Boundaries And Frontiers of Labour Law: Goals And Means in the Regulation of Work

Half Title Page\r......Page 1
Title Page\r......Page 3
Title verso\r......Page 4
Acknowledgements\r......Page 5
Contents\r......Page 7
List of Contributors\r......Page 9
Table of Cases\r......Page 11
Table of Legislation\r......Page 17
1. Introduction: Goals and Means in the Regulation of Work\r......Page 25
1. THE VERY IDEA OF LABOUR LAW......Page 27
2. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AS A VEHICLE FOR THE DELIVERY OF RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS......Page 28
3. BRINGING ATYPICAL WORK ARRANGEMENTS INTO THE SCOPE OF LABOUR LAW......Page 30
4. IDENTIFYING THE EMPLOYER AND DETERMINING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES......Page 31
5. INTERNATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SOLUTIONS......Page 32
I: The Very Idea of Labour Law......Page 35
I. INTRODUCTION: OUR TRUE QUESTION......Page 37
2. THE IDEA OF A CONSTITUTING NARRATIVE......Page 38
3. INHERENT RISKS......Page 41
4. THE RECEIVED WISDOM......Page 44
5. THE CHASM WHICH YAWNS BETWEEN OUR NARRATIVE AND OUR REALITY......Page 51
6. IS A NEW NARRATIVE POSSIBLE?......Page 52
7. SOME NEW STARTING POINTS......Page 56
3. What is Labour Law?......Page 61
1. SIX HARD CASES......Page 62
2. THE FAILING PARADIGM OF SUBORDINATE LABOUR......Page 69
3. TWO JUSTIFYING NARRATIVES FOR LABOUR LAW: NON-MARKET VALUES; CONFLICT RESOLUTION......Page 72
4. WHAT IS LABOUR LAW, AND WHAT ARE ITS BOUNDARIES?......Page 77
5. CONCLUSION: THE FUTURE OF LABOUR LAW......Page 84
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 87
2. PERSPECTIVES ON INFORMALITY......Page 91
3. A LOOK AT THREE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGMS......Page 100
4. CONCLUSION......Page 109
II: The Employment Relationship as a Vehicle for the Delivery of Rights and Entitlements......Page 111
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 113
2. THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT IN BRITAIN: AN OVERVIEW......Page 116
3. THE ORIGINS OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP IN THE CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS OF CONTINENTAL EUROPE......Page 122
4. INITIAL REFLECTIONS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS......Page 126
1. A DEFIANT AND COMPLEX CONTEXT; THE SUBJECTIVE WEAKENING OF LABOUR LAW......Page 133
2. LABOUR DEPENDENCE; A CATEGORY PUT TO THE TEST......Page 135
3. THE TRANSFORMATIONS UNDER WAY......Page 137
4. MORE HYPOTHESES FOR A RE-DEFINITION OF THE CENTRE OF IMPUTATION OF LABOUR LAW......Page 141
5. INCLUSIVE CAPACITY OF DEPENDENCE AND CONTINUITY OF PROTECTION......Page 152
6. BY WAY OF CONCLUSION......Page 155
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 157
2. ‘EMPLOYEE’—EXCLUSIONARY?......Page 158
3. INEQUALITY OF BARGAINING POWER......Page 162
4. ‘EMPLOYEE’—INDEFINABLE?......Page 167
5. ‘EMPLOYEE’—TOO RIGID?......Page 171
6. CONCLUSION......Page 175
III: Bringing Atypical Work Arrangements into the Scope of Labour Law......Page 177
8. Rethinking Labour Law: Employment Protection for Boundaryless Workers......Page 179
1. THE CHANGING NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT......Page 181
2. THE LABOUR LAWS AND THE OLD WORKPLACE......Page 186
3. THE PROBLEM OF BOUNDARYLESS WORKERS WITH BOUNDED PROTECTIONS......Page 189
4. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REFORM......Page 199
5 CONCLUSION......Page 202
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 205
2. UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE NEW LABOUR MARKET......Page 207
3. LESSONS FROM THE DEVELOPING WORLD......Page 211
4. HOW HAS WORK CHANGED IN SOUTH AFRICA?......Page 212
5. DEFINITIONS AND PRESUMPTIONS......Page 213
