Employment Policy and the Regulation of Part-time Work in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis

by Edited by Silvana Sciarra , Paul Davies , Mark Freedland

• ISBN13: 9780521840026
• ISBN10: 0521840023
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book originates from the research project 'New discourses in labour law' held at the European University Institute. A detailed analysis of part-time work regulation is presented for seven European countries, in order to ascertain how internal domestic choices of the legislatures have merged into the 'Open method of co-ordination'. The impact of European employment policies is considered in parallel with the implementation of the Directive on part-time work, thus providing a complete overview of both soft and hard law mechanisms available to national policy-makers. In this original work, the inter-action between law and policy emerges as a dynamic and constantly changing process of exchange between national and supranational actors, through the use of concrete examples of law-making. Labour law is put forward as being central in the current evolution of European law, and this centrality is presented as a confirmation of innovation and continuity in regulatory techniques.

Table 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 Valdé

s Dal-Ré

9. Sweden: welfare or unfair? Ronnie Eklund

10. The United Kingdom: how is EU governance transformative? Claire Kilpatrick and Mark Freedland.