Solidarity and conflict : European social law in crisis

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Solidarity and conflict : European social law in crisis

Title remainder

European social law in crisis

Statement of responsibility

Silvana Sciarra

Creator

• Sciarra, Silvana
• Sciarra, Silvana

Author

• Sciarra, Silvana
• Sciarra, Silvana

Subject

• Labor laws and legislation -- European Union countries
• Labor laws and legislation -- European Union countries
• Collective bargaining
• Social legislation -- European Union countries
• Social legislation -- European Union countries
• Social legislation
• Collective bargaining -- European Union countries
• Europe -- European Union countries
• Labor laws and legislation

Language

eng

Summary

• "The ongoing austerity crisis is being felt in all sectors of EU law, but has had a particularly severe impact on labour law. Silvana Sciarra, