common trends and unique features of these systems, this informative book is a useful contribution to the literature on employee voice.' --Anne Trebilcock, Georg-August University, Germany'In this important work, Laura Carlson explores the intersections between law, democracy and collective voice from a comparative perspective. It blends historical sensitivity and theoretical sophistication to produce a work of real scholarly importance. Given the rise of nationalism, authoritarianism and growing social and economic inequalities across Europe, its publication could not be more timely. It deserves to be widely read.' --Alan Bogg, University of Bristol Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Workers, Collectivism and the Law Part I Workers, collectivism and the law historically 1. Guilds: Brother[sister]hood, friendship and mutual aid 2. The golden age of the English guilds 3. The rise of labor in England 4. Labor in Germany: Rapid transformations 5. Labor in Sweden: Seamless transitions 6. Labor in the United States: The Court is King 7. International influences and congruences Part II The Modern National Labor Law Models 8. Employee voice in the United Kingdom 9. Employee voice in Germany: Dual channels 10. Employee voice in Sweden 11. Employee voice in the United States 12. Voice, democracy, and collectivism in the different systems Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a critical reflection on the operation and effects of labour regulation. It articulates the broad goals and extensive potential for it to contribute to inclusive development, while also considering the limits of some areas of regulation and governance. Drawing on both field studies and innovative theoretical perspectives, the contributors reveal an emerging consensus that labour regulation is neither negative nor positive for economic and social outcomes. By comparing the concerns and methodologies of various disciplines, they argue that balanced regulation is essential. Following analysis of how the global financial crisis has increased labour market segmentation, the book addresses the needs of key groups often at the periphery, including young women, workers in the informal economy, migrants and home-care workers. The book argues that effective and efficient labour market regulation can contribute to achieving key policy goals of employment formalization and inclusive labour markets, while also pursuing equitable distribution. An important comparative work, academics and students will find this book to be of exceptional value, particularly those studying law, economics, political science, international relations and development studies. Practitioners and policy-makers from both developed and developing countries will also benefit from the wide range of perspectives.Contributors include: D. Bailey, F. Bertranou, L. Casanova, S. Charlesworth, A. De Ruyter, C. Fenwick, M. Freedland, J. Grundy, B.-H. Lee, R. Rachmawati, J. Rubery, M.I. Syaebani, M.P. Thomas, K. Tijdens, V. Van Goethem, M. Van Klaveren, A.M. Vargas Falla, L.F. Vosko, T. WarneckeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Labour market regulation and the imperative to stimulate job-rich growth Colin Fenwick and Valérie Van Goethem Part I: Introduction 2. Reregulating for inclusive labour markets Jill Rubery 3. Beyond New Governance: Improving Employment Standards Enforcement in Liberal Market Economies Leah F. Vosko, John Grundy and Mark P. Thomas Part II: Labour Market Regulation and Vulnerability 4. Assessing the Scale of Women’s Informal Work: An Industry Outlook for 14 Developing Countries Maarten van Klaveren and Kea Tijdens 5. Regulating informal work at the interface between labour law and migration law Mark Freedland 6. Partial protection? The Regulation of Home Care Workers’ Working Conditions Sara Charlesworth Part III: Labour Market Regulation and Informality 7. Informal work in the Republic of Korea: Non-Regulation or Non-Compliance? Byung-Hee Lee 8. Employment Formalization in Argentina: Recurring and New Challenges for Public Policies Fabio Bertranou and Luis Casanova 9. Formalizing Street Vendors: Regulating to Improve Well-Being or to Gain Control? Ana Maria Vargas-Falla 10. Working conditions of urban vendors in Indonesia: Lessons for labour law enforcement Alex de Ruyter, Muhammad Irfan Syaebani, Riani Rachmawati, David Bailey and Tonia Warnecke Index

