Recent years in Europe have been marked by efforts to introduce changes in labour law in order to boost employment, reduce labour costs and increase flexibility of national labour markets. The increased international competition has led to major labour law reforms in some European countries but the majority of national developments still indicate a rather limited reformist approach. Evolutionary rather than revolutionary efforts were initiated to balance the wage-setting mechanisms and to soften the dismissal law protection to create room for flexibility, to increase employment by promoting atypical forms of employment, to accommodate legal regulations to technological advances and the new types of economy. Accompanying social security measures intended to improve the efficiency of active labour market policies.
The current selection of academic contributions intends to provide an overview of recent developments in the legal regulation of labour markets in Eastern and Western European countries. The authors’ contributions could not cover all the aspects of the current state of recent reformist efforts on the labour markets. However, by picturing separate developments in different European countries, it intends to assist in identifying regional similarities. Furthermore, it provides opportunities for exchange of ideas, experiences and practices for shaping labour law both at European and national level.
Labour law reforms in the eastern european member states: towards a new structure of work relationships?
págs. 21-43
The dynamics of slovenian labour law: between the reforms and permanent evolution
págs. 45-56
págs. 57-81
págs. 83-102
págs. 103-115
European wage-setting mechanisms under pressure: negotiated and unilateral change and the EU's economic governance regime
págs. 119-144
The transformations of employment relations: what is the role of social dialogue and industrial relations?
págs. 145-157
págs. 159-177
págs. 179-195
págs. 199-215
From dismissal law to re-employment law: a culture war
págs. 217-234
págs. 235-251
Labour law reform: the emergence of a new concept of employment relationship in Poland
págs. 253-280
New forms of work: an Austrian perspective
págs. 281-291
Occupational health and safety requirements and flexible organisation of the working time: legal regulation of labour relations in Estonia
págs. 293-306
págs. 307-326
A new approach of flexicurity: the importance of Pacta Sunt Servanda and Clausula Rebus Sic Stantibus in employment relationship
págs. 327-349
págs. 351-358
Non-competition agreements: lithuanian experience
págs. 359-373
págs. 375-388
págs. 389-401
Labour rights defence: the experience of the Baltic States
págs. 403-415
págs. 419-429
págs. 431-452
págs. 453-467
págs. 469-483
Unemployment benefits system in Lithuania: problems of the regulation and new reforms
págs. 485-501
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