Adjudicating Employment Rights: A Cross-National Approach

by S. Corby, P. Burgess

Overview

Adjudicating Employment Rights compares and analyses institutions for resolving employment rights disputes in ten countries. In addition to detailed individual chapters, the study offers a theoretical perspective and an evaluation of national institutions against key yardsticks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349443833
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/19/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	275
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Susan Corby is Professor of Employment Relations at the University of Greenwich, UK. Formerly a trade union official, she has been a lay member of the first instance and second instance labour courts in Great Britain and is currently an arbitrator for a government agency (the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service).

Pete Burgess is a Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich, UK. He has a background in both the academic and private sectors, comparative law, industrial relations and international human resource management. He also offers expertise in international employment research and consultancy.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Issues and Overview 2 Employment Adjudication: Comparisons and Anomalies 3 France 4 Germany 5 Great Britain 6 Ireland 7 Italy 8 Netherlands 9 New Zealand 10 South Africa 11 Sweden 12 USA 13 Evaluation: Applying Yardsticks