Subjects:

Employment Law

Contents:

The Author. List of Abbreviations. Prologue. General Introduction.
1. The Institutional Framework.
2. The Social Partners.
3. Competences of the EC Regarding Labour Law.
4. European Labour Law: Trailer or Locomotive? Part I: Individual Labour Law.
1. The Free Movement of Workers.
2. International Private Labour Law.
3. Individual Employment Contracts.
4. Child Care and the Protection of Young People at Work.
5. Equal Treatment for Men and Women.
6. Protection of Motherhood.
7. Working Time, Sunday Rest, Nightwork and Parental Leave.
8. Safety and Health.
9. Employee Participation in Profits and Enterprise Results.
10. Restructuring of Enterprises. Part II: Collective Labour Law.
1. Collective Bargaining.
2. Workers' Participation. Epilogue: In Search of ... Appendices. Selected Bibliography. Alphabetical List of Cited Cases of the European Court of Justice. Index.

This text deals with European labour law and industrial relations. It covers legislation concerning relations between employers and employees, collective agreements and the case law of the Court of Justice, as well as the structure and strategies of the social actors. The book consists of three parts: a general section, a section devoted to individual law and a section that deals with collective labour law.