Comparative labor law / edited by Matthew W. Finkin, Gai Mundlaḳ ; contributors, Kevin Banks [and thirty-six others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkin, Matthew W., editor.

Mundlak, Guy, editor.

Banks, Kevin, contributor.

Series:

Research handbooks in comparative law.

Research Handbooks in Comparative Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation--Cross-cultural studies.

Labor laws and legislation.

Canada.

European Union countries.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic pressure, as well as transnational and domestic corporate policies, has placed labor law under severe stress. National responses are so deeply embedded in institutions reflecting local traditions that meaningful comparison is daunting. This book assembles a team of experts from many countries that draw on a rich variety of comparative methods to capture changes and emerging trends across nations and regions. The chapters in this Research Handbook mingle subjects of long-standing comparative concern with matters that have pressed to the fore in recent years. Subjects like "soft law" and emerging geographic zones are placed in a new light and their burgeoning significance explored. Thematic and regional comparisons capture the challenges of a globally comparative perspective on labor law. The fresh and thoughtful comparative analysis in this Handbook makes it a critical resource for scholars and students of labor law.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Introduction to the Comparative Labor Law Handbo""; ""PART I COMPARING LABOR LAWS""; ""1. The rich panoply of sources of labor law: National, regional and international""; ""2. Comparative labor and employment law in developed market economies: Fostering market efficiencies or repairing market failures?""; ""3. The challenge to comparative labor law in a globalized era""; ""PART II THEMATIC COMPARISONS""; ""4. The subjects of labor law: 'Employees' and other workers""; ""5. Who is an employer?""

""6. Employee autonomy, privacy, and dignity under technological oversight""""7. Legal protection for employee mobility""; ""8. The lasting influence of legal origins: Work place discrimination, social inclusion and the law in Canada, the United States and the European Union""; ""9. Job loss""; ""10. Freedom of association""; ""11. Employee voice outside collective bargaining""; ""PART III REGIONAL COMPARISONS""; ""12. European Union labour law and the European Social Model: A critical appraisal""

""13. Labor law in transition: From a centrally planned to a free market economy in Central and Eastern Europe""""14. Building BRICS of success?""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 10, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78100-013-1