Labour Employment category: 1020 books
by Philippa Watson
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
This new edition provides a distinctively broad-based approach to EU Employment Law, covering related social policy and anti-discrimination measures, as well as a detailed overview of how policy and law are made. It analyses in detail EU legislation and case law in the areas of collective and individual...
On the Line
A History of the British Columbia Labour Movement
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
The BC tradition of fighting back against unfair pay and unsafe working conditions has been around since before the colony joined Confederation. In 1849 Scottish labourers at BC’s first coal mine at Fort Rupert went on strike to protest wretched working conditions, and it’s been a wild ride...
by Clive Gibson
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
THE ONE GUIDE NO EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE CAN DO WITHOUT! South African labour legislation prescribes to employers and employees what they are able to do, when they are allowed to do it, and how. It is, in reality, a potential minefield. But help is now at hand with Everyone’s Guide to Labour Law, which...
by Francis Maupain
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The International Labour Organization was created in 1919, as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended the First World War, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if it is based on social justice. As the oldest organisation in the UN system, approaching...
Restatement of Labour Law in Europe
Vol I: The Concept of Employee
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
The concept of 'employee' is arguably the most important one in labour law, defining, as it does, the scope of the discipline as a whole. This important new publication aims to develop a restatement of the concept of the employee in European labour law. The study identifies both problems and solutions...
Raising the Workers' Flag
The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
During the Great Depression, the conflicting interests of capital and labour became clearer than ever before. Radical Canadian workers, encouraged by the Red International of Labour Unions, responded by building the Workers' Unity League – an organization that greatly advanced the cause of unions...
Unions in Court
Organized Labour and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Scholars with an interest in contemporary labour relations, labour law, and the discourse of rights, as well as labour movements, will find this book useful and interesting.
New Labour Laws in Old Member States
Trade Union Responses to European Enlargement
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
The enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007 has led to greatly increased free movement of workers from 'new' to 'old' Member States. The unprecedented scale of this migration has had a profound impact on the regulation of labour law in Europe. This book compares the ways trade unions have responded...
Hard Lessons
The Mine Mill Union in the Canadian Labour Movement
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1995
This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "Where the Past Meets the Future - the Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement," held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. The...
Employer's Legal Handbook, The
Manage Your Employees & Workplace Effectively
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
All the laws employers need to know!
What do employers need to know about the law? Plenty! Employment laws change often. Staying on top of them is essential to running an efficient, fair workplace—and heading off expensive lawsuits. Use this comprehensive guide to find answers to workplace...
Employment Relationships
Workers, Unions and Employers in New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
This revised evaluation of the New Zealand Employment Relations Act 2000 assesses the developing trends and major changes in the employment relations situation in New Zealand since the act was passed. Perspectives from employers, union members, academics, and government workers address how the new...
by Diana Brodman Summers
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Not everything that you might think is unfair in the workplace is actually illegal. In order to fully protect your rights, you must understand them first. The Employee Answer Book, the latest addition to the Answer Book Series, answers real questions from real people. This book discusses federal employment...
by Barry Cushway
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
The Employer's Handbook 2017-18 has established itself as a source of reliable, unambiguous guidance for all small- to medium-sized employers in the UK, clearly identifying the legal essentials and best-practice guidelines for effective people management. It is a comprehensive source of hands-on advice...
Unequal
How America's Courts Undermine Discrimination Law
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
It is no secret that since the 1980s, American workers have lost power vis-à-vis employers through the well-chronicled steep decline in private sector unionization. American workers have also lost power in other ways. Those alleging employment discrimination have fared increasingly poorly in the...