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Book SynopsisOver recent years, the inability of social security protection to reach workers without a formal employment contract has become an inconvenient reality in both the global north and south. This book explores how provisions for income security can be revised to effectively meet the needs of the labour force in varying economies. In developing economies, informal employment has traditionally accounted for a high proportion of overall employment and this trend looks set to continue. In the global north, the increasing use of flex-contracts and 'dependent self-employment' has led to a rise in the number of workers with limited income protection. An additional challenge for countries in both hemispheres is the rise of the 'gig' economy. This book is the first to open up a dialogue about social security coverage in the developed and developing world. Authors from both sides of the divide have contributed chapters and present a variety of insights, experiments and practices with the aim of identifying better ways to combat the growing social security challenge. Academic researchers with an interest in labour law and social policy will find this book to be an engaging source of innovative research. Practicing lawyers and policy makers will also benefit from the insights and examples provided from a number of different jurisdictions. ntributors include: C. Barnard, A. Blackham, E. Fourie, A. Govindjee, T. Gyulavári, D. Hofmeyr, L. Jianfei, A. Johansson Westregård, L. Lamarche, J. Li, J. Masabo, M. Olivier, P.A. Ortiz, A. Paz-Fuchs, M. Westerveld, M. WynnTrade Review‘This edited collection tackles an important subject, and its well-evidenced discussion should be regarded as an important contribution to a debate that will be increasingly important as employment markets continue to diversify.’ -- Citizens Basic Income TrustTable of ContentsContents: Preface M. Olivier and M. Westerveld Part I General reflections 1. Social Security Protection for Informal Economy Workers: Developing World Perspectives Marius Olivier 2. Flexicurity outside the Employment Relationship? Re-engineering Social Security for the New Economy Michael Wynn and Amir Paz-Fuchs 3. Gender and Race in the Informal Economy: the South African Framework Elmarie Fourie 4. The Self-employed and the Welfare State in the EU: Insights from Gender and Race Equality Law Alysia Blackham and Catherine Barnard Part II Thematic Reflections 5. Labour Relations and Labour Law in Shared Economy Jing Li and Li Jianfei 6. Social protection and vulnerable work in South Africa Avinash Govindjee Part III Regional Approaches 7. Informal and Self-Employment Workers in Latin America: From an Excluded Category to an Example of Innovative Inclusive Measures Pablo Arellano Ortiz 8. Structure and Social Protection of the Self-employed Society: An Eastern-European Perspective based on Hungarian Experience Tamás Gyulavári 9. Informality and Social Insurance in East Africa: an Assessment of the Law and Practice Juliana Masabo Part IV Country Cases 10. Social Protection for Workers outside the Traditional Employment Contract – a Swedish Example Annamaria Johansson Westregård 11. The Netherlands: Solo Self-Employment and Labour on Demand Mies Westerveld 12. From a Social Protection Regime to an Income Security Agenda: Canada at the Crossroads Lucie Lamarche EPILOGUE Mies Westerveld and Marius Olivier Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive research review discusses an array of distinguished papers from within the sphere of comparative labour law, covering the subject's most compelling and thought-provoking questions. Topics include the uses and limits of comparative labour law, the enforcement of labour rights and the methods of comparative labour law. Prefaced with an original introduction by the editor, this collection promises to be a useful research tool for scholars and practitioners, as well as a fascinating read for those interested in the field.Trade Review‘An Herculean effort that teases out all the major threads in modern comparative labor law scholarship and weaves them into a comprehensive and comprehensible whole.’ -- Matthew Finkin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Anne Trebilcock PART I THE USES AND LIMITS OF COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW A. Reflections on the Comparative Exercise 1. Alan C. Neal (2015), ‘Endangered Species or Renaissance Child?’, European Labour Law Journal, 6 (2), June, 152–74 2. Katherine V.W. Stone (2007), ‘A New Labor Law for a New World of Work: The Case for a Comparative-Transnational Approach’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 28 (3), 565–81 3. Reinhold Fahlbeck (2003), ‘Comparative Labor Law – Quo Vadis?’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 25 (1), 7–19 4. Harry W. Arthurs (2007), ‘Compared to What? The UCLA Comparative Labor Law Project and the Future of Comparative Labor Law’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 28 (3), 591–612 B. Transposition and Transplants 5. Julia López (2007), ‘Beyond the National Case: The Role of Transnational Labour Law in Shaping Domestic Regulation’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 28 (3), 547–63 6. Xavier Beaudonnet (2006), ’How Domestic Jurisdictions use Universal Sources of International Law’, Labour Education, 2-3 (143-44), 9–19 7. Bob Hepple (1999), ‘Can Collective Labour Law Transplants Work? The South African Example’, 20 (1), Industrial Law Journal [South Africa], January, 1–12 8. Christopher Whelan (1982), ‘On Uses and Misuses of Comparative Labour Law: A Case Study’, The Modern Law Review, 45 (3), May, 285–300 PART II METHODS OF COMPARATIVE LABOUR LAW 9. David E. Pozen (2006), ‘The Regulation of Labour and the Relevance of Legal Origin’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 28 (1), 43–55 10. Simon Deakin, Priya Lele and Mathias Siems (2007), ‘The Evolution of Labour Law: Calibrating and Comparing Regulatory Regimes’, International Labour Review, 146 (3–4), September, 133–62 11. Alain Supiot (1999), ‘The Transformation of Work and the Future of Labour Law in Europe: A Multidisciplinary Perspective’, International Labour Review, 138 (1), March, 31–46 12. Philippe Auvergnon (2015), ‘Regionalisation of Labour Law in Africa: The OHADA Project’, E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies, 4 (2), May-June, 1–29 13. Dagmar Schiek (2017), ‘Comparing Labour Laws in the EU Internal Market: A Social Actors Perspective’, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 33 (1), February, 171–94 14. Silvia Spattini (2012), ’Agency Work: A Comparative Analysis’, E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies, 1 (3–4), December, 169–210 PART III AXES OF COMPARISON: TERRITORIES AND TOPICS A. Selected Territories 15. Sean Cooney, Petra Mahy, Richard Mitchell and Peter Gahan (2014), ‘The Evolution of Labor Law in Three Asian Nations: An Introductory Comparative Study’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 36 (1), 23–68 16. Colin Fenwick and Evance Kalula (2005), ‘Law and Labour Market Regulation in East Asia and Southern Africa: Comparative Perspectives’, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 21 (2), 193–226 17. Judy Fudge (2015), ‘Constitutionalizing Labour Rights in Canada and Europe: Freedom of Association, Collective Bargaining, and Strikes’, Current Legal Problems, 68 (1), January, 267–305 18. Arturo Bronstein (2010), ‘Labour Law in Latin America: Some Recent (and not so recent) Trends’, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 26 (1), 17–41 19. Annamaria Donini, Michele Forlivesi, Anna Rota and Patrizia Tullini (2017),’ Towards Collective Protections for Crowdworkers: Italy, Spain and France in the EU Context’, Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 23 (2), May, 207–23 B. Selected Topics of Comparison 20. Marie-Laure Morin (2005), ‘Labour Law and New Forms of Corporate Organization’, International Labour Review, 144 (1), September, 5–30 21. Lisa Rodgers (2012), ‘Vulnerable Workers, Precarious Work and Justifications for Labour Law: A Comparative Study’, E–Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies, 1 (3–4), November, 87–113 22. Shae McCrystal (2014), ‘Collective Bargaining Beyond the Boundaries of Employment: A Comparative Analysis’, Melbourne University Law Review, 37 (3), 662–98 23. Mary Cornish (2007), ‘Closing the Global Gender Pay Gap: Securing Justice for Women’s Work’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 28 (2), 219–49 24. Elaine Dewhurst (2013), ’Models of Protection of the Right of Irregular Immigrants to Back Pay: The Impact of the Interconnection Between Immigration Law and Labour Law’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 35 (2), 217–46 25. Julie C. Suk (2011), ‘Preventive Health at Work: A Comparative Approach’, American Journal of Comparative Law, 59 (4), October, 1089–134 26. Guy Davidov and Edo Eshet (2015), ‘Intermediate Approaches to Unfair Dismissal Protection’, Industrial Law Journal, 44 (2), May, 167–93 27. Matthew W. Finkin (2008), ’Privatization of Wrongful Dismissal Protection in Comparative Perspective’, Industrial Law Journal, 37 (2), June, 149–68 PART IV SEEKING ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS AT WORK 28. Wenjia Zhuang and Kinglun Ngok (2014), ’Labour Inspection in Contemporary China: Like the Anglo-Saxon Model, but Different’, International Labour Review, 153 (4), December, 561–85 29. Fernando Teixeira da Silva (2010), ’The Brazilian and Italian Labour Courts: Comparative Notes’, International Review of Social History, 55 (3), 381–412 30. Lara Blecher (2017), ’Codes of Conduct: The Trojan Horse of International Human Rights Law?’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 38 (3), 437–76 31. Adelle Blackett (2015), ‘Social Regionalism in Better Work Haiti’, International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 31 (2), 163–85 32. Lance A. Compa and Jeffrey S. Vogt (2001),’Labor Rights in the Generalized System of Preferences: A 20-Year Review’, Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, 22 (2/3), 199–238 Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines labour regulation and labour mobility in two professional baseball leagues: Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in Japan. Through vivid comparative study, Matt Nichol explores how each league internally regulates labour mobility and how this internal regulation engages with external regulation from the legislature, statutory authorities and the courts. This comparison of two highly restrictive labour markets utilizes regulatory theory and labour regulation and suggests a framework for a global player transfer system in baseball.Each system of labour regulation can be viewed as an autopoietic system of law that utilizes voluntary self-regulation as the basis for regulation. While the regulatory systems in each league govern labour mobility in a similar manner using labour controls such as the draft, the reserve system and free agency, the two systems operate differently in terms of the level of labour mobility enjoyed by players. Formal rules, informal rules and normative practice result in MLB having relatively high levels of labour mobility for free agent players while similar players enjoy limited mobility in NPB.The book's engaging, multifaceted focus and comparative nature make it an excellent resource for lawyers, academics and advanced students interested in labour law, sports law, and Asian and European law.Trade Review‘Nichol has written a fascinating account of labour mobility in baseball whilst dissecting theories underpinning the regulation of employment in the sport and building a case for a global player transfer system.’ -- Stacey Steele, Australian Journal of Asian Law‘The confronting assertion that baseball labour is commodified has not been weakened by the MLB’s efforts to restart the season during the pandemic, making Matt Nichol's scholarly examination of “labour regulation and labour mobility in professional baseball’s two elite leagues” both timely and important.’ -- Micah Burch, Zeitschrift für Japanisches RechtTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Overview of Professional Baseball in the United States and Japan 3. The Principle That Labour is Not a Commodity 4. Regulation and Labour Regulation 5. Internal Regulatory Actors and Mechanisms in Professional Baseball 6. External Regulatory Actors and Mechanisms in Professional Baseball 7. The Law and the Principle of Labour Mobility 8. The Scope of Labour Mobility in Professional Baseball 9. The Commodification of Labour in Professional Baseball 10. Globalization and the Framework for a New Global Player Transfer System in Baseball 11. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPrecarious work is a current concern throughout Europe as a result of the proliferation of new types of employment related to the gig economy. This timely book, positioned at the intersection between European and national labour law, provides a comprehensive analysis of the legal and social policy challenges arising from this phenomenon. Since the 2008 financial crisis, there has been an increasing need to respond to the rise of precarious work and the risk it poses to the European model of secure employment and social protection, which this book thoroughly explores. Chapters first consider the theoretical foundations of the issue, before examining the key characteristics and dynamics of employment regulation in Europe related to precarious work, as well as surveying recent judicial decisions. The book demonstrates the potential for improved labour regulation and case law to address the situation both at EU and national level. Precarious Work will prove invaluable to law, politics, sociology and anthropology scholars with an interest in the phenomenon of precarious labour. Lawyers, policymakers and other practitioners working in this area will also find this book a useful resource.Trade Review'This book offers timely commentary on the rise of precarious employment in Europe following the global financial crisis, sovereign debt crises and the rise of ''gig economy'' work. Covering developments in a diverse range of States, this book offers cutting-edge analysis from leading scholars regarding the causes of contemporary precarity and the challenges posed to regulation of labour markets.' --Tonia Novitz, University of Bristol, UK'The fragmentation and segmentation of the workforce has led to a multitude of forms of precarious work, now with a new face in the digital economy. It is a big challenge for labour law and industrial relations worldwide. This book focuses on Europe, tries to develop a theoretical framework for this very complex phenomenon, analyses brilliantly the development in different EU Member States and confronts it with the patterns of European and international law, thereby showing the burning need for further regulatory concepts: A must for everybody interested in this topic.' --Manfred Weiss, University of Frankfurt, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: INTRODUCTION Jeff Kenner, Marta Otto, Izabela Florczak Part I Precarious work: towards a new theoretical foundation 1. Precarious Work and Labour Regulation in the EU: Current Reality and Perspectives Izabela Florczak and Marta Otto 2. Precariat – Next Stage of Development or Economic Predominance in a New Scene? Barbara Godlewska-Bujok and Andrzej Patulski 3. Precarious Work and Social Protection: Between Flexicurity and Social Pollution Calogero Massimo Cammalleri Part II The Legal Contours of Precarious Work in Europe 4. Deepening Precarity in the United Kingdom David Mangan 5. The Rise of Precarious Work in Spain. The Effects of the Increase in Labour Market Flexibility Anna Ginès I Fabrellas 6. Precarity of New Forms of Employment Under Swedish Labour Law Annamaria Westregård 7. From Student Work to False Self-Employment: How to Combat Precarious Work in Slovenia? Darja Senčur Peček and Valentina Franca 8. Precarious Work in Poland. How to Tackle the Abuse of Atypical Forms of Employment? Łukasz Pisarczyk and Urszula Torbus 9. On the Balance Between Flexibility and Precarity: Atypical Forms of Employment Under The Laws of the Czech Republic Jakub Tomšej Part III The Challenge Of The ‘Gig Economy’ 10. “Digital Work” in the “Platform Economy”. The Last (But Not Least) Stage of Precariousness in Labour Relationships Gionata Cavallini and Matteo Avogaro 11. Uber Drivers Are ‘Workers’ – The Expanding Scope of the ‘Worker’ Concept in the UK’s Gig Economy Jeff Kenner 12. Digital Work - Real Bargaining. How to Ensure Sustainability of Social Dialogue in Digital Era? Joanna Unterschütz Index

