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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).
This discerning book provides a wide-ranging comparative analysis of the legal and social policy challenges posed by the spread of different forms of precarious work in Europe, with various social models in force and a growing ‘gig economy’ workforce. It not only considers the theoretical foundations of the concept of precarious work, but also offers invaluable insight into the potential methods of addressing this phenomenon through labour regulation and case law at EU and national level.
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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 ...
Presents an overview on ILO activities in Latin America and the Caribbean in each of the four dimensions of the decent work agenda : fundamental principles and rights at work, employment, social protection and social dialogue. Covers the period August 1999 - June 2002.
"A autonomia privada coletiva, conceito construído na doutrina italiana, é princípio fundamental do coletivo do trabalho. Este livro apresenta sua repercussão nos diferentes aspectos das relações coletivas de trabalho, que abrangem a organização sindical e o problema do corporativismo no Brasil em confronto com a experiência sindical na Espanha, na Itália, em Portugal e no Uruguai, atuação sindical de trabalhadores informais e mulheres, os conflitos coletivos de trabalho e suas formas de composição: a negociação coletiva no Brasil e em países da União Europeia, a possibilidade de concertação social no Brasil, o direito de greve e seus limites, a repressão aos atos antissindicais, coletivização dos processos individuais e substituição processual. Constituem temas de atualidade e importância inegáveis no contexto de crise no mundo do trabalho." - Walküre Lopes Ribeiro da Silva, Livre-Docente pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo – FDUSP.