Volume 20 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains seven papers that deal with important aspects of employment relationships in a variety of industries, countries and research contexts. The first three papers, each of which analyzes the effects of an exogeno…
Volume 20 of Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations (AILR) contains seven papers that deal with important aspects of employment relationships in a variety of industries, countries and research contexts. The first three papers, each of which analyzes the effects of an exogeno…
The autonomy of labour law
To what extent is labour law an autonomous field of study? This book is based upon the papers written by a group of leading international scholars on this theme, delivered at a conference to mark Professor Mark Freedland's retirement from his teaching fellowship in Oxford. The c…
Foundations of indirect discrimination law
Indirect discrimination (or disparate impact) concerns the application of the same rule to everyone, even though that rule significantly disadvantages one particular group in society. Ever since its recognition by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1971, liberal democraci…
"This book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to build new forms of worker power - and overcome decades of declining membership wroug…
"This book charts the path to revitalisation for trade unions in Australia, the USA, the UK, and Italy. It examines the examples of innovation and digital campaigning that are enabling unions to build new forms of worker power - and overcome decades of declining membership wroug…
A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure. Truckers have long valued the day-to-day independenc…
The UK population is ageing rapidly. While age discrimination laws are seen as having broad potential to address the 'ageing challenge' and achieve instrumental and intrinsic objectives in the context of employment, it is unclear what impact they are having in practice. This mon…
The Lisbon Treaty and Social Europe
Labour & Discrimination Law.
Your Rights at Work is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide to the legal rights of the employee and the responsibilities of the employer.Accessible and reliable, it offers real solutions to the problems and issues that can face anyone at work. Using the law is always a last resort…
Your Rights at Work is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide to the legal rights of the employee and the responsibilities of the employer.Accessible and reliable, it offers real solutions to the problems and issues that can face anyone at work. Using the law is always a last resort…
Your Rights at Work is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide to the legal rights of the employee and the responsibilities of the employer.Accessible and reliable, it offers real solutions to the problems and issues that can face anyone at work. Using the law is always a last resort…
Your Rights at Work is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide to the legal rights of the employee and the responsibilities of the employer.Accessible and reliable, it offers real solutions to the problems and issues that can face anyone at work. Using the law is always a last resort…
Youth have always had higher unemployment rates - about twice or more than the average - as they are usually the last to be hired in an expansion and the first to be let go in a recession. In addition, young people engage in extensive job searching in their early years, and this…
Antitrust laws are traditionally used to attack monopolies like Facebook and Google who are able to either charge high prices or degrade the quality of their services because customers cannot switch to competitors. Antitrust laws are also used to attack cartels of businesses, wh…
The most up-to-date guide on UK employment law available for CIPD and HR students. Employment Law is the core textbook for the CIPD Level 7 Employment Law module. It takes the reader step-by-step through everything that they need to know, including the formation of the Contract …
Are you afraid your employer might be infringing your workplace rights? Or are you an employer seeking information on your responsibilities? Written by employment experts at the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), this book sets out Your Rights at Work in simple and relatable terms.Thi…
Solidarity across generations: comparative law perspectives
by Kasagi, Eri
fromIus comparatum
This book addresses the universal and topical question of solidarity across generations from a comparative perspective, with a particular focus on the legal issues concerning retirement pensions, the poverty in the elderly, long-term care, as well as state interventions and fami…