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Book SynopsisMigrant workers around the world are subject to exploitative labor practices that give employers extraordinary bargaining power. This book brings together researchers, practitioners, and advocates who explore the many ways that contracted migrant workers are rendered vulnerable in the workplace. In this book, the term ‘21st-century coolie’ is deployed as a heuristic device that foregrounds the deeply unequal structures shaping the transnational flows of short-term, migrant workers. The term ‘coolie’ harkens back to the labor arrangements of earlier centuries that involved conscripted labor, indentured servitude, and contract labor across national borders. Like those of past centuries, today’s ‘coolies’ are subject to legal constraints inside and outside the employment relationship that force them into subjugated positions within the workplace.The chapters of this anthology situate contemporary global migration regimes in histories of colonization, uncover their racialized as well as gendered nature, and examine the role of nation-states in perpetuating conditions of extreme exploitation. The permeability, mutability, and durability of racial capitalism is revealed through an interdisciplinary and practice-oriented lens.Law and social science students in graduate courses on migration, labor, employment, employment discrimination, and race and the law will gain a deeper understanding of the issues facing migrant workers today, as will students in humanities, performance studies, narrative studies, and communication studies.Table of ContentsContents: PART I MIGRANT WORKERS, GLOBAL RACIAL CAPITALISM AND UNFREEDOM 1 Introduction to Race, Gender and Contemporary International Labor Migration Regimes 2 Robyn Magalit Rodriguez 2 The narrative of ethno-racial labor competition and employee choice 21 Leticia Saucedo PART II THE RETURN OF THE BRACERO PROGRAM? H-VISA HOLDERS IN THE UNITED STATES 3 Bringing back the Bracero Program: the migration industry in the recruitment of H-2 visa workers 35 Rubén Hernández-León, Efrén Sandoval Hernández and Lidia Muñoz Paniagua 4 Delegating discrimination in the temporary worker visa programs 63 Jennifer J. Lee and Rachel Micah-Jones 5 Tech coolies: Indian scientists and engineers entering the United States on H-1B visas 89 Roli Varma PART III LEGAL AND ORGANIZING STRATEGIES FOR U.S. IMMIGRANT AND MIGRANT WORKERS 6 Workers with temporary protected status: the value and limits of delinking immigration and employment status 110 Shannon Gleeson and Kati Griffith 7 Garment worker organizing in Los Angeles 124 Mar Martinez and Mercedes Cortez 8 Emerging forms of organization for precarious migrant workers 130 Ken Wang PART IV DOMESTIC WORKERS AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION 9 Domestic workers and storytelling advocacy: competing visions of migrant worker organizing 152 Sujatha Fernandes 10 Aesthetics of precarity: racial performativity in the archive of migrant domestic work 174 Maria Eugenia López PART V THE COMPLEXITIES OF GLOBAL PROCESSES FOR WORKERS 11 Sustaining inequality: the incorporation of migrant remittances in the Philippine political economy 192 Suzy Lee Index

