This glossary, one of the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the development and current status of labour law and industrial relations issues, including globalization and international labour standards. It provides cross-references between international labour standards, European Union Directives, resolutions and regulations. Definitions from the public domain are taken from legislative and specialized texts dealing with international standards and institutions in general. The glossary explores the most relevant issues surrounding the global debate on the social dimensions of globalization and includes entries on current achievements, debates, ideas and programmes, as highlighted in the 2004 Report of the Director-General on the World Commission on the Social Dimensions of Globalization, "A Fair Globalization:The role of the ILO".

The introduction of a single market and the move towards full economic and political integration within the European Community requires that issues of employment law, industrial relations and labour markets in each of the EU member states are understood. This publication, one of a series which examine employment and industrial relations issues in the individual EU member states, focuses on the situation in Sweden, in order to provide a guide to key issues, concepts and specialist terms in use in the national context.

Aims to provide explanations of specialist terms and the context in which they are used with regard to the introduction of the Single European Market and the move towards political and economic integration. This volume considers the implications for the UK's entry into a single European market.