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 |