Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 404 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 68, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 404 g
Reihe: Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations
ISBN: 978-90-411-2782-2
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
employment discrimination is a valid cause. Formal anti-discrimination laws
applicable to employment exist in many countries. Yet discrimination seems to
persist, and substantive equality remains elusive, in employment as in other
walks of life. What are legislators doing to close this gap? That is the
central question addressed by the eight national employment law experts whose
papers originally presented at the Ninth Tokyo Seminar on Comparative Labour
Law, held in February 2008 are presented here in revised versions. The eight
countries represented are the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany,
France, Australia, Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
The topics and issues examined by each national contributor include the
following:
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a brief historic overview and notable recent developments;
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statutes to prohibit discrimination on grounds of race/ethnicity, sex,
religion/beliefs, age, disability, sexual orientation and employment status
(such as part-time and fixed-term contract);
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special laws regarding wages, such as equal pay between men and women;
constitutional basis for anti-discrimination statutes;
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typical cases of employment discrimination;
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justifiable grounds for distinction or disparity;
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so-called indirect discrimination;
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comparison of treatment of newer types of discrimination (e.g. age,
disability, employment status) with treatment of traditional ones (e.g. race,
sex);
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important issues of remedial procedure regarding employment discrimination
cases;
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relationship between employment discrimination law and employment policy
considerations;
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effect on employment practices of age discrimination and employment-status
discrimination laws;
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measures to promote employment of elderly or disabled people;
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merits and demerits of addressing employment issues from the standpoint of
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and the most important issue of employment discrimination in each country today
This book demonstrates that, while the growing importance of this area is
commonly observed, there are differences in specific grounds covered by law
and in the legal and societal contexts in which they came to be addressed.
Nonetheless, it is definitely necessary and beneficial to learn from the
systems and actual experiences of other countries, and these detailed
descriptions and analyses provide invaluable information for this purpose for
both practitioners and academics.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction; H. Nakakubo, T. Araki. Notes on Contributors. 1. Employment Discrimination Law in the United States: On the Road to Equality? R.L. Lieberwitz. 2. New Developments in Employment Discrimination Law: The UK Report; C. Barnard. 3. New Developments in Employment Discrimination Law: Germany; B. Waas. 4. Discrimination Law in France; P. Lokiec. 5. Australian Anti-Discrimination Laws: Framework, Development and Issues; B. Smith. 6. New Developments in Employment Discrimination in Korea; S. Lee. 7. Employment Discrimination in Taiwan; C. Chiao. 8. Employment Discrimination Law in Japan: Human Rights or Employment Policy? R. Sakuraba.
