Evolving Employment Relationship and the New Economy

by Blanpain, Roger

• ISBN13: 9789041116918
• ISBN10: 9041116915
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Law Intl

Summary

If the labour law and industrial relations community are to retain expertise and social utility in their vital role, constant monitoring of the field and discussion is essential. It was to further this purpose that the Club of Labour Law Journals held a conference in Brussels in April 2001, under the auspices of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium And The Society for Social and International Cooperation. This book is the record of that significant conference. The presentations and discussion proceed along four main avenues: the 'battle For The brains' the impact of atypical work arrangements the concept of employability the online rights of workers Important questions addressed include: Do globalisation and high technology necessarily go hand in hand? Which skills increase employability? What are the social factors of employability? Are contingent and partly dependent workers protected in a fair way? to what degree can the employment contract be stabilized? How can we tackle the erosion of social security provisions? to what extent should intra-company electronic resources be regulated? What is the relation between employers and illegal immigrants? Participants include representatives from Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, The United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, South Africa, Latin America, And The United States.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	vii
Prologue	ix
Roger Blanpain
Opening Remarks	xi
Roger Blanpain
Australia	1	(28)
Breen Creighton
Colin Fenwick
Belgium	29	(32)
Roger Blanpain
Germany	61	(14)
Rudolf Buschmann
Torsten Walter
Italy	75	(14)
Marco Biagi
Latin America	89	(14)
Luis Aparicio Valdez
Jorge Bernedo Alvarado
Spain	103	(20)
Miguel C. Rodriguez-Pinero Royo
United Kingdom	123	(18)
Deirdre McCann
United States	141	(12)
Steven L. Willborn
Quality in European Community Industrial Relations	153	(10)
Marco Biagi
A Constitutional Reading of the Test for Unfair Discrimination in South African Labour Law	163	(28)
Carole Cooper
Outsourcing and Collectively Determined Wages and Working Conditions in Belgium	191	(18)
Chris Engels
Horizontal Effect and the Perspective of Employment Privacy	209	(16)
Frank Hendrickx
Concerns Associated with the Increase of Contingent Employment in Japan	225	(8)
Motohiro Morishima
Excerpts from the Discussion
Online Rights of Workers. Electronic Interactions in the Workplace	233	(2)
Alberto Avio
Online Rights of Workers. Electronic Interaction in the Workplace. General reflections and some Belgian perspectives	235	(6)
Marc De Vos
A Proposal to Regulate the use of Communication Electronic Resources in a Company	241	(6)
Carlos Fernandez Hernandez
Electronic Monitoring and Employment Privacy	247	(4)
Frank Hendrickx
New Working Patterns and Social Security	251	(4)
Simonetta Renga
Employment Contracts	255	(4)
Marlene Schmidt
Migration and the Battle of the Brains	259
Steven L. Willborn