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Book SynopsisPositioning industrial relations in a discussion that is sensitive to broader political, historical, and ideological tensions, this insightful book offers reflections on the politics of de-regulation that have developed in southern European work and employment relations over the past 20 years.Interwoven with case studies from Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the book reviews critical debates and issues related to de-regulation in employment relations and neoliberalism in southern Europe. Taking stock of major changes and crises affecting these national contexts over time, from austerity politics to the COVID-19 pandemic, chapters investigate how new voices, actors, and social movements are beginning to emerge and engage with the politics of work. The book ultimately posits that debates on production and work need to pay closer attention to changes in patterns of consumption and the changing nature of worker voice, and highlights how these changes are being used to undermine collective and social rights.Surveying political shifts in collective worker voice and representation over time, the book will benefit students and scholars of industrial relations, labour studies, the sociology of work, and employment politics. Its evaluation of the impact of de-regulation strategies imposed across southern Europe will prove invaluable to practitioners and policymakers involved in public employment and industrial relations.Trade Review‘This is an important and timely book. The immediate effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the economies of Southern Europe are well documented, but the longer term consequences on industrial relations are less well understood. This edited collection presents a wide ranging exploration of the effects of crisis on employment emphasising in particular changes to the collective regulation of work. An important overview of the complex and changing dynamics of these key economies.’ -- Melanie Simms, University of Glasgow, UK‘This book’s contribution to the labor literature on Southern Europe is theoretically rich and timely. The authors provide a valuable update, covering the years after the financial crisis, and they correct some oversimplified narratives stressing austerity and de-regulation. They demonstrate continued liberalization in employment relations, but also renewed state intervention and mobilization of radical trade unionists, especially in the so-called gig economy.’ -- Ian Greer, Cornell University, US‘This book is so much more than an outstanding analysis of the impact of neoliberal policies of de-regulation and marketization in Southern European countries; it is also an excellent invitation to think outside the box by reframing our understanding of change in industrial relations and political economy.’ -- Torsten Müller, European Trade Union Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Preface viii 1 Introduction: politics, regulation and work under the long shadow of neoliberalism in Southern Europe 1 Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez and Miguel Martínez Lucio 2 The obsession with deregulation, austerity and technological change: the political dimensions of regulatory change and their outcomes in Spain 32 Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez, Rafael Ibáñez Rojo and Miguel Martínez Lucio 3 Austerity, work and politics: assessing deregulation and political change in Portuguese industrial relations 51 Miguel Martínez Lucio 4 Regulation and representation in Italian industrial relations: between continuities and contradictions 73 Sabrina Colombo and Stefania Marino 5 Crisis, deregulation and the rise of the gig economy: Greek industrial relations and social partnership under stress? 93 Maria Mexi and Chara Kokkinou 6 The political uncoupling of industrial relations and labour market change in Southern Europe 113 Martí López-Andreu 7 New practices in industrial relations: radical unionism in the European periphery 137 Jon Las Heras and Beltrán Roca 8 The emergent challenges of contemporary capitalist models and practices: the dynamics of the platform and gig economy and its social consequences for industrial relations in Southern Europe 163 Luis Enrique Alonso and Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting the evolution of supplementary pensions over the past 25 years, this comprehensive book introduces the origin of pensions as a concept and explores the role that international organisations play within the field. It draws comparisons between different welfare states, reflecting upon current research and identifying new directions and ideas.Despite observing significant differences in the approaches to pension design, the book identifies common challenges, including the need to provide for an increasingly aging population, slow economic growth following the 2008 global financial crisis, the need for effective regulation, and increased labour market flexibility. Leading scholars analyse the experiences of a broad range of countries and offer insights into their responses to the numerous challenges faced by national pension systems. The book covers significant moments in pensions history following the World Bank’s 1994 report on Averting the Old Age Crisis, and subsequent responses to challenges posed by longevity and economic crises. This book will be an ideal companion for academic researchers and financial law scholars interested in pensions and looking to develop an international perspective on the issue, as well as professionals in the pensions industry who are engaging with other countries and looking to develop their knowledge of overseas pension systems.Trade Review’An excellent book that summarizes 25 years of supplemental pension reforms in 15 OECD countries. Several chapters focus on important analytical issues, such as the role of international organizations in promoting change and how social reforms may win and maintain popular trust.’ -- Mitchell A Orenstein, University of Pennsylvania, US‘The expertise and deep insights of the 30 contributors covering more than 25 years of pensions policy development and implementation in 15 countries make this a book that anyone making or scrutinising pensions policy, legislating for it, regulating it or researching it should have in their library. The insights in the book will help the reader identify the many pitfalls to avoid, the many risks to manage and to consider how to build resilience into pension systems.’ -- Philip Bennett, Durham Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 James Kolaczkowski, Yves Stevens and Jakob Markus Werbrouck 2 On the origin of pensions 10 Yves Stevens 3 The role of international organizations in the last 25 years and their effect on pension reforms throughout the world 37 Paul Roels 4 Belgium: 25 years of occupational pension schemes for employees in Belgium from a legal perspective 62 Emma Suzanne van Aggelen and Jakob Markus Werbrouck 5 Finland: Pension reforms in Finland 77 Susan Kuivalainen and Kati Kuitto 6 France: A national overview 99 Arnauld D’Yvoire 7 Germany: About unpopular but necessary reforms 122 Heinz-Dietrich Steinmeyer 8 Greece: Α perpetual struggle against the sovereignty of public pension regimes 138 Gabriel Amitsis 9 Ireland: Talking about change – Pension reform in Ireland 1994–2019 164 Michelle Maher 10 Italy: The Italian pension system – reform trajectories and open issues 182 Felice Roberto Pizzuti and Michele Raitano 11 The Netherlands: Pensions in the Netherlands – from defined benefit to defined contribution 207 Erik Lutjens 12 Poland: A preliminary assessment 229 Marek Szczepański, Joanna Ratajczak, Kamila Bielawska, Joanna Rutecka-Góra and Sylwia Pieńkowska-Kamieniecka 13 The development of supplementary pensions in Portugal: Influenced by ideas, the process of European integration and national idiosyncrasies 257 Maria Clara Murteira 14 Spain: The evolution of the Spanish private pension system: 1994–2019 279 Inmaculada Domínguez Fabián and John A. Turner 15 Sweden: (Supplementary) pensions 1994–2019 305 Eskil Wadensjö 16 Switzerland: 25 years of occupational pension provision (1995–2020) 320 Jacques-André Schneider 17 The United Kingdom: Political and labour market influences 348 Bryn Davies and James Kolaczkowski 18 The United States: The evolution of the US pension system – 1994–2019 370 Jonathan Barry Forman, Dana M. Muir and John A. Turner 19 Pensions and the paradox of Trust: Developments over the past 25 years 392 Kamila Bielawska, Sally Shen and John A. Turner 20 Changes in approach to risk sharing in supplementary pension schemes 410 Anna Gierusz, Patrycja Kowalczyk-Rólczyńska, Agnieszka Pobłocka and Joanna Rutecka-Góra 21 Editors’ view and conclusion 439 James Kolaczkowski, Yves Stevens and Jakob Markus Werbrouck Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the gig economy from both a labour and employment perspective, this Research Agenda goes beyond the question of the employment status of platform workers. It investigates how the gig economy is changing the way people work, how the platforms’ business models are spreading in our economies, and what labour and social institutions are needed to respond to the challenges that platform work raises.Covering key issues such as algorithmic management, discrimination, occupational health and safety, casual work and collective labour rights, the authors challenge the narrative that the gig economy is a set of work arrangements that cannot be regulated through existing labour legislation and governance forms. The impact of the gig economy in developing countries and the regulation of global supply changes in platform work are also addressed.With contributions from world-leading authors, this Research Agenda will be crucial reading for scholars of labour and employment law, sociologists, economists and industrial relations specialists.Trade Review‘This important volume lays bare the significance of platform work for the wider world of work and for society at large. Through a multidisciplinary perspective it addresses a myriad of issues concerning platform work that have not received their due attention such as occupational safety and health, discrimination, and gaps in cross-border governance. The editors and contributors have done a fantastic job in making clear both the exceptional – and the unexceptional – aspects of platform work and thus provide a useful guide to scholars, social partners and policymakers of how to shape the gig economy so that it can be of benefit to all.’ -- Janine Berg, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland‘If the last two years have undoubtedly represented a quantum leap in the understanding and regulation of platform work at the European and national level, this volume marks the beginning of a second age of the multidisciplinary research on forms of work organized by technology. Thought-provoking contributions by brilliant authors from various scientific and geographical backgrounds pave the way for a new season of critical thinking, impactful inquiry and regulatory intervention. A much-recommended reading!’ -- Antonio Aloisi, IE University, Madrid, SpainTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society 1 Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters 2 Exclusion by default: Platform workers’ quest for labour protections 13 Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters 3 The impact of the gig-economy on occupational health and safety: Just an occupation hazard? 33 Aude Cefaliello, Cristina Inversi 4 Algorithmic discrimination, the role of GPS, and the limited scope of EU non-discrimination law 53 Elena Gramano, Miriam Kullmann 5 The law and worker voice in the gig economy 73 Alan Bogg, Ricardo Buendia 6 Platform economy and the risk of in-work poverty: A research agenda for social security lawyers 93 Paul Schoukens, Alberto Barrio, Eleni De Becker 7 Platform work and precariousness: Low earnings and limited control of work 113 Iain Campbell 8 On demand work as a legal framework to understand the gig economy 133 Ruth Dukes 9 Domestic work and the gig economy 149 Natalie Sedacca 10 Is flexibility and autonomy a myth or reality on taxi platforms? Comparison between traditional and app-based taxi drivers in developing countries 167 Uma Rani, Nora Gobel, Rishabh Kumar Dhir 11 The emerging geographies of platform labour: Intensifying trends in global capitalism 193 Kelle Howson, Alessio Bertolini, Srujana Katta, Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham 12 Crowdwork and global supply chains: Regulating digital piecework 215 Nastazja Potocka-Sionek Index 235

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book examines the growing phenomenon of internships, and the policy issues that they raise, during a time when internships or traineeships have become an important way of transitioning from education into paid work.Featuring contributions from established and emerging scholars in a range of disciplines, the book presents important new research on the use, benefits and regulation of such arrangements. It considers how various countries around the world are meeting the challenge of ensuring decent work for interns, and what more needs to be done to realise that objective. Additionally, the case for new forms of regulation to minimise or prevent the exploitation of interns is explored, against the background of a possible new international labour standard.Presenting new data and analysis on whether internships can - and to what extent do - provide an effective bridge from education to employment, Internships, Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience will be a key resource for policy-makers and academics in labour law, industrial relations, labour economics, human resource management and education.Trade Review‘An important and much-needed volume. It foregrounds internships as a significant feature of modern labour markets and a key policy and regulatory challenge. An impressively international volume, the book draws on the work of leading experts from a range of disciplines. It clearly outlines the policy challenges and proposes a valuable set of principles for effective regulation.’Table of ContentsContents: PART I BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 1 Internships: A policy and regulatory challenge 2 Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins and Anne Hewitt 2 The nature and prevalence of internships 17 Andrew Stewart PART II INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYABILITY 3 What makes for a ‘good’ internship? 35 Niall O’Higgins and Luis Pinedo Caro 4 How do internships undertaken during higher education affect graduates’ labour-market outcomes in Italy and the United Kingdom? 55 Charikleia Tzanakou, Luca Cattani, Daria Luchinskaya and Giulio Pedrini 5 Challenging the assumptions supporting work experience as a pathway to employment 76 Paula McDonald, Andrew Stewart and Damian Oliver 6 The (non)instrumental character of unpaid internships: Implications for regulating internships 91 Wil Hunt and Charikleia Tzanakou PART III REGULATING INTERNSHIPS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 7 Rights and obligations in the context of internships and traineeships: A German perspective 113 Bernd Waas 8 The law and regulation of internships in South Africa 130 Mahlatse Innocent Malatji 9 Internships and apprenticeships in Sweden, collective bargaining and social partner involvement 145 Jenny Julén Votinius and Mia Rönnmar 10 Square pegs and round holes: Shrinking protections for unpaid interns under the Fair Labor Standards Act 163 James J. Brudney 11 Work experience, the contract of employment and the scope of labour law: The United Kingdom and Australia compared 189 Rosemary Owens PART IV INTERNSHIPS, EDUCATION AND WELFARE 12 Regulating international educational internships: Opportunities and challenges 208 Joanna Howe 13 Universities as internship regulators: Evidence from Australia 223 Anne Hewitt 14 Regulating internships in active labour market programmes: A comparative perspective 239 Irene Nikoloudakis 15 Trainees – the new army of cheap labour: Lessons from workfare 255 Amir Paz-Fuchs 16 Extending social security to trainees in Spain, France and Germany: A tale of segmentation 269 Alexandre de le Court PART V HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 17 Fundamental rights broadening the scope of labour law? The example of trainees 285 Annika Rosin 18 Working at the edges of legal protection: Equality law and youth work experience from a comparative perspective 302 Alysia Blackham 19 Traineeships and systemic discrimination against young workers 321 Julia López López PART VI INTERNSHIP REGULATION: INTO THE FUTURE 20 Developing new standards for internships 335 Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins and Anne Hewitt Index

