EMPLOYMENT POLICY AND REGULATION - A Comparative Analysis

This 2004 book examines the influence of EC rules on European nations' policies towards part-time working.

List of contents

List of figures and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Notes on contributors; Part I: 1. New discourses in labour law: part-time work and the paradigm of flexibility Silvana Sciarra; 2. The European employment strategy and the regulation of part-time work Diamond Ashiagbor; 3. The role of EU employment law and policy in the de-marginalisation of part-time work: a study in the interaction between EU regulation and member state regulation Paul Davies and Mark Freedland; Part II: 4. France: no longer an employment policy tool Sylvaine Laulom; 5. Germany: a bone of contention Maximilian Fuchs; 6. Italy: adaptable employment and private autonomy in the Italian part-time reform Antonio Lo Faro; 7. The Netherlands: from atypicality to typicality Jelle Visser, Ton Wilthagen, Ronald Beltzer and Esther Van Der Putte; 8. Spain: the difficulty of marrying flexibility with security Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré; 9. Sweden: welfare or unfair? Ronnie Eklund; 10. The United Kingdom: how is EU governance transformative? Claire Kilpatrick and Mark Freedland.

Summary

Part-time work has been the fastest growing of all forms of 'non-standard' work. This 2004 book analyses the EU rules relevant to part-time working, examines the impact of the EU provisions on the national policies of seven European countries, and suggests a framework for the identification of these influences.

Product details

• Authors: Silvana Sciarra, Silvana (Universita Degli Studi Sciarra, Silvana Davies Sciarra, SCIARRA SILVANA DAVIES PAUL FREE
• Assisted by: Paul Davies (Editor), Mark Freedland (Editor), Silvana Sciarra (Editor), Sciarra Silvana (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521272872
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27287-2
• No. of pages: 388
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Labor & Employment, LAW / Comparative, comparative law, Employment & Labour Law, Employment and labour law: general