دانلود کتاب International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges

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Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 13
Table of cases......Page 15
Table of legislation......Page 21
Labour law's origins and influences......Page 34
Sources of labour law......Page 37
The labour law model from 1945 to 1975......Page 41
The standard employment relationship......Page 42
The labour flexibility debate and the spread ofatypical employment......Page 44
International competition......Page 50
Technological change and the emergence of post-Fordist organizational patterns......Page 51
The end of the Cold War......Page 53
Current crises in labour law......Page 55
Labour law and the informal economy......Page 63
Towards a legal definition of the 'informal economy'......Page 64
Policy issues......Page 67
Atypical work: from rejection to integration in labour law......Page 71
Dependent-independent workers and the 'defocusing' of the employment relationship......Page 77
Disguised employment relationships......Page 90
Decentralization of production and its impact on labour and employment relations: who is an employer?......Page 93
The challenges of outsourcing for labour law......Page 98
Unfair dismissal: a controversial issue......Page 102
An increasing number of exceptions to unfair dismissal protection......Page 108
Limitations on the abuse of fixed-term employment contracts......Page 109
How effective are remedies for unfair dismissal?......Page 112
Notice provision and procedural safeguards......Page 113
Appeal and recourse......Page 114
Is substandard labour a legitimate comparative advantage?......Page 119
International and supranational rules......Page 124
Harmonization......Page 126
The social clause: from WTO to ILO......Page 128
The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998......Page 129
Labour-related provisions in multilateral and bilateral trade agreements......Page 135
Unilateral social clauses: the Generalized System of Preferences......Page 141
Corporate social responsibility (CSR)......Page 144
Human rights and non-specific workers' rights......Page 157
Gender discrimination......Page 165
Equal pay......Page 166
Equal treatment of men and women......Page 171
Racial discrimination......Page 181
Religious belief......Page 186
Other kinds of discrimination......Page 192
Family responsibilities......Page 194
Sexual harassment......Page 196
Sexual orientation......Page 199
Age......Page 200
Disability......Page 204
State of health and HIV/AIDS......Page 206
Affirmative (or positive) action......Page 209
Protection of privacy......Page 213
Video and telephone surveillance......Page 220
Freedom of thought and expression......Page 226
The emergence of a supranational labour law......Page 228
The impact of certain recent ECJ rulings on labour relations in the European Union......Page 240
Labour law in former communist countries......Page 245
Labour law and transition......Page 248
Social dialogue in the post-communist states......Page 252
The development of labour law in Latin America......Page 255
Democracy, economic liberalization and labour law reforms......Page 259
Asia and the Pacific......Page 265
The Australian model of industrial relations......Page 266
Major labour law reforms in New Zealand......Page 268
Challenges to traditional labour models in Japan......Page 270
Recent developments across Asia and the Pacific......Page 272
Labour law and industrial relations under apartheid......Page 273
Post-apartheid reforms and the Labour Relations Act......Page 277
Regulating working conditions......Page 281
Discrimination and unfair dismissal......Page 282
Redefining the employment relationship......Page 284
A model for southern Africa......Page 286
7 Final remarks......Page 289
Bibliography......Page 292
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C......Page 303
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I......Page 309
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T......Page 316
W......Page 317
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