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Book SynopsisSearching for paid tasks via digital labour platforms, such as Uber, Deliveroo and Fiverr, has become a global phenomenon and the regular source of income for millions of people. In the advent of digital labour platforms, this insightful book sheds new light on familiar questions about tensions between competition and cooperation, short-term gains and long-term success, and private benefits and public costs. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from a range of disciplines, including law, management, psychology, economics, sociology and geography, it pieces together a nuanced picture of the societal challenges posed by the platform economy.Chapters present a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the rise of gig work, reflecting on long-term developments in the gig economy and incorporating contemporary developments into the rich theoretical and empirical literature on the topic. Charting new research territory, the book addresses key academic and policy challenges, arming readers with relevant analytical tools and practical solutions to face common problems. This book comprises a key reference for future research on the topic as well as critical policy measures for addressing challenges relating to gig work.Offering an integrated outline of the latest insights, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of the platform economy and gig work, outlining academic insights and empirical research, and illustrating a research agenda for future scholarship. The book’s comprehensive approach will also benefit policy-makers, managers and workers as they confront the platform economy’s wide variety of legal, economic and management challenges.Trade Review‘Only a level playing field will make the platform economy work for everyone. Getting there requires a deep interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges - and potential solutions - involved. In bringing together a diverse group of scholars from a broad range of disciplines Platform Economy Puzzles provides a wide range of excellent perspectives of interest to anyone interested in understanding how we got here – and what should happen next.‘Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I SETTING THE STAGE – PLATFORM-MEDIATED GIG WORK IN CONTEXT 1 Platform economy puzzles: the need for a multidisciplinary perspective on gig work 2 Jeroen Meijerink, Giedo Jansen and Victoria Daskalova 2 Understanding the prevalence and nature of platform work: the measurement case in the COLLEEM survey study 19 Annarosa Pesole 3 The past, present and future of gig work 46 Jim Stanford 4 Labour protection for non-employees: how the gig economy revives old problems and challenges existing solutions 68 Victoria Daskalova, Shae McCrystal and Masako Wakui PART II UNPACKING PLATFORM ECONOMY PUZZLES – ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EXCHANGES IN PLATFORM-MEDIATED GIG WORK 5 Platform urbanism and infrastructural surplus 101 Aaron Shapiro 6 Dual value production as key to the gig economy puzzle 123 Niels van Doorn and Adam Badger 7 Online labour platforms, human resource management and platform ecosystem tensions: an institutional perspective 140 Anne Keegan and Jeroen Meijerink 8 Multi-party working relationships in gig work: towards a new perspective 162 James Duggan, Ultan Sherman, Ronan Carbery and Anthony McDonnell PART III SOLUTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 9 Gigs of their own: reinventing worker cooperativism in the platform economy and its implications for collective action 188 Damion Jonathan Bunders 10 The politics of platform work: representation in the age of digital labour 209 Paul Jonker-Hoffrén and Giedo Jansen 11 Conclusion: solutions to platform economy puzzles and avenues for future research 229 Giedo Jansen, Victoria Daskalova and Jeroen Meijerink Index

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Book SynopsisOrganizing Matters demonstrates the interplay between two distinct logics of labour's collective action: on the one hand, workers coming together, usually at their place of work, entrusting the union to represent their interests and, on the other hand, social bargaining in which the trade union constructs labour's interests from the top down. The book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities between the two logics through the combination of a strong theoretical framework and an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment in four countries - Austria, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands. These countries still utilize social-wide bargaining but find it necessary to draw and develop strategies transposed from Anglo-American countries in response to continuously declining membership. Trade unionists and scholars will find this a compelling story of organizing, narrated in the voice of organizers, trade union officials and local observers. This is a source for reflection on the daily hardship and strategic goals of organizing. Theorists will be able to utilize the two logics for explaining ongoing challenges for trade unions' revitalization worldwide.Trade Review'Labour unions worldwide have had decades to experiment with different revitalization strategies to combat declining membership and political influence. In Organizing Matters, Guy Mundlak provides a uniquely comprehensive and engaging analysis of how these experiments have played out in four countries where unions are experiencing a growing gap between collective agreement coverage (high or stable) and union membership (low or declining). He draws on examples of organizing campaigns, rich with detail and quotes, to show the tensions unions in these countries experience when they seek to mobilize and recruit members at enterprise level - as well as the potential for these strategies to complement traditional forms of 'social bargaining' at sector or national level. The book's findings give grounds for cautious hope that trade unions are forging new hybrid strategies that use workplace organizing to both strengthen employee voice and mobilize institutional power.' --Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: A Theory of Two Logics, A Study of Four Countries 1. The Two Logics of Labour's Association 2. Hybrid industrial relations systems: between Ghent and sliced up bargaining units 3. Four hybrid industrial relations systems – converging challenges, divergent institutions 4. Declining membership and a rising legitimacy gap 5. Membership-based strategies - organizing and recruitment 6. Between two logics - strains of organizing when membership counts 7. Between two logics - bridging practices as a path towards revitalization Postscript: The two logics and membership counts References Index

