Employment / Labour Law

The Global Workplace International and Comparative Employment Law - Cases and Materials

Edited by Roger Blanpain · Susan Bisom-Rapp · William R. Corbett · Hilary K. Josephs · Michael J. Zimmer
Cambridge University Press January 2014

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781107664876
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
January 2014
Format
Paperback , 700 pages
Jurisdiction
Canada, China, European Union, France, Germany, India, International, Japan, Mexico, U.K., U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

With the forces of globalization as a backdrop, this casebook develops labor and employment law in the context of the national laws of nine countries important to the global economy - the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Germany, France, China, Japan and India. These national jurisdictions are highlighted by considering international labor standards promulgated by the International Labor Organization as well as the rulings and standards that emerge from two very different regional trade arrangements - the labor side accord to NAFTA and the European Union. Across all these different sources of law, this book considers the law of individual employment, collective labor law dealing with unionization as well as the laws against discrimination, the laws protecting privacy and the systems used to resolve labor and employment disputes. This is the first set of law school course materials in English covering international and comparative employment and labor law.

  • Path-breaking casebook dealing with the burgeoning area of international and comparative employment law
  • First casebook to deal with international and comparative employment law in English
  • Authors will provide a website to update professors

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments page xi
Table of Cases xiii
Table of Statutes xxi
Table of Secondary Authorities xxxiii
1    The Study of International and Comparative Employment Law 1
  A. Introduction 1
  B. Thinking Deeply About International and Comparative Employment Law 32
  C. Workplace Law in the International Realm: An Initial Primer 41
  D. The Organization of this Book 51
2    The International Labour Organization and International Labor Standards 53
  A. Introduction 53
  B. ILO Standard Setting and Structure 58
  C. ILO Monitoring and Member Nation Compliance 60
  D. The 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 88
3    The United States 92
  A. Introduction 92
  B. Individual Employment Law 93
  C. Unions and Collective Bargaining 110
  D. Wages, Hours, and Benefits 122
  E. Employment Discrimination 124
  F. Privacy 149
4    Canada 157
  A. Introduction 157
  B. Individual Employment Law 160
  C. Unions and Collective Bargaining 171
  D. Wages, Hours, and Benefits 185
  E. Antidiscrimination Law 186
  F. Employee Privacy 197
  G. Dispute Resolution Systems 198
5    Mexico 208
  A. Introduction 208
  B. Individual Employment Law 222
  C. Collective Employee Rights 227
  D. Dispute Resolution Systems 233
  E. Antidiscrimination Law 247
  F. Privacy Law 248
6    The Regulatory Approach of the North American Free Trade Agreement 249
  A. Introduction 249
  B. The NAALC’s Labor Principles 256
  C. NAALC Structures and Enforcement 258
7    The European Union 276
  A. General Overview 276
  B. The Legislative Process 279
  C. The Social Partners 282
  D. Competence of the EU Regarding Social Policies: In Search of a European Social Model (ESM) � A Dream? 283
  E. Individual Employment Law 288
  F. Collective Employment Rights 301
  G. Antidiscrimination Law 315
  H. Privacy 325
8    The United Kingdom 332
  A. Introduction 332
  B. Individual Employment Law: Contracts and Statutes 334
  C. Unions and Collective Bargaining 359
  D. Wages, Hours, and Benefits 367
  E. Employment Discrimination 370
  F. Privacy 392
9    Germany 394
  A. Introduction 394
  B. Individual Employment 398
  C. Unions and Collective Bargaining 404
  D. Antidiscrimination 422
  E. Labor Courts 429
  F. Privacy 430
10    France 432
  A. Introduction 432
  B. Individual Employment 436
  C. Unions and Collective Bargaining 448
  D. Wages, Hours, and Benefits 453
  E. Employment Discrimination 455
  F. Privacy 458
11    China 462
  A. Introduction 462
  B. Socialist Modernization and Liberation of the Productive Forces 471
  C. The Labor Law 479
  D. Collective Contracts and the Trade Union 509
  E. Opening to the Outside: Special Economic Zones and Brain Circulation 518
12    Japan 524
  A. Introduction to the Social and Historical Context 524
  B. The Postwar Employment Scene: Major Developments 526
  C. Japanese Transplant Companies in the United States 542
13    India 566
  A. Introduction to the Historical and Social Context 566
  B. Economic Policy and Performance Before and After 1991 568
  C. Labor and Trade Unions 576
  D. “Equal Opportunities” for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes 578
  E. Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation 580
14    Pursuing International Labor Standards in U.S. Courts and Through Global Codes of Conduct 590
  A. Introduction 590
  B. Common Law Actions 591
  C. Global Codes of Conduct 601
  D. Lawsuits Based on Statutes 607
   Index 619

About the Author

Roger Blanpain
University of Tilburg, The Netherlands and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Susan Bisom-Rapp
Thomas Jefferson School of Law

William R. Corbett
Louisiana State University Law Center

Hilary K. Josephs
Syracuse University College of Law

Michael J. Zimmer
Seton Hall University School of Law

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'… this book provides a good overview of different systems of labour regulation in a variety of countries … as an introduction to the 'global workplace' and its regulation, this book exceeds expectations.' European Journal of International Law

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