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The Balance between Worker Protection and Employer Powers

Author : Nuno Cerejeira Namora
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527526097
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Balance between Worker Protection and Employer Powers written by Nuno Cerejeira Namora and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the most important problems and challenges of the current labour market from the point of view of the balance between the parties of the employment contract. The contributions here are related to various pressing topics, including, for example, the future of work and worker protection on an international level against the strengthening of employers’ powers. In addition, the nature and limits of employers’ power, non-competition contractual clauses and workers’ rights in the face of new communication and information technologies are also discussed. The contributors are drawn from several countries, such as Portugal, Spain, Bolivia, Italy, México and Switzerland. The book will appeal to lawyers, legal experts, human resources experts, economist, judges, academia, and staff from companies and trade unions, and employers’ representation. The volume features insights and contributions in different languages, with chapters in Spanish (12), English (4) and Portuguese (5).

Labour Law in Chile

Author : Emilio Morgado-Valenzuela
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403521627
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Labour Law in Chile by : Emilio Morgado-Valenzuela

Download or read book Labour Law in Chile written by Emilio Morgado-Valenzuela and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on Chile not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Chile, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Defiendete Mujer

Author : Jos Luis Zorita Mor N.
Publisher : Palibrio
ISBN 13 : 1463300549
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book Defiendete Mujer written by Jos Luis Zorita Mor N. and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El colectivo femenino está considerado como uno de los más vulnerables, junto con los niños y ancianos, debido a su condición física, factores sociales, etc., por lo tanto son víctimas potenciales de agresiones y de todo tipo de abusos. La violencia contra las mujeres es una clara expresión de la desigualdad entre hombres y mujeres, siendo ésta, un grave problema para la sociedad. Los compromisos diarios de las mujeres en la actualidad hacen que frecuentemente se vean solas ante situaciones de peligro potencial, y también son numerosas las ocasiones en las que una mujer puede ser molestada o agredida: al regresar tarde a casa, en un aparcamiento subterráneo, caminando por una calle desierta, en la parada del autobús, en el ascensor, al sacar dinero del cajero, etc. Es importante, que las mujeres conozcan las circunstancias en que se producen estas agresiones, que estrategias pueden emplear para evitarlas y que deben hacer cuando estas ya se han producido. Este libro trata de suponer un instrumento de trabajo y un medio con el que tratar de adquirir nuevos conocimientos, tácticas y tecnicas útiles para salvaguardar su libertad cuando ésta se ve amenazad por situaciones, eventos o personas imprevisibles. Dentro de este libro los objetivos: Aprender una serie de tecnicas de defensa personal sencillas y súper contundentes encaminadas a preservar la integridad física, ante agresiones violentas e ilícitas contra una persona. Formación para la mujer en materia de autoprotección Aumentar la autoestima y confianza de la mujer eliminando esos miedos Asesorar a la mujer en temas como la legítima defensa, la violencia de género, agresiones sexuales, como son y cómo las prefieren los violadores, etc. Todo ello elaborando un protocolo de prevención dirigido a la mujer. Existen una serie de reglas de prevención que hay que tener en cuenta para evitar cualquier tipo de peligro, acompañadas de unas medidas de seguridad. Conocer estas técnicas no quiere decir que se vuelvan mujeres violentas o agresivas, sino que adquieren los conocimientos y tácticas necesarias para afrontar y reaccionar ante cualquier agresión, pero ante todo, ser capaces de prevenir cualquier agresión, y de prevenir una situación de peligro, ya que el estudio de la defensa personal comienza con la prevención. La prevención es el mejor medio para garantizarnos una seguridad integral. El agresor es un depredador que elige su presa, la prevención permite que no seamos una presa fácil.

Labour Law Chile

Author : Emilio Morgado-Valenzuela
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403548142
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Labour Law Chile by : Emilio Morgado-Valenzuela

Download or read book Labour Law Chile written by Emilio Morgado-Valenzuela and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2022-08-20 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on Chile not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Chile, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Cooperatives and the World of Work

Author : Bruno Roelants
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000012077
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cooperatives and the World of Work written by Bruno Roelants and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the world of work and jobs is more uncertain than ever because of various trends impacting it, including the rise of robotics and the gig economy, Cooperatives and the World of Work furthers the debate on the future of work, sustainable development, and the social and solidarity economy of which cooperatives are a fundamental component. Throughout the book, the authors, who are experts in their respective fields, do not limit themselves to praising the advantages of the cooperative model. Rather, they challenge the narrow understanding of cooperatives as a mere business model and raise debate on the more fundamental role that cooperatives play in responding to social changes and in changing society itself. The book is unique in tracing the historical connection between cooperatives and the world of work since the end of the First World War and the recent shifts and restructuring in enterprise and the workplace. It presents a redefinition of the very concept of work, focusing on organizational innovation. This book is published in recognition of 100 years of the International Labour Organization, and gathers together research from leading experts who were brought together at an event co-hosted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

¿Trabajar fuera?

Author : Javier Arribas
Publisher : Editorial Almuzara
ISBN 13 : 8483567482
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book ¿Trabajar fuera? written by Javier Arribas and published by Editorial Almuzara. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Con un mercado laboral agónico, no es de extrañar que la expatriación sea una de las mayores preocupaciones en el mundo de los Recursos Humanos. Por primera vez, muchísimas compañías españolas, hasta ahora solo activas en el mercado doméstico, ven su salida a otros países como la mejor opción para seguir creciendo y desarrollándose. Ante esta situación tanto los profesionales de Recursos Humanos como toda aquella persona interesada en conocer las implicaciones de una asignación internacional necesitan estar al tanto de cuáles son los aspectos críticos a la hora de gestionar de manera eficaz la movilidad internacional. Para ello RED EXPAT, iniciativa española nacida en 2001, en la que participan los equipos de Recursos Humanos de más de 100 compañías, aproximadamente 450 profesionales de dicho sector, especializados en la gestión de movilidad internacional, se ha encargado de la coordinación de este manual práctico. En ¿Trabajar fuera? se encontrarán las mejores respuestas a preguntas tales sobre cómo llevar a cabo con éxito la expatriación de los empleados de una empresa a un puesto de trabajo en otro país, qué obligaciones fiscales, laborales y de Seguridad Social tienen la empresa y el trabajador, qué retribuciones, beneficios y seguros son los más apropiados, cómo encontrar una vivienda adecuada, qué problemas presenta si se muda con su familia o si hacen falta visados o documentos especiales, así como los aspectos claves en la incorporación a España de nacionales de otros países.

The Actors of Collective Bargaining

Author : Eduardo J. Ameglio
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9041122532
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book The Actors of Collective Bargaining written by Eduardo J. Ameglio and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one denies that the institution of collective bargaining between workers and employers has been a powerful tool for social dialogue. Without our history of effective collective bargaining there would be no mutual understanding, no industrial peace, no constructive cooperation between social partners. Yet there is a feeling today that this history has drawn to a close; that our post-industrial world demands something different, something our tradition of collective bargaining and collective agreements cannot give us. What information and insight can we gather to verify or challenge this feeling? This was the first major question addressed by the distinguished delegates to the twenty-seventh World Congress of Labour and Social Security Law held at Montevideo, 2'5 September 2003. The aim of the conference was to discover current problems regarding the existing structures and functions of collective bargaining in industrialized countries today'problems readily identifiable in the context of economic globalization, falling union density, the increase in atypical and knowledge-based workers, and the 'tertiarization' or declining economic importance of manufacturing-based industry. This bulletin contains some of the most important papers devoted to this major theme of the conference. It presents twenty national reports, each written by a scholar well-versed in the law and practice of collective bargaining in the country covered. Two introductory reports deal with such general issues as the varying competences of representatives under different legal systems, labor union representation within the public sector, the development of collective bargaining in EC law, the levels and structures of collective bargaining practice, and the widening gap between the relevant legal norms and real situations. The national reports were drafted on the basis of a questionnaire, which appears as an annex. This allows the reader to easily compare the solutions set forth for consideration in the various countries under review. The Actors of Collective Bargaining will be of great value for all practitioners and academics in the field of industrial relations.