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Book SynopsisFor this comprehensive collection, the editor has selected some of the most important labor law and economics papers today. This two-volume set tracks the development of the theoretical and empirical scholarship on labor law across a number of disciplines, bringing together traditional legal theory and labor economics, along with more recent findings in behavioral economics.The first volume begins with a broad overview of labor regulation around the world. It then offers major articles on the economics of American labor law and the welfare effects of labor regulation in the US and abroad. The second volume addresses the variety of mandated employee benefits, from minimum wages to maternity benefits and wrongful discharge laws. The collection concludes with some major papers on race and sex discrimination in employment.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction John J. Donohue III PART I OVERVIEW: A CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON OF THE REGULATION OF LABOR 1. Juan C. Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2004), ‘The Regulation of Labor’ PART II THE ECONOMICS OF AMERICAN LABOR LAW 2. Richard A. Posner (1984), ‘Some Economics of Labor Law’ 3. Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt (1992), ‘A Bargaining Analysis of American Labor Law and the Search for Bargaining Equity and Industrial Peace’ 4. Cass R. Sunstein (2001), ‘Human Behavior and the Law of Work’ PART III THE IMPACT ON ECONOMIC WELFARE OF THE REGULATION OF LABOR IN THE U.S. AND THE WORLD 5. Thomas J. Holmes (1998), ‘The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders’ 6. Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess (2004), ‘Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India’ 7. James Peoples (1998), ‘Deregulation and the Labor Market’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I MANDATING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS A Minimum Wage Laws 1. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (1994), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania’ 2. David Neumark and William Wascher (2000), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Comment’ 3. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (2000), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Reply’ B Mandated Maternity Benefits 4. Jonathan Gruber (1994), ‘The Incidence of Mandated Maternity Benefits’ C Mandating Accommodations 5. Christine Jolls (2000), ‘Accommodation Mandates’ D Training 6. Daron Acemoglu and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (1999), ‘Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets’ E Employment at Will and Wrongful-Discharge Laws 7. Richard A. Epstein (1984), ‘In Defense of the Contract at Will’ 8. Stewart J. Schwab (1993), ‘Life-Cycle Justice: Accommodating Just Cause and Employment at Will’ 9. David H. Autor, John J. Donohue III and Stewart J. Schwab (2006), ‘The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws’ PART II EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION A Racial Discrimination 10. John J. Donohue III and James Heckman (1991), ‘Continuous Versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks’ 11. Derek A. Neal and William R. Johnson (1996), ‘The Role of Premarket Factors in Black-White Wage Differences’ B Sex Discrimination 12. Claudia Goldin and Cecilia Rouse (2000), ‘Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians’ 13. Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle and Aldo Rustichini (2003), ‘Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences’ C Statistical Discrimination 14. David H. Autor and David Scarborough (2004), ‘Will Job Testing Harm Minority Workers?’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe economic analysis of labor and employment law is a bold effort to apply economic theory to explain important empirical facts about the regulation of the employment relationship and to provide positive predictions and normative analyses that are useful to policy-makers. This book draws together 24 chapters, by leading scholars in the field, summarizing the important theoretical and empirical work that has been done to date on a wide spectrum of labor and employment law topics including: regulating employment contracts, unions, collective bargaining, minimum wages, health insurance, executive pay, workers' compensation, unemployment, occupational health and safety, discrimination, needs of families, training and slave labor, to name but a few.This volume is one of the first in a series on specific topics within law and economics which builds upon, updates and replaces Elgar's very popular Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. It is designed as an essential starting point for academics and policy-makers who are interested in these topics.Trade Review'This encyclopedic book lives up to its title. An up-to-date handbook of what we know on almost everything interesting and important in labor written by prominent economists, labor relations experts, and legal experts. The opening chapters lay out the intellectual framework linking law and economics in individual and collective employment contracts. Then comes a potpourri of topics from pay to benefits to regulations to discrimination to global labor markets to. . . you name it. Deeper and more complete than any textbook.' -- Richard B. Freeman, Harvard University, US, National Bureau of Economic Research and London School of Economics, UK'Labor and Employment Law and Economics presents the most recent theoretical and empirical work on a wide variety of labor and employment law issues. Bringing together contributions from first-rate scholars in the field, Dau-Schmidt, Harris and Lobel, have put together a great resource for academics and policy-makers on either side of the Atlantic who are interested in these important issues.' -- John J. Donohue III, Yale Law School, US'This is a welcome and invaluable desktop companion for scholars, teachers, lawyers and policy-makers. Chapters by leading scholars from both law and economics cover an expansive array of topics on the regulation of work through the lens of economic analysis, concisely explaining theoretical foundations as well as identifying cutting-edge intellectual controversies. I recommend it most highly.' -- Gillian Lester, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: THE ECONOMICS OF REGULATING THE LABOR MARKET 1. Labor Law and Employment Regulation: Neoclassical and Institutional Perspectives Bruce E. Kaufman PART II: GOVERNANCE AND SELF-GOVERNANCE OF EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS 2. Employment Contracts Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe 3. Regulating Unions and Collective Bargaining Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt and Arthur R. Traynor PART III: EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THEIR REGULATION 4. Investments in Adult Lifelong Learning Lisa M. Lynch 5. Minimum Wage Legislation Simon Deakin and Frank Wilkinson 6. Health Insurance David A. Hyman 7. International Executive Pay: Current Practices and Future Trends Randall S. Thomas 8. Workers’ Compensation John F. Burton, Jr. 9. Occupational Safety and Health Regulation Sidney A. Shapiro 10. Employment Discrimination Stewart J. Schwab 11. Accommodating Families Joyce P. Jacobsen 12. Workplace Disability Seth D. Harris and Michael Ashley Stein 13. Adjudication of Workplace Disputes Douglas M. Mahony and Hoyt N. Wheeler PART IV: REGULATING EMPLOYMENT OF SPECIAL POPULATIONS 14. The Economics of Child Labour Alessandro Cigno 15. The Economics of Slavery, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking Patrick Belser PART V: GOVERNING TERMINATION AND POST-EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS 16. Discharge J.H. Verkerke 17. Unemployment Stephen A. Woodbury 18. Intellectual Property and Restrictive Covenants Orly Lobel 19. Pensions and Retirement Jonathan Barry Forman PART VI: GOVERNING GLOBAL LABOR MARKETS 20. Migration and Labor Markets: A Brief Survey Jagdeep S. Bhandari 21. Employee Collective Action in a Global Economy Jeffrey M. Hirsch 22. National Regulation in a Global Economy: New Governance Approaches to 21st Century Work Law Orly Lobel 23. International Labor Standards and International Trade: An Economic Overview Richard N. Block and Jonas Zoninsein PART VII: THE FUTURE OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW 24. A Labor Law for the Digital Era: The Future of Labor and Employment Law in the United States Katherine V.W. Stone Index

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Book SynopsisThis well-researched book analyzes the positioning of EU constitutional law towards economic and social integration by contrasting liberal and socially embedded constitutionalism. The book draws on a unique content and discourse analysis of all Grand Chamber decisions on substantive EU law since May 2004. It finds the EU's 'judicial constitution' to be more nuanced and more uniform than expected. While the Court of Justice enforces the constitution of integration, it favors economic freedoms under mainly liberal paradigms, but socially embeds constitutionalism in citizenship cases. The 'judicial constitution' contrasts with EU Treaties after the Treaty of Lisbon in that their new value base enhances European social integration. However, the Treaties too seem contradictory in that they do not expand the EU's competence regime accordingly. In the light of these contradictions, Dagmar Schiek proposes a 'constitution of social governance': the Court and EU institutions should encourage steps towards social integration at EU level to be taken by transnational societal actors, rather than condemn their relevant activity. Economic and Social Integration will appeal to academics and postgraduate students in EU law, EU politics, European sociology, international relations, international law, labor law, and welfare state theory. Undergraduate students in labor law, policy advisors on EU social policy and welfare state, government departments and EU Commission departments will also find much to interest them in this book.Trade Review'Dagmar Schiek has written a timely and vital book. Following financial and sovereign debt crises, the European Union is in crisis. As responses to crisis - for example fiscal union - appear to be couched in wholly technocratic terms, a European public is entitled to ask whether the European Union has any respect for established national traditions of social constitutionalism and social welfare. Dagmar Schiek addresses these questions, both in a historical and contemporary context of social constitutionalism, arguing forcefully for the need to establish social legitimacy within Europe. I recommend this book to all researchers and students of European Union.' --Michelle Everson, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK'Is there a ''European social space''? What is the place of ''social integration'' alongside ''economic integration'' in the EU? Has a ''socially embedded constitutionalism'' been developed in parallel with the internal market case law of the CJEU? Dagmar Schiek in her comprehensive and interdisciplinary study gives refreshing new answers under the recent Lisbon Treaty.' --Norbert Reich, Universitat Bremen, Germany'At a time of crisis and therefore a crucial juncture in European politics, Dagmar Schiek offers us an inspiring vision of the potential of the European Union. In her brilliant study, she exposes the obstacles that economic integration has posed for achievement of social justice, and provides a bold solution. Rejecting more limited models of constitutionalism, she presents a convincing alternative which is socially embedded, allowing space for action by manifold actors at multiple levels of governance.' --Tonia Novitz, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Economic and Social Integration 2. EU Constitutional Law 3. The Trajectory of EU Constitutional Law 4. The EU’s Judicial Constitution after Enlargement 5. Economic and Social Integration Under the EU’s Normative Constitution Bibliography 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 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 unique selection of chapters brings together researchers from a variety of academic disciplines to explore aspects of law's engagement with working families. It connects academic debate with policy proposals through an integrated set of approaches and perspectives. Families, Care-giving and Paid Work offers an original approach to a very topical area. Not only does it consider the limitations of law in relation to the regulation of care-giving and workplace relationships, but it is premised upon a reconsideration of law's potential and engages with suggested strategies for bringing about long-term social change. Offering a range of analyses, this book will strongly appeal to policy makers and practitioners involved with promoting work and family issues, students in labor and employment studies, law and social policy, as well as academics interested in work and family reconciliation issues, or gender and law issues. Contributors: N. Busby, T. Callus, E. Caracciolo di Torella, S. Charlesworth, R. Guerrina, R. Horton, G. James, C. Lyonette, S. Macpherson, A. Masselot, O. Smith, M. Weldon-JohnsTrade Review'Balancing paid work and family life remains a significant challenge; indeed, the challenges are intensifying as economic austerity threatens the pursuit of gender equality. This excellent book provides extensive justifications for laws and policies which encourage and facilitate the reconciliation of paid work, family life and care-giving. It provides a wealth of data, from a number of jurisdictions, and examines recent trends. It is vital that this area of law and policy is protected and developed and this book plays an important role in that process.' - Clare McGlynn, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Nicole Busby and Grace James PART I: WORK–FAMILY CHALLENGES 1. Reconciling Employment and Family Care-giving: A Gender Analysis of Current Challenges and Future Directions for UK Policy Suzi Macpherson 2. Atypical Working in Europe and the Impact on Work–Family Reconciliation Clare Lyonette 3. Is There a Fundamental Right to Reconcile Work and Family Life in the EU? Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella PART II: NATIONAL APPROACHES AND CROSS-NATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS 4. The Rights and Realities of Balancing Work and Family Life in New Zealand Annick Masselot 5. Law’s Response to the Reconciliation of Work and Care: The Australian Case Sara Charlesworth 6. Parental Leave Rights in Italy: Reconciling Gender Ideologies with the Demands of Europeanization Roberta Guerrina 7. Comparative Lessons on Work–Family Conflict – Swedish Parental Leave versus American Parental Leave Michelle Weldon-Johns PART III: ACCOMMODATING CARE 8. Care-giving and Reasonable Adjustment in the UK Rachel Horton 9. Reconciling Care-giving and Work in Ireland: The Contribution of Protection Against Family Status Discrimination Olivia Smith PART IV: CHANGING FOCUS 10. Child Welfare and Work–Family Reconciliation Policies: Lessons from Family Law Grace James and Thérèse Callus 11. Unpaid Care-giving and Paid Work Within a Rights Framework: Towards Reconciliation? Nicole Busby Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book plays a vital role in bridging the gap between labour economics, law and economics and the legal profession. Beginning with a general overview of the relationship between labour law and economic theory, it then goes on to examine specific areas within the field of law and economics including: the new law and economic theories on contract formation, with a case study from the Dutch system penalty default rules as applied to Israeli labour law dismissal regulation in the UK and US from a comparative perspective overtime hours in the US and severance pay in Germany the European Works Council an historical and economic analysis of the German co-determined corporation. Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Labour Law and Economic Theory: A Reappraisal 2. The Right-to-Lie: New Law and Economics versus Dutch Labour Law? 3. Information-forcing and Cooperation-Inducing Rules: Rethinking the Building Blocks of Labour Law 4. The Law and Economics of Dismissal Regulation: A Comparative Analysis of the US and UK Systems 5. Potential Labour Market Repercussions of Proposed Reforms to the US Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Hours Law 6. Law and Economics Analysis of the European Works Council 7. Severance Pay in Germany: A Contract Perspective 8. The Co-determined Corporation as a Player in the Labour Market Index

