Contractualism in Employment Services: A New Form of Welfare State Governance (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

For the modern welfare state support for those who are `out of work through no fault of their own remains a foundation stone. Now, however, under pressure form market-driven ideology focused on business performance, its composition and the way support is delivered is in a state of flux. With the avowed objective of minimizing dependence on social benefits and increasing labour market efficiency, many national policies with varying degrees of thoroughness are shifting from a bureaucratic approach to some form of contract arrangement that demands a higher level of personal responsibility from the unemployed worker. The contractualisation process is usually administered through a `reintegration service that may be partly or

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Collective Agreements and Individual Contracts of Employment (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

While it can be said that the use of collective labour agreements has greatly expanded during the last decade ¿ witness their growing application in the public sector, and their introduction in many post-communist countries ¿ it is hard to deny that their power to protect employees has diminished considerably and continues to weaken. An understanding of the factors that have contributed to this fundamental change in economic and social conditions is of crucial significance if we are to preserve an equitable balance in the employer-employee relationship. A growing body of research and commentary already surrounds this important subject. In this symposium sixteen outstanding scholars have assembled a preliminary survey of the essential i

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A Decade Beyond Maastricht: The European Social Dialogue Revisited (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

Since Maastricht, there has been a concerted effort at the EU level to forge a fair and mutually responsible legal relationship between labour and management. What is sought is a legal framework for labour relations that will protect¿and even nourish¿the most important employment interests of all Europeans. It is now clear, with more than a decade¿s perspective, that many unforeseen obstacles and pitfalls¿both legal and practical¿have slowed the progress of this social dialogue. The European Social Dialogue Revisited focuses on what has gone wrong, what has gone right, and what initiatives should be taken to ensure a positive continuation of the trend toward greater social justice. The eight outstanding authors who have collaborated

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The IlO and the Social Challenges of the 21st Century:The Geneva Lectures (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

This book contains the lectures given by prominent civil servants and representatives of the International Employers’ association (IOE) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions to Law students from various European countries at the occasion of their visit to International Labour Organisation. The purpose of these lectures is to expand on the major problems the ILO, as the social conscience of the world, will be confronted with in the next century. These lectures open a panorama of worldwide trends, which will co-determine the future outlook of our societies. The Geneva lectures deal with following important topics: the world of work; the informal economy; globalisation and the confrontation it involves; the fu

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Flexible Work Arrangements:Conceptualizations and International Experiences (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

In the world of work as it exists today, the old standards of fixed hours and location have been substantially weakened. Most employers, in fact, prefer to maintain a flexible system of work arrangements that gives them more control over rate of production, assignment of tasks, and economic circumstances. The global development of these new and extensive conditions of employment variously characterized as nonstandard, alternative, peripheral, contingent, or atypical has reached a point at which its significance for both employers and employees (as well as for society in general) can be fruitfully analyzed. Such analysis is the purpose of this book. Twenty-six scholars present findings from a wide range of national experiences, including

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Social Security in Transition (Studies in Employment and Social Policy Set)

There was a time when it was clear what risks social security policy was meant to protect: unemployment, sickness, and occupational disability. For many decades, although true equity remained elusive, a focus on these ‘external’ risks seemed to be enough. It is to the credit of more recent policy that such previously ‘hidden’ but all-important matters as excluded minorities, inadequate income, and obstacles to personal development are now on the agenda. Yet, with the globalization of the economy, new and unprecedented risks proliferate, most of them being of the ‘manufactured’ kind that stem from technological and economic factors that are largely independent of time and place and that do not lend themselves easily to regulation. Social

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