Digital Work and Personal Data Protection

Author : Lourdes Mella Méndez
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527523977
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Digital Work and Personal Data Protection written by Lourdes Mella Méndez and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers contributions related to the most pressing problems and challenges that new information and communications technologies (ICT) and digital platforms introduce into the labour market, and the impact they have on the way that people work, their rights and even their health and dignity. In addition, there are also chapters studying personal data protection, which is currently a topic of maximum interest due to the New European Regulation about it. The contributors here are drawn from around the world, with several countries represented, such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Australia and Venezuela. The book will appeal lawyers, legal and human resources experts, economists, judges, academics and staff from trade unions, and employers’ representation. The volume features insights and contributions in different languages, with chapters in Spanish (12), English (6) and Portuguese (4).

Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 35 (2019) (2 VOLUME SET)

Author : Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004440631
Total Pages : 1597 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 35 (2019) (2 VOLUME SET) written by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 1597 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Yearbook aims to contribute to a greater awareness of the functions and activities of the organs of the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights. The Yearbook is partly published as an English-Spanish bilingual edition. Two volume set.

The Cambridge Handbook of Technological Disruption in Labour and Employment Law

Author : Marc De Vos
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108888003
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Technological Disruption in Labour and Employment Law written by Marc De Vos and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether through gig work, remote work, or platforms such as Uber, new technologies are reshaping the very fabric of employment relations. This handbook offers a comprehensive, international overview of how institutions, countries, and legal systems are responding to the technological disruption of the work world. Chapters outline the reform agendas driven by the International Labour Organization and the European Union and detail the public policy debates, litigation, and legal reforms that technological innovation has triggered around the world. This volume provides a post-pandemic assessment of how digitalization is affecting employment and employment relations and contextualizes current technological disruption with a long-term view of how labour and employment law could evolve further.

Social security and medical care

Author : Dr. G. M. J. Veldkamp
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1489937749
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Download or read book Social security and medical care written by Dr. G. M. J. Veldkamp and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 37 (2021) (VOLUME III)

Author : Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004537740
Total Pages : 1089 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights / Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos, Volume 37 (2021) (VOLUME III) written by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 1089 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2021 Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights provides an extract of the principal jurisprudence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Part One contains the Decisions on the Merits of the Commission, and Part Two the Judgments and Decisions of the Court. The Yearbook is partly published as an English-Spanish bilingual edition. Some parts are in English or Spanish only. NB: This book is part of a four volume set. Vol. 1 ISBN: 978-90-04-51185-9 Vol. 2 ISBN: 978-90-04-51187-3 Vol. 3 ISBN: 978-90-04-53773-6 Vol. 4 ISBN: 978-90-04-53775-0

Profits, Security, and Human Rights in Developing Countries

Author : James Rochlin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317681193
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Profits, Security, and Human Rights in Developing Countries written by James Rochlin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extractive sector is a particular area of expertise for Canada and more than half of Canada’s mining assets abroad are located in Latin America, specifically in Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Colombia. The Canada-Colombia accord was the first free-trade agreement in the world to include annual Human Rights Impact Assessments (HRIA), and also includes a labour side accord where abuse complaints can be formally registered. Using Colombia as a case study, James Rochlin and his international and multidisciplinary line up of Canadian and Colombian scholars, and activists working in the area of human rights, and the judiciary explore: What is the best way to identify and operationalize for mutual benefit the concentric space between the interests of extractive corporations in profit and security, on the one hand, and the interests of the host communities in the promotion of human rights and human security, on the other? What can the four emblematic and diverse cases in Colombia (Meta, Sergovia, Marmato, and Bolivar/La Guajira) tell us about how to fine tune and improve a newly implemented governmental HRIA to render it an increasingly useful global instrument to promote simultaneously corporate security and human security for host communities? What is the most efficient and effective way to design and implement Corporate Social Responsibility Programs in a manner that promotes simultaneously corporate security and community human security? Written in a clear and accessible style, Profits, Security, and Human Rights presents practical lessons on how to promote both corporate security and human security in communities where the extractive sector operates in the Global South.

