The Laval and Viking Cases: Freedom of Services and Establishment v. Industrial Conflict in the European Economic Area and Russia

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-90-411-2850-8
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, Band 69, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

Reihe: Bulletin of Comparative Labour

in this book nineteen labour law scholars present country reports detailing challenges and consequences of the rulings evident in twelve EU Member States, as well as in Norway and Russia. Among many others, the salient issues covered include the following:

cross-border solidarity among workers;
collective action as a fundamental freedom;
the prospects for an EU minimum wage plan;
the ‘social partners’ approach to national labour law;
the harmonisation of social security standards; and
the scope of enforcement by Member State labour regulatory authorities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanpain, Roger

Marian, Andrzej

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Arbeits- und Sozialrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors. Foreword. National Reports: Austria: National Report on Possible Effects on Austrian Labour Law Due to the Latest Judgements of the European Court of Justice on Fundamental Freedoms and Collective Actions; K. Grillberger, E. Felten. Belgium: Laval and Viking; R. Blanpain. Influence of Laval and Viking upon Belgian Individual and Collective Labour Law; P. Humblet. Denmark: The Viking Line and Laval Cases Seen from a Danish Perspective; R. Nielsen. Estonia: Freedom of Services and Establishment and Industrial Conflict: Impact of the ECJ Cases on Estonian Labour Law; M. Muda. Finland: ECJ and the Challenge of Understanding Collective Bargaining; N. Bruun. Germany: Freedom of Establishment versus Right to Collective Action: Developments in the Shadow of the Court; M. Schlachter. Greece: The Impact of the ECJ Judgements Viking and Laval on Domestic Labour Rights: ‘Bolkenstein’ by the Back Door; N. Aliprantis, G. Katrougalos. Hungary: Freedom of Services, Establishment and Industrial Conflicts: Country Report: Hungary; G. Kiss, E. Kajtár. Italy: Viking and Laval: Impacts on the Right to Strike and Collective Autonomy in the Italian Legal System; G. Orlandini. Lithuania: Strikes as ultima ratio Method of Social Conflicts Resolution: Lithuanian Case; D. Petrylaite. Norway: Market Freedoms, Labour Market Regulation and Trade Union Rights: Worlds Apart in EU Law? S. Evju. Poland: The Right of Trade Unions to Collective Action versus the Right to Freely Carry Out Economic Activity and the Right to Free Movement of Services within the European Union; A.M. Swiatkowski. Russia: Laval and Viking Cases: A View from Russia; N. Lyutov. United Kingdom: British Labour Law after Laval and Viking; E. Szyszczak. The Implications of Viking and Laval for UK Labour Law; T. Novitz. Annex: Case C-341/05. Case C-438/05.