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Book SynopsisA cascade of TUPE cases, notably and centrally upon the service provision change, and the subsequent enactment of the Collective Redundancies and the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 by the UK Government, have made necessary this fourth edition of TUPE: Law & Practice.The new 2014 Amendment Regulations, in force from 31 January 2014, are intended to clarify the issues raised by recent cases and also to reduce the burdens on employers of small enterprises.This guide provides analysis of the new 2014 TUPE Amendment Regulations including: The scope to service provision changes (i.e. outsourcing/contracting-out and in), as well as clarification of the Regulation 3. Key changes relating to transfer dismissals and changes to terms and conditions. Pensions obligations under TUPE. Clarified joint consultation rights. The confusing application of TUPE where the transferor is insolvent. Lawyers, politicians and policymakers, HR practitioners, as well as academics, will find this book brings them up to speed on TUPE. This book aims to keep pace with these changes, providing practical advice and cutting edge analysis.Table of Contents PREFACE CONTENTS TABLES OF AUTHORITIES GLOSSARY OF TERMS 1. TUPE IN CONTEXT 1.1. TUPE or not TUPE? 1.2. The Original (1977) Directive 1.3. The original TUPE Regulations - 1981 2. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS UNDER TUPE 2.1. 1998 ARD 2.2. UK’s Pre-Existing Law before TUPE 1981 2.3. The former TUPE Regulations 1981 2.4. ECJ’s Case Law: 1985-2006 2.5. UK judicial guidance, 1987-2006 2.6. Consultation rights conundrum of 1996 2.7. Key TUPE Provisions on Collective rights 2.8. The Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 2.9. Practical Issues post-1999 Consultation Regulations 2.10. Revising the Directive 2.11. Amended Directive – 1998 3. PENSIONS AND TUPE 3.1. The Pensions Exclusion 3.2. The ECJ and Pensions Rights under TUPE 3.3. Whitney v Monster Worldwide Ltd 3.4. Pensions and Public Sector Transfers 3.5. TUPE and the Pensions Act 2004 3.6. TUPE and the Auto-enrolment Regime 4. TUPE AND INSOLVENCY 4.1. The Old Regime 4.2. “Hiving-down” 4.3. The meaning of ETO in insolvency situations 4.4. Insolvency under the 2006 regime & beyond 4.5. Pre-Pack insolvency 4.6. Permitted variations of terms and conditions of employment 4.7. Notification requirements 4.8. Misuse of insolvency proceedings 4.9. Insolvency and TUPE Working Together? 5. SERVICE PROVISION CHANGES AND TUPE 5.1. What is service provision change (aka ‘out-sourcing’)? 5.2. Workforce matters in local authority contracts: Best Value 5.3. Contracting-Out and TUPE 5.4. Ordinary Transfers versus Contracting-Out Transfers 5.5. Practical Issues on TUPE with Contracting-Out 5.6. SPC, TUPE and the Law 5.7. The ‘ETO’ Defences and contracting 5.8. Recent developments on SPC 6. TUPE 2014 and beyond 6.1. TUPE Regulations 6.1.1. Types of Transfer 6.1.2. Effect of Relevant Transfers 6.1.3. Collective Agreements and Trade Union Recognition 6.1.4. Employee Dismissal 6.1.5. Pensions 6.1.6. Employee Liability Information 6.1.7. Election of Employee Representatives 6.1.8. Failure to Inform or Consult 6.1.9. Restriction on Contracting Out 6.2. TUPE and Business Transactions 6.3. Due Diligence 6.4. Negotiation of the Contractual Terms 6.5. Other issues Further References Useful Websites APPENDIX 1: COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 98/50/EC APPENDIX 2: TUPE REGULATIONS 2006 APPENDIX 3: TUPE AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 2014

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Book SynopsisVon der Abfindung über Direktionsrecht, Jobsharing, Mankohaftung und Pflichtquote bis zur Zulage: Die Sprache des Arbeitsrechts zeichnet sich durch unzählige Fachbegriffe aus. Einen ersten schnellen Überblick verschafft das vorliegende Nachschlagewerk. Anhand von 333 übersichtlichen Schlüsselbegriffen werden die Grundkonzepte des Arbeitsrechts erläutert. Die Erklärungen sind kompakt und verständlich formuliert und bieten somit Basiswissen für alle, die einen schnellen Einstieg in die Thematik suchen, sich für arbeitsrechtliche Fragen interessieren oder ihr vorhandenes Wissen auffrischen möchten.Table of ContentsBegründung des Arbeitsverhältnisses.- Inhalt des Arbeitsverhältnisses.- Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses.

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Book SynopsisIn Schweden gibt es ein Betriebliches Mitbestimmungsgesetz, ein Kündigungsschutz-, Urlaubs- und Arbeitszeitgesetz – so wie in Deutschland. Aber es gibt keine Betriebsräte, nur ein einziges Arbeitsgericht und kaum Kündigungsschutzklagen – hier unterscheidet sich die nordeuropäische Konsenskultur ganz erheblich von den deutschen Gepflogenheiten.Aufgrund der geografischen Nähe sowie der engen historischen und wirtschaftlichen Verflechtungen werden die kulturellen Unterschiede zwischen Schweden und Deutschland meist stark unterschätzt. Doch können sie besonders in Fragen des Arbeitsrechts leicht zu Missverständnissen und ernsten Problemen führen. Daher ist es unerlässlich, diese Unterschiede zu kennen, um Missverständnisse oder sogar arbeitsgerichtliche Streitigkeiten zu vermeiden. Table of ContentsDas schwedische Arbeitsrecht und seine Rechtsquellen.- Der Arbeitsvertrag.- Urlaub, Mutterschutz, Elternzeit und andere Freistellungen.- Verträge von Geschäftsführern und leitenden Angestellten.- Arbeitnehmerüberlassung.- Die Anstellung beim Betriebsübergang.- Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses.- Haftungsfragen im Arbeitsrecht.- Gerichtsverfahren.- Kollektives Arbeitsrecht.- Arbeitssicherheit und Gesundheitspflege am Arbeitsplatz.- Sozialversicherungsrechtliche Aspekte.- Entsendung von Arbeitnehmern nach Schweden.

