Even in an era of sweeping change in all walks of life, The ongoing transformation of the world of work stands out. With the convergence of globalized markets, multinational corporate employers, and new information technologies, The old secure and stable world of offices and factories has gone the way of the dinosaurs. Inevitably, The traditional legal regimes applicable to labour and industrial relations have been altered beyond recognition, and continue to undergo rapid change. In this connection, few legal resources have proven themselves as useful as the classic compilation of expert analysis here presented in its eighth and updated edition. With the overarching purpose of describing the salient characteristics and trends in labour law and industrial relations in the world today, The bookiquest;s 23 chapters probe such crucial issues as the following: the new trade union movement; European Works Councils employersiquest; organizations; European Union; International Labour Organisation human resource management; codes of conduct of multinational enterprises; conflicts of laws in employment contracts; self-employed workers; privacy; and iquest;employability. The approach throughout is comparative, whether the specific focus is national, regional, or international. The authors bring their perspectives from a wide range of contexts, including labour unions, employersiquest; organizations, employment law practice, academic research, The European Commission, And The International Labour Organisation. They come from Germany, The United States, The United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands, Australia, Israel, Switzerland, Italy, and France. Clearly, this approach has an eye To The future. Labour law and industrial relations have already become de facto international concerns, and harmonization is proceeding rapidly at both formal and informal levels. This comparative and integrated treatment of the entire field as it currently exists marks trends that will be established in a matter of years. At the moment, with its huge fund of information and its many brilliant insights, this book is an invaluable asset to practitioners, officials, and academics in the field.

Comparativism is no longer a purely academic exercise but has increasingly become an urgent necessity for industrial relations and legal practitioners due To The globalisation of the economy, The massive introduction of new information technology, The growth of multinational enterprises And The impact of international and regional organizations aspiring to harmonize rules. the growing need for comprehensive, up-to-date and readily available information on labour law and industrial relations in different countries led To The publication of the International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations, In which almost 70 international and national monographs have been published thus far. This book goes a step further than the Encyclopaedia inasmuch as most of the chapters provide comparative and integrated thematic treatment. Our aim is to describe the salient characteristics and trends in labour law and industrial relations in the contemporary world. Encouraged by the warm reception of the first six editions, we hope that also the seventh edition will serve as a textbook and reference work to facilitate the task of teachers and students of comparative labour law and industrial relations. We hope, too, that the book will provide labour lawyers, HRM and industrial relations specialists with the necessary insights to cope with a world which is increasingly international.

This book, Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialized Market Economies, provides comparative and integrated thematic treatment. The aim is to describe the salient characteristics and trends in labour law and industrial relations in the contemporary world." "The sixth edition will serve as a textbook and reference work to facilitate the task of teachers and students of comparative labour law and industrial relationsand will provide labour lawyers, HRM and industrial relations specialists with the necessary insights to cope with a world which is increasingly international.

Comparativism is no longer a purely academic exercise but has increasingly become an urgent necessity for industrial relations and legal practitioners due to the growth of multinational enterprises and the impact of international and regional organization.