Temporary Agency Work in the European Union and the United States

Neuausgabe 2013
ISBN: 978-90-411-4769-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 82, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 369 g

Reihe: Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations Series

Since the very beginning, temporary agency work has been an accepted feature in the United States’ labour market. In the European Union, however, it took more than thirty years to agree on European-level legislation in this area. The European Directive 2008/104/EC on Temporary Agency Work was promulgated on 19 November 2008. Implementation was due by 5 December 2011. The directive left many options for Member States, such as regarding the fundamental issue of equal treatment between the temporary agency worker and a comparable worker in the user enterprise. Furthermore, Member States had to review restrictions or prohibitions on the use of temporary agency work in order to comply with the directive. This book provides in-depth insight into the transposition of Directive 2008/104/EC in national legislation, collective agreements, and practices throughout the European Union. A comparison with the regulation of temporary agency work in the United States gives perspective to the analysis and allows for an assessment of the level of protection afforded in this sector of the labour market both in the EU and in the US.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanpain, Roger

Hendrickx, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Preface. CHAPTER 1 Regulating Temporary Work in the European Union: The Agency Directive

Chris Engels.

CHAPTER 2 Regulating Temporary Work: Protection of the National LabourMarket or the Individual Worker?

Andrzej Marian Swiatkowski.

CHAPTER 3 Regulating Temporary Work in the United States

Alvin Goldman.

CHAPTER 4 Public-Private Partnerships on Temporary Work: The Case of Flanders

Fons Leroy.

CHAPTER 5 Regulating Temporary Work in Belgium

Frank Hendrickx & Piet Van den Bergh.

CHAPTER 6 Regulating Temporary Work in Germany

Manfred Weiss.

CHAPTER 7 Regulating Temporary Work in the Netherlands

Mijke Houwerzijl.

CHAPTER 8 Regulating Temporary Work in Poland

Andrzej Marian Swiatkowski & Marcin Wujczyk.

CHAPTER 9 Regulating Temporary Work in Sweden

Birgitta Nyström.

CHAPTER 10 Regulating Temporary Work in the United Kingdom

Alan Neal .