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Book SynopsisThorsten Walter beschreibt die technischen und juristischen Fallstricke sogenannter „Bring your own device“-Modelle und stellt die arbeitsrechtlichen Regelungsinstrumente für den Umgang mit BYOD vor. Darüber hinaus werden die verschiedenen technischen Lösungen zur Umsetzung von BYOD im Unternehmen in leicht verständlicher Form einander gegenübergestellt. Der Autor gibt praktische Empfehlungen zur Gestaltung von Regelungen in Nutzungsvereinbarungen. Table of ContentsWas Sie in diesem Essential finden können.- Schöne neue Welt.- Die Kehrseite.- Überschneidung von beruflicher und Privatsphäre.- Technische Umsetzung.- Handlungsempfehlungen.- Was Sie aus diesem Essential mitnehmen können.

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Book SynopsisJulia M. König untersucht, ob Urlaubsentgelt eher dem Arbeitsschutz oder dem Entgelt zuzuordnen ist, um daraus Implikationen für die Voraussetzung der Erarbeitung ableiten zu können. Die beiden Positionen des Arbeitsschutz- und Entgeltcharakters des Urlaubs(entgelt)anspruchs scheinen sich kompromisslos gegenüberzustehen; entweder werden für die Entstehung des Anspruchs weitere Voraussetzungen verlangt oder Urlaub – und der Anspruch auf Vergütung währenddessen – entsteht ohne Weiteres zu Beginn des Arbeits- und Urlaubsjahres. Eine Konformität der bisherigen Vorgehensweise in Deutschland mit dem europäischen Recht kann dabei vor dem Hintergrund einer Vielzahl von Urteilen des EuGH nicht mehr ohne Weiteres angenommen werden.Table of ContentsGrundlagen des Anspruchs auf Urlaubsentgelt.- Grundsätzliche Annahme der Voraussetzung der Arbeitsleistung.- Ausnahmen von der Voraussetzung der Erarbeitung.- Zwischenergebnis und Folgerung für andere Ruhenstatbestände.- Kongruenz mit europäischem Recht.- Möglichkeit richtlinienkonformer Auslegung des deutschen Rechts.- Konsequenzen für die Bestimmung des Urlaubsentgelts.- Zwischenergebnis und Folgerungen für § 11 BUrlG.

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Book SynopsisNina Tautphäus untersucht die Bedeutung und Funktion des Auflösungsantrags im bestehenden Kündigungsschutzsystem und bewertet dieses neu. Auf Basis der zugrundeliegenden Strukturen des geltenden Rechts und deren historischer Zusammenhänge analysiert die Autorin die Kündigungsschutzregelungen im Hinblick auf die Zugehörigkeit zum Bestandsschutz oder Abfindungsschutz. Table of ContentsDie praktische Bedeutung des Auflösungsantrags nach §§ 9, 10 KSchG.- Der Kündigungsschutz zwischen Bestands- und Abfindungsschutz.- Das Instrument des Auflösungsantrags gemäß §§ 9,10 KSchG.- Die Ausgestaltung des § 9 KSchG unter Berücksichtigung der historischen Entwicklung.- Die Begrenzungen des Anwendungsbereichs des § 9 KSchG.- Die Anforderungen an den Auflösungsgrund.

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Book SynopsisChristoph Fröb untersucht die unbestimmten Rechtsbegriffe Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit im Betriebsverfassungsgesetz im Wege der Auslegung und hinterfragt deren Normierung in historischer, systematischer, teleologischer sowie legitimatorischer Hinsicht. An diese Begriffsverständnisse anknüpfend zeigt der Autor vielgestaltige repressive wie präventive Instrumente des Arbeitsrechts zur Bekämpfung von Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit auf. Besonders geraten dabei das arbeitsrechtliche Antidiskriminierungsrecht, aber auch das Kündigungs-, das Betriebsverfassungs- und das Tarifvertragsrecht sowie das Arbeitsrecht des öffentlichen Dienstes in den Blick. Trade Review“Das Buch … trifft thematisch einen Nerv - also den „Zeitgeist“, wenn man so will - und muss wohl, was Inhalt und Wirkung betrifft, auch genau an den Erfordernissen, um einem immer stärker um sich greifenden Zeit(un)geist" Herr zu werden, gemessen werden. ... Die vorliegende Studie hat Denkanstöße gegeben und ist geeignet, Diskussionen auf den Weg zu bringen und voranzutreiben ...” (Barbara Trost, in: DRdA Das Recht der Arbeit, Heft 3, Juni 2019)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch mit der Darstellung des deutschen und chinesischen Arbeits- und Steuerrechts wird dem Leser zum besseren Verständnis und als Hilfe zur Verständigung in deutscher, englischer, chinesischer und mit der aktualisierten 2. Auflage auch in japanischer Sprache zur Verfügung gestellt. Es ermöglicht aufgrund der identischen Struktur der vier sprachlichen Teile eine einfachere Kommunikation mit den Kollegen in den verschiedenen Ländern. Neben dem Arbeitsrecht werden auch das Sozialversicherungsrecht sowie Aspekte des internationalen Steuerrechts behandelt.This book summarizes the German and Chinese labour and tax laws in German, English, Chinese and from this updated 2nd edition on also in Japanese. The identical structure of the quadrilingual book parts enables an easier communication between colleagues in the respective countries. Apart from labour law, issues of social security and international tax law are also discussed.Table of ContentsDeutsches Arbeitsrecht.- Chinesisches Arbeitsrecht.- Grenzüberschreitendes Arbeits-, Sozial- und Steuerrecht.- Altes und neues DBA Deutschland/China.

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Book SynopsisDas essential gibt einen Überblick über die unterschiedlichen Aufenthaltstitel und -statuten sowie über die Auswirkungen dieser Differenzierungen auf die Beschäftigung von Flüchtlingen. Es werden mögliche Problemfelder in den jeweiligen Phasen eines Beschäftigungsverhältnisses aufgezeigt und die arbeitsrechtlichen Instrumente zur ihrer praxisorientierten Handhabung vorgestellt. Soweit es bei der Beschäftigung von Flüchtlingen zu sozialversicherungs- und steuerrechtlichen Besonderheiten kommt, werden diese beleuchtet. Für die dritte Auflage wurden insbesondere die Neuerungen des Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetzes und der Ukraine-Aufenthalts-Übergangsverordnung eingearbeitet sowie die Informationen zu den Fördermöglichkeiten der Flüchtlingsbeschäftigung vertieft.

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Book SynopsisDie Beziehung zwischen Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitgeber ist ein Rechtsgebiet, das fast jeden betrifft. Die Autorin liefert eine knappe und präzise Einführung in das Fachgebiet, bietet anhand zahlreicher Beispiele einen Einblick in die Praxis und geht auf ausgewählte Paragrafen des Individualarbeitsrechts (mit Auszügen aus dem BGB und dem Kündigungsschutzgesetz) und des Kollektivarbeitsrechts ein. Der Band enthält Tipps für Klausuren und Hausarbeiten sowie Hinweise für die praktische Fallbearbeitung. Die 7. Auflage wurde überarbeitet und aktualisiert.Table of ContentsEinführung: Arbeitsrecht - was ist das?- Materielles Recht.- Formelles Recht.- Schritte der Falllösung.- Der Arbeitsvertrag: Beginn des Arbeitsverhältnisses.- Der Arbeitsvertrag.- Sonderformen des Arbeitsvertrags.- Ergänzungen zum Arbeitsvertrag.- Pflichten im Arbeitsverhältnis: Pflichten des Arbeitnehmers.- Pflichten des Arbeitgebers.- Das Arbeitsverhältnis bei Inhaberwechsel.- Die Kündigung: Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses.- Kündigungserklärung.- Ordentliche Kündigung.- Außerordentliche Kündigung.- Auflösung oder Fortsetzung des Arbeitsverhältnisses.- Änderungskündigung, Aufhebungsvertrag.- Stellungssuche.- Der Arbeitnehmerschutz: Bestimmungen für Auszubildende.- Schutzbedürftige Personen.- Arbeitssicherheit, Unfallversicherung.- Regelungen der Arbeitszeit.- Verbot der Schwarzarbeit.- Tarifautonomie und Mitbestimmung: Vertretungsorgane der Arbeitnehmer.- Tarifvertragsrecht.- Arbeitskämpfe.- Betriebsverfassungsrecht.- Unternehmerische Mitbestimmung.- Klausurfälle: Tipps für Klausuren und Hausarbeiten.- Fallbeispiele.

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