Employment and labour law: general

In a contemporary labour market that includes growing levels of precarious employment, the regulation of minimum employment standards is intricately connected to conditions of economic security.

Through case studies of newspaper carriers, rural route mail couriers, personal care workers, and freelance editors - four groups who have led pioneering efforts to organize - the authors provide a window into the ways political and economic conditions interact with class, ethnicity, and gender to shape the meaning and strategies of working men and women and show how these strategies have changed over time.

Rather than considering the relationship between the three branches of government in the abstract, Beatty focuses on legal practice as it functions in labour law, and shows how the Charter could be used both to reform labour law and to protect against attempts to reverse gains made in labour legislation in the past.

The essays in this volume enhance our understanding of Canadians on the job.

TakesWhite Fragility to the next level, placing emotional conversations about race squarely in the realm of employment discrimination lawexploring how implicit bias and diversity trainings are insufficient tools for battling inequality in the workplace.

Higher education is the site of an ongoing conflict.

'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAleveyIn Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital.

Most of us believe in fairness.

The sixth edition of this Approved Code of Practice and guidance provides practical advice to help dutyholders comply with the requirements of the COSHH Regulations.

In The Making of Reverse Discrimination Ellen Messer-Davidow offers a fresh and incisive analysis of the legal-judicial discourse of DeFunis v.

On March 8, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States decided a case, Griggs v.

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A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure.

With growing international competition, American firms have been gaced with increasing pressures to produce better products, cut costs, and improve efficiency.

Offers a guide to current environmental health and safety statutes--providing a working knowledge of the major legislations and regulations and demonstrating the steps necessary for compliance.

On Forbes list of 10 Books To Help You Foster A More Diverse And Inclusive WorkplaceHow law, policy, and official state rhetoric have fueled the resurgence of Islamophobiawith a call to action on how to combat it.

Across the world, workers labor without pay for the benefit of profitable businessesand its legal.

On March 8, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States decided a case, Griggs v.

On Forbes list of 10 Books To Help You Foster A More Diverse And Inclusive WorkplaceHow law, policy, and official state rhetoric have fueled the resurgence of Islamophobiawith a call to action on how to combat it.

An accessible but thought-provoking introduction to labour law.

Employment and Employee Rights addresses the issue of rights in the workplace.

Das Buch wendet sich an alle, die eine knappe, klare, zuverlässige und in einfacher Sprache gehaltene Einführung in das deutsche Arbeitsrecht erhalten wollen, also nicht nur an Studierende und Rechtsreferendare, sondern ebenso an Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler, Beschäftigte in Personalabteilungen sowie Führungskräfte in allen Bereichen von Wirtschaft und Verwaltung.

This book describes the substantive state of the law with regard to lesbian and gay rights.

From the 1980s through the 1990s, children in many areas of the world benefited from new opportunities to attend school, but they also faced new demands to support their families because of continuing and, for many, worsening poverty.

Within the past few years, innovative methods have been developed not only to settle disputes out of court but also to supplement or replace the means by which legislatures, businesses, communities, therapists, and schools handle conflicts that once could be resolved only by litigation or force.

In all countries, labour has war stories"e; to tell, but none are so violent as those of American labour.

This book describes the substantive state of the law with regard to lesbian and gay rights.

From the 1980s through the 1990s, children in many areas of the world benefited from new opportunities to attend school, but they also faced new demands to support their families because of continuing and, for many, worsening poverty.

Within the past few years, innovative methods have been developed not only to settle disputes out of court but also to supplement or replace the means by which legislatures, businesses, communities, therapists, and schools handle conflicts that once could be resolved only by litigation or force.

In all countries, labour has war stories"e; to tell, but none are so violent as those of American labour.

The emergence of the terms 'pink tax' and 'tampon tax' in everyday language suggests that women, who already suffer from an economic disadvantage due to the gender wage gap, are put in an even more detrimental position by means of 'discriminatory consumption taxes'.

The emergence of the terms 'pink tax' and 'tampon tax' in everyday language suggests that women, who already suffer from an economic disadvantage due to the gender wage gap, are put in an even more detrimental position by means of 'discriminatory consumption taxes'.

The numbers of women undergoing Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) treatments have risen steadily, yet they remain largely outside the scope of equality and employment law protection while undergoing treatment.

The numbers of women undergoing Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) treatments have risen steadily, yet they remain largely outside the scope of equality and employment law protection while undergoing treatment.

First published in 1999, this volume examines how the challenge of defining and developing an effective structure of fundamental social rights for workers has long been a focus for debate at European level.

This book examines how the law has limitations to the extent that it can combat repression, isolation, and inequality.

This book examines how the law has limitations to the extent that it can combat repression, isolation, and inequality.

The updated sixth edition of International Human Resource Management is an authoritative resource that focuses on international human resource management (IHRM) within multinational enterprises (MNEs).

The updated sixth edition of International Human Resource Management is an authoritative resource that focuses on international human resource management (IHRM) within multinational enterprises (MNEs).

First published in 1999, this volume evaluates the context, role and development of EWCs through eight case studies and asks whether EWCs will promote the Europeanisation of Industrial relations.

First published in 1999, this volume evaluates the context, role and development of EWCs through eight case studies and asks whether EWCs will promote the Europeanisation of Industrial relations.

First published in 1997, this volume departs from conventional analyses of Botswana's political economy and focuses on the second phase of Botswana's capitalist development from 1966-1990, arguing that even in a formally liberal democratic country, the imperatives of economic growth and development in a capitalist context give rise to the state's close supervision and control of organised labour.

First published in 1997, this volume departs from conventional analyses of Botswana's political economy and focuses on the second phase of Botswana's capitalist development from 1966-1990, arguing that even in a formally liberal democratic country, the imperatives of economic growth and development in a capitalist context give rise to the state's close supervision and control of organised labour.

First published in 1999, this collection of articles responds to the controversial debate on whether prison labour constitutes betterment or slave labour.

First published in 1999, this collection of articles responds to the controversial debate on whether prison labour constitutes betterment or slave labour.

This book provides a profile of Panama's political elite and analyzes the country's fragile political institutions.

This analysis of the changing process of union-employer collective bargaining represents the first-person views of some of the most prominent figures in U.

This book provides a profile of Panama's political elite and analyzes the country's fragile political institutions.

This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors' strategies in the field of minimum wage policies.

This book goes beyond traditional minimum wage research to investigate the interplay between different country and sectoral institutional settings and actors' strategies in the field of minimum wage policies.