Employment Protection Under Strain (Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations Series Set)

During the 1980s and 1990s, the strain of market forces and neo-liberal policies affected the employment protection systems of many countries. Employment Protection under Strain compares developments in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands with a social collectivist system of labour law and industrial relations. The study also addresses and contextualizes differences in the systems of industrial relations and their historical development. The description and analysis of employment protection includes the protective functions of the law, its connection to collective bargaining, the system of dispute resolution, and the developments in related social security arrangements. The impact of the European Union and the prospects for employme

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Gender Mainstreaming of Employment Policies: A Comparative Review of 30 European Countries

Although the European Employment Strategy recognises that gender equality and gender mainstreaming are essential for progress, the analysis of the national Reform Programes 2005 and 2006 indicated that the visibility of gender and the attention paid both to gender equality policies and gender mainstreaming in the national reports has declined. This decline appears to be strongly linked to the disappearance of the specific gender guidelines following on from the earlier removal of the equal opportunities pillar from the European Employment Strategy guidelines.

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Employment in Europe 2003: Recent Trends and Prospects

This is the 15th edition of Employment in Europe. And, like the first edition, this one arrives at a difficult time. Europe recovers slowly from recession, after several years of strong economic growth and employment creation. However, there are major differences between the present situation, and that of the past. The first difference ? and this is the purpose of this report ? is that we are now much better informed about the way Europe?s labour markets work than we were 15 years ago. We understand the factors driving the demand for labour, and its supply. We have learnt about the social and economic forces that determine the nature and form of the workplace. We are discovering the way in which our economies and labour marketsinteract.

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Globalization and the Future of Labour Law

How are national and international labour laws responding to the challenge of globalization as it re-shapes the workplaces of the world? This collection of essays by leading legal scholars and lawyers from Europe and the Americas was first published in 2006. It addresses the implications of globalization for the legal regulation of the workplace. It examines the role of international labour standards and the contribution of the International Labour Organization, and assesses the success of the European experiment with continental employment standards. It explores the prospects for hemispheric co-operation on labour standards in the Americas, and deals with the impact of international labour standards on the rights of women and migrant worke

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