Research handbook on labour, business, and human rights law / edited by Janice R. Bellace, Beryl ter Haar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Bellace, Janice R., editor.

Haar, B. P. ter (Beryl P. ter), editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in human rights.

Research handbooks in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (528 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

"Inquisitive and diverse, this innovative Research Handbook explores the ways in which human rights apply to people at work, through national constitutional provisions, judicial decisions and the application of rights expressed in supranational instruments. Analysing why certain human rights are deemed fundamental and how they apply in the context of work, this expansive Research Handbook highlights the gulf between the ideal applications of these rights universally, and the increasing reality in the new economy that these are rarely enforceable for employees in alternative forms of employment. Established and emerging scholars provide perspectives from countries across all continents, identifying issues of prominence in their area of the globe. Probing workers' rights and business obligations, the Research Handbook on Labour, Business and Human Rights Law will be imperative reading for scholars and students working within the fields of labour law, human rights, and business ethics. This timely Research Handbook will also appeal to lawyers, trade union officials and government affairs staff, broadening their understanding of the laws and obligations impacting their positions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Part I

Conceptualizing labour and human rights law

1. Perspectives on labour and human rights / Janice Bellace and Beryl ter Haar

Part II: Sources in national law

Section a: Civil law and constitutional sources

2. Fundamental rights and German labor law / Manfred Weiss

3. (the right to) work as foundational value: Italy and the very notion of a constitutional promise / Edoardo Ales

4. Fundamental labour rights in Brazil: Challenges and developments / Ana Virginia Moreira Gomes

5. Business, labor law and human rights in Japan / Takashi Yonezu

6. Fundamental rights and Swedish labour law / Mia Rönnmar

Section B: Common law

7. Worker rights as human rights: Regenerative reconception or rhetorical refuge? / Matthew Finkin

8. Business and labour, and human rights in New Zealand / Amanda Reilly and Jonathan Barrett

9. The architecture of human rights at work in Israeli law / Guy Mundlak

10. Human rights in the evolution of South African labour law / Darcy du Toit and Mariam Sirkhotte

Section C: Transition economies

11. Labor disputes in China from a fundamental labor rights perspective / Piotr Grzebyk

12. Trying to balance economic and labour rights: The case of Russia / Nikita Lyutov and Elena Gerasimova

Part III: Fundamental rights

Section A: Concepts

13. Freedom of association: Its emergence and the case for prevention of its decline / Tonia Novitz

14. Freedom from child labour: A fundamental right / Constance Thomas

15. Workplace gender equality as a human right: The ILO approach / Jane Aeberhard-Hodges

Section B: Supranational influences

16. How the ILO embraced human rights / Lee Swepston

17. The European convention on human rights, as a fountain of labour rights / Filip Dorssemont

18. Labour human rights and the jurisprudence of the inter-American court of human rights / Miguel F. Canessa Montejo

Section C: Scope and coverage

19. Fundamental labour rights, platform work and human rights protection of non-standard workers / Valerio de Stefano and Antonio Aloisi

20. Decent work challenges for atypical workers in Korea / Christina Hiessl and Jaewook Nahm

Part IV: Business and human rights

21. From workers' rights to human rights at work / Janice Bellace

22. Multinational enterprises and labor rights: Concepts and implementation / Nicolas Bueno

23. The EU's CSSR policy in a global and national context / Beryl ter Haar and Attila Kun

24. State extraterritorial regulation and decent work in the Asia Pacific / John Howe and Ingrid Landau

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78643-311-7