Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union
Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union

Author: Silvana Sciarra

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-07-01

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1139452444

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This book originates from the research project 'New discourses in labour law' held at the European University Institute. A detailed analysis of part-time work regulation is presented for seven European countries, in order to ascertain how internal domestic choices of the legislatures have merged into the 'Open method of co-ordination'. The impact of European employment policies is considered in parallel with the implementation of the Directive on part-time work, thus providing a complete overview of both soft and hard law mechanisms available to national policy-makers. In this 2004 work, the interaction between law and policy emerges as a dynamic and constantly changing process of exchange between national and supranational actors, through the use of concrete examples of lawmaking. Labour law is put forward as being central in the current evolution of European law, and this centrality is presented as a confirmation of innovation and continuity in regulatory techniques.

Research Handbook on EU Labour Law
Research Handbook on EU Labour Law

Author: Alan Bogg

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-12-30

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 1783471123

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Research Handbook on EU Labour Law features contributions from leading scholars in the field. Part I addresses cross-cutting themes, such as the relationship between EU law and national law, the role of human rights in EU labour law, and the impact of austerity measures. In Part II, the contributors focus on topics in individual and collective labour law at EU level, including working time and job security. Finally, Part III offers a comprehensive overview of the EU’s interventions in equality law.

Multinational Human Resource Management and the Law
Multinational Human Resource Management and the Law

Author: Matthew W. Finkin

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 446

ISBN-13: 1781004129

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Multinational 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

EU Labor Market Policy
EU Labor Market Policy

Author: A. Schellinger

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1137508728

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The EU's 'social dimension' today is a product of the ideology of the 1990s. Its employment field is directed to increase the employability of workers and the adaptability of labor market regimes. The book argues that this social-liberal approach is best explained with a set of ideas strategically advanced by 'thought communities' in the policy process. It traces the success of this new approach in the debates among academic experts and policy-makers in the mid-1990s, the decisions leading to the adoption of the Treaty of Amsterdam, and the establishment of the approach in the policy field between 1997-2007. The author explores the processes through which ideas came to matter in the policy process. At every stage, the claim that ideas played a predominant role is strengthened by addressing the most viable alternative explanations such as institutional constraints set by Economic and Monetary Union and the preferences of political leaders.

Normative Patterns and Legal Developments in the Social Dimension of the EU
Normative Patterns and Legal Developments in the Social Dimension of the EU

Author: Ann Numhauser-Henning

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2013-06-28

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 178225191X

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This book explores the normative and legal evolution of the Social Dimension - labour law, social security law and family law - in both the EU and its Member States, during the last decade. It does this from a wide range of theoretical and legal-substantive perspectives. The past decade has witnessed the entering into force of the Lisbon Treaty and its emphasis on fundamental rights, a new coordination regulation within the field of social security (Regulation 883/2004/EC), and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the so-called Laval Quartet. Furthermore structural changes affecting demographics and family have also challenged solidarity in new ways. The book is organised by reference to distinct 'normative patterns' and their development in the fields of law covered, such as the protection of established groups, the position of market functional values and the scope for just distribution. The book represents an innovative and important interdisciplinary approach to analysing EU law and Social Europe, and contributes a complex, yet thought-provoking, picture for the future. The contributors represent an interesting mix of well-known and distinguished as well as upcoming and promising researchers throughout Europe and beyond.

The 'Community Method'
The 'Community Method'

Author: R. Dehousse

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 0230305679

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Sixty years after its invention, the operational system of the European Union remains little-understood. The 'Community Method' provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the functioning and achievements of the EU.

Research Handbook on European Social Security Law
Research Handbook on European Social Security Law

Author: Frans Pennings

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-10-30

Total Pages: 626

ISBN-13: 1782547339

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The Research Handbook on European Social Security Law critically examines the various European dimensions of social security. The collection discusses a wide range of questions and dilemmas ensuing from the present state of European social security law, whilst at the same time identifying future lines of inquiry that are likely to dominate the discourse in the coming years. This Handbook encompasses numerous dimensions of European social security law, including: social security as a human right; standard setting in social security; the protection of mobile persons and migrants; as well as the global context of European social security law. It pays attention to both EU law and to various instruments of the Council of Europe. Throughout the book's chapters prominent experts analyse contemporary debates, discuss new challenges and point out further lines of research. Via this exploration, the Handbook provides a source of inspiration for the development of this special field of law. Covering a breadth of topic and research, scholars and practitioners alike will find this Research Handbook to be an invaluable source of information.

Dualisation of Part-Time Work
Dualisation of Part-Time Work

Author: Nicolaisen, Heidi

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1447348613

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ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book brings together leading international authors from a number of fields to provide an up-to-date understanding of part-time work at national, sector, industry and workplace levels. The contributors critically examine part-time employment in different institutional settings across Europe, the USA, Australia and Korea. This analysis serves as a prism to investigate wider trends, particularly in female employment, including the continued increase in part-time work and processes that are increasingly creating dualisation and inequality between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ jobs.

The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action
The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action

Author: Lars Magnusson

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9789052012803

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The contributors in this volume examine the practical operations, at national and subnational levels, of the European Employment and Social Inclusion Strategies, which are the most important examples of the Open Method of Co-ordination as a new instrument of EU governance.

The Changing Law of the Employment Relationship
The Changing Law of the Employment Relationship

Author: Nicola Countouris

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1317038916

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During the past few decades, industrialized countries have witnessed a progressive crisis of the regulatory framework sustaining the binary model of the employment relationship based on the subordinate employment/autonomous self-employment dichotomy. New atypical and hybrid working arrangements have emerged, challenging the traditional notions of, and divisions between, autonomy and subordination. This in turn has strained labour law systems across industrialized countries that were previously based on the notion of dependent and subordinate employment to cast their personal scope of application. Nicola Countouris advances ideas for a new dynamic equilibrium in employment law to accommodate this evolution, providing a comparative account of the development of the employment relationship in four key European countries - the UK, Germany, France and Italy.