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Older Workers, Active Ageing, and the Future of Work

Older Workers, Active Ageing, and the Future of Work

Author: Mia Rönnmar; Jenny Julén Votinius
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
ISBN: 9789403510477
Published In: January 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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Older Workers, Active Ageing, and the Future of Work is a significant book that provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of legislative developments and discourses relating to older workers, prolonged working lives, and the future of work, which are addressed under the themes of fundamental rights developments, dynamics in non-discrimination and employment protection, and advancements in active ageing. The major trend of population ageing that can be seen in the European Union (EU) and most other advanced economies has a substantial impact on social cohesion, intergenerational solidarity, economic development and the long-term sustainability of health and pension systems. For labour law, industrial relations, and collective bargaining, the implications of the ageing workforce pose specific challenges.

What’s in this book:

Eminent international scholars furnish an expert analysis of current societal, policy, legislative, and case law developments. The contributions address core issues in labour law, non-discrimination law, elder law, and EU law and cover topical developments in Australia, Brazil, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the EU, including:

human rights protection for older persons and protection under the European Social Charter
social rights developments in times of profound societal crises
ways in which age discrimination and employment protection are linked in law and practice
promotion of prolonged working lives in collective bargaining and government policy
effect of advances in technology and specifically the potential of telework
older workers in informal work and domestic slavery, and
sustainability and just transition in the context of working life and active ageing

How this will help you:

With its interdisciplinary approach and multitude of theories, conceptual frameworks, methodologies, and materials, this inspiring book presents a multifaceted and comparative analysis of discourses and legal trends related to older workers, active ageing, and the future of work for practitioners in labour and employment law globally, and also for academics and policymakers in those fields.

Part I. Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Ageing in the World of Work

Part II. Fundamental Rights Developments

CHAPTER 2. Human Rights Protection of Older Persons: The Case for a New Convention?

CHAPTER 3. The European Social Charter and Rights for Older Workers

CHAPTER 4. Fundamental Social Rights and the EU Charter in Times of Crisis: Reality and Prospects

Part III. Dynamics in Non-discrimination and Employment Protection

CHAPTER 5. Strategic Litigation, Discrimination Law, and Older Workers

CHAPTER 6. Modernizing EU Anti-discrimination Law to Better Combat Discrimination Against Older Workers in the Context of ‘Just Transition’

CHAPTER 7. Dismissed Older Workers at Conceptual and Legal Crossroads: An Interplay Between Employment Protection, Non-discrimination, and Collective Bargaining

CHAPTER 8. Older Workers, Unfair Dismissal, and Age Discrimination Law: Strengthening Employment Protection? Comparative Perspectives from Australia and the UK

CHAPTER 9. The Capability Approach, Compulsory Retirement, and the Hörnfeldt Case Revisited

Part IV. Advancements in Active Ageing

CHAPTER 10. Slavery of Ageing Domestic Workers: An Analysis of the Policies in Brazil

CHAPTER 11. Japan’s Elderly Employment Promotion Policy Without Anti-age Discrimination Law: Experiments in a Most Rapidly Ageing Country

CHAPTER 12. Telework, Sustainability of Pensions, and Synergies with Markets Institutions: Constructing a Theory of Fundamental Rights

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