Blanpain The Global Labour Market

From Globalization to Flexicurity
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-90-411-4894-0
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 406 Seiten, Web PDF

As global power relations increasingly favour international capital, it
becomes crucial for labour and employment lawyers to center their field in a
supranational context. As long as wages, social security, and taxes remain
national matters, states compete at this level in order to attract foreign
investment. This does not bode well for employees or the self-employed. Most
ameliorative measures come in the form of unenforceable ‘soft law’ guidelines
and recommendations.

The conference recorded in this vitally important book confronts this losing
battle of local responses to global challenges. The book reprints the papers
submitted to that conference by twenty-three outstanding scholars from
fourteen countries. Among the many critical issues they expose and discuss are
the following:

• the proliferation of varieties of non-standard employment;

• protection of migrant workers’ rights by regional organizations;

• global and regional trends in the human resources function;

• work training and education policy;

• effectiveness of equality and non-discrimination standards;

• involvement of employees in workplace decisionmaking; and

• the need for an equitable social safety net.

In the course of the discussion the authors examine cases from many countries,
including not only EU Member States (both West and East) and the U.S., but
also Japan, Chile, South Africa, and Indonesia.

With a focus on the nexus of multinational enterprises and international
standards, the book provides both a sharp image of where labour law stands in
today’s world—revealing serious social problems in a clearer light than is
usually encountered—and a very valuable guide to directions to pursue and
potential solutions, offered by some of the most engaged and committed minds
in the field. It is an indispensable resource for legal workers in this ‘eye
of the storm’ of globalization.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blanpain, Roger

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tiraboschi, Michele

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Arbeitsrecht