Precarious work : the challenge for labour law in Europe /: the challenge for labour law in Europe. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jeff Kenner, Izabela Florczak, Marta Otto.
• Editors: Kenner, Jeff; Florczak, Izabela; Otto, Marta
• Contents: Introduction / Jeff Kenner, Marta Otto, Izabela Florczak -- Part I: Precarious work: Towards a new theoretical foundation -- 1. Precarious work and labour regulation in the EU: Current reality and perspectives / Izabela Florczak and Marta Otto -- 2. Precariat -- next stage of development or economic predominance in a new scene? / Barbara Godlewska-Bujok and Andrzej Patulski -- 3. Precarious work and social protection: Between flexicurity and social pollution / Calogero Massimo Cammalleri -- Part II: The legal contours of precarious work in Europe -- 4. Deepening precarity in the United Kingdom / David Mangan -- 5. The rise of precarious work in Spain. the effects of the increase in labour market flexibility / Anna Ginès I Fabrellas -- 6. Precarity of new forms of employment under Swedish labour law / Annamaria Westregård -- 7. From student work to false self-employment: How to combat precarious work in Slovenia? / Darja Senčur Peček and Valentina Franca -- 8. Precarious work in Poland. How to tackle the abuse of atypical forms of employment? / Łukasz Pisarczyk and Urszula Torbus -- 9. On the balance between flexibility and precarity: Atypical forms of employment under the laws of the Czech Republic / Jakub Tomšej -- Part III: The challenge of the 'gig economy' -- 10. "digital work" in the "platform economy". The last (but not least) stage of precariousness in labour relationships / Gionata Cavallini and Matteo Avogaro -- 11. Uber drivers are 'workers' -- the expanding scope of the 'worker' concept in the UK's gig economy / Jeff Kenner -- 12. Digital work -- real bargaining. How to ensure sustainability of social dialogue in digital era? / Joanna Unterschütz -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 264 pages)
• Subjects: 344.401; Labor laws and legislation -- Europe; Self-employed -- Legal status, laws, etc -- Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788973267; 1788973267
• Related ISBNs: 1788973259; 9781788973250
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 09, 2019).
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