Labour Law in Mexico

Author : Patricia Kurczyn-Villalobos
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403523689
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Labour Law in Mexico written by Patricia Kurczyn-Villalobos and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on Mexico not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Mexico, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Privacy@work

Author : Frank Hendrickx
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403531665
Total Pages : 668 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Privacy@work written by Frank Hendrickx and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2023-06-12 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The right to privacy is a fundamental right. Along with the related right to personal data protection, it has come to take a central place in contemporary employment relations and shows significant relevance for the future of work. This thoroughly researched volume, which offers insightful essays by leading European academics and policymakers in labour and employment law, is the first to present a thoroughly up-to-date Europe-wide survey and analysis of the intensive and growing interaction of workplace relations systems with developments in privacy law. With abundant reference to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, and the work of the International Labour Organisation, the book proceeds as a series of country chapters, each by a recognised expert in a specific jurisdiction. Legal comparison is based on a questionnaire circulated to the contributors in advance. Each country chapter addresses the national legal weight of such issues and topics as the following: interaction of privacy and data protection law; legitimacy, purpose limitation, and data minimisation; transparency; role of consent; artificial intelligence and automated decision-making; health-related data, including biometrics and psychological testing; monitoring and surveillance; and use of social media. A detailed introductory overview begins the volume. The research for this book is based on a dynamic methodology, founded in scientific desk research and expert networking. Recognising that the need for further guidance for privacy at work has been demonstrated by various European and international bodies, this book delivers a signal contribution to the field for social partners, practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and all other stakeholders working at the crossroads of privacy, data protection, and labour law.

Los grandes problemas de México. Edición Abreviada. Sociedad. T-II

Author : Manuel Ordorica
Publisher : El Colegio de Mexico AC
ISBN 13 : 6074623856
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Los grandes problemas de México. Edición Abreviada. Sociedad. T-II written by Manuel Ordorica and published by El Colegio de Mexico AC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serie de cuatro volúmenes que condensan la colección de dieciséis tomos que fue publicada en 2010 bajo el título de Los grandes problemas de México, con motivo de las conmemoraciones del bicentenario de la Independencia, del centenario de la Revolución y de los setenta años de El Colegio de México. Cada capítulo reproduce una estructura que contiene un diagnóstico, un pronóstico cuando es posible, y propuestas de acción en torno a problemas específicos. El presente volumen trata los principales problemas de carácter social en México: Desigualdad social, Movimientos sociales, Educación, Relaciones de género y Culturas e identidades

The Sources of Labour Law

Author : Tamás Gyulavári
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9403502045
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Sources of Labour Law written by Tamás Gyulavári and published by Kluwer Law International B.V.. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Labour law has traditionally aimed to protect the employee under a hierarchy built on constitutional provisions, statutory law, collective agreements at various levels, and the employment contract, in that order. However, in employment regulation in recent years, ‘flexibility’ has come to dominate the world of work – a set of policies that reshuffle the relationship among the fundamental pillars of labour law and inevitably lead to degrading the protection of employees. This book, the first-ever to consider the sources of labour law from a comparative perspective, details the ways in which the traditional hierarchy of sources has been altered, presenting an international view on major cross-cutting issues followed by fifteen country reports. The authors’ analysis of the changing hierarchy of labour law sources in the light of recent trends includes such elements as the following: the constitutional dimension of labour rights; the normative intervention by the State; the regulatory function of collective bargaining and agreements; the hierarchical organization of labour law sources and the ‘principle of favour’; the role played by case law in both common law and civil law countries; the impact of the European Economic Governance; decentralization of collective bargaining; employment conditions as key components of global competitive strategies; statutory schemes that allow employees to sign away their rights. National reports – Australia, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States – describe the structure of labour law regulations in each legal system with emphasis on the current state of affairs. The authors, all distinguished labour law scholars in their countries, thus collectively provide a thorough and comprehensive commentary on labour law regulation and recent tendencies in national labour laws in various corners of the globe. With its definitive analysis of such crucial matters as the decentralization of collective bargaining and how individual employment contracts can deviate from collective agreements and statutory law, and its comparison of representative national labour law systems, this highly informative book will prove of inestimable value to all professionals concerned with employment relations, labour disputes, or labour market policy, especially in the context of multinational workforces.