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Book SynopsisCatholic Social Teaching and Labour Law explores the contribution that religious ethics makes to debates on justice in working life. Many faiths include beliefs about the significance of work to human development and the need for work to be performed under conditions that uphold dignity, equality, and solidarity . This book considers how the substantive provisions of labour law reflect prior ethical choices about how workers should be treated, and how beliefs from Catholicism influence these.This book provides a thorough account of the principles found in Catholic Social Teaching (CST), and how these impact human work and labour rights . It tests the contemporary relevance of its principles by applying them to current debates, using EU labour law as a case study. Specifically, it examines CST on the right to a just wage, the right to rest, worker participation, and equality and discrimination. The book finds that CST offers fresh insights on long-standing injustices in the labour marke
Table of Contents1: Religion, Theology, and Labour Law 2: Catholic Social Teaching: An Introduction 3: Human Work and Catholic Social Teaching 4: Labour Rights and Catholic Social Teaching 5: The Right to a Just Wage 6: The Right to Rest 7: Worker Participation 8: Equality and Discrimination 9: The Contribution of Catholic Social Teaching to Labour Law