6. WHOSE DECISIONS?......Page 216
7. AN ETERNAL TRIANGLE?......Page 218
8. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF LABOUR LAW......Page 220
9. COUNTERING THE NEW INEQUALITY......Page 222
10. SOCIAL SECURITY......Page 224
11. LABOUR PROMOTION......Page 226
12. CONCLUSION......Page 227
1. THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN INDIA......Page 229
2. EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP......Page 232
3. INCREASING PROTECTION AGAINST VULNERABILITY: SHOULD EMPLOYMENT MATTER?......Page 240
4. CHOICE OF BENEFITS AND THEIR FINANCING......Page 242
11. Ways and Effects of Deconstructing, Protection in the Post-socialist New Members States - Based on Hungarian Experience......Page 245
1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 246
2. THE BACKLASH OF THE PAST IMPINGING ON POST-SOCIALIST LABOUR LAW......Page 251
3. CONSOLIDATION: LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND SHAPING OF NEW PRACTICES......Page 257
4. LOOKING FOR FAIR WAYS OF OPENING UP THE BORDERS OF LABOUR LAW......Page 263
1. MARKET RATIONALITY AND THE EMERGENCE OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICIES......Page 269
2. IUS COGENS, IUS DISPOSITIVUM AND THE ROLE OF EU LAW......Page 273
3. CONTESTED TERRAINS IN NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW......Page 282
4. CONCLUDING REMARKS: THE SEARCH FOR CORE PRINCIPLES IN NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS......Page 293
IV: Identifying the Employer and Determining its Responsibilities......Page 295
1. INTRODUCTION: RECONSIDERING THE IDEA OF THE EMPLOYER......Page 297
2. THE IDEA OF THE EMPLOYER AND INTERNAL STRUCTURES OR HIERARCHIES......Page 301
3. THE IDEA OF ‘SELF-EMPLOYMENT’ AND THE MULTI-AGENCY EMPLOYMENT NETWORK......Page 307
4. CONCLUSION: THE IDEA OF ‘THE EMPLOYER’ AND THE RE-DRAWING OF THE BOUNDARIES OF EMPLOYMENT LAW......Page 315
14. The Legal Boundaries of the Employer, Precarious Workers, and Labour Protection......Page 319
1. CONCEPTUALISING THE EMPLOYER......Page 322
2. MULTIPLE EMPLOYING ENTITIES AND ATTRIBUTING EMPLOYMENT-RELATED RESPONSIBILITY......Page 328
3. CONCLUSION: DRAWING NEW BOUNDARIES......Page 337
15. Multi-segmented Workforces, Comparative Fairness, and the Capital Boundary Obstacle......Page 341
1. THE STRUCTURE OF COMPARATIVE FAIRNESS STANDARDS......Page 343
2. THE CHALLENGE TO COMPARATIVE FAIRNESS CLAIMS......Page 345
3. MULTI-SEGMENTED WORKFORCES......Page 348
4. TOWARDS A NETWORK CONCEPT......Page 359
V: International and Institutional Solutions......Page 361
1. BACKGROUND......Page 363
2. THE LACK OF FOCUS AND THE REFOCUSING OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP......Page 364
3. THE POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE: ]A RECOMMENDATION......Page 374
4. CONCLUSION......Page 378
17. The Employer and the Worker: The Need for a Comparative and International Perspective......Page 379
1. THE EMPIRICAL APPROACH......Page 382
2. THE DOGMATIC PERSPECTIVE......Page 384
3. ILO WORK......Page 391
4. DECENT WORK PROMOTED THROUGH A CONVERGENCE OF KNOWLEDGE......Page 394
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 397
2. THE STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR......Page 399
3. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OFPROTECTION: HORIZONTAL REDISTRIBUTION......Page 401
4. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF PROTECTION: REDISTRIBUTION UPWARDS......Page 403
5. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF PROTECTION: REDISTRIBUTION DOWNWARDS......Page 406
6. REGIME CHANGE: A CAVEAT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES OF PROTECTION......Page 410
7. CONCLUSION......Page 411
APPENDIX......Page 413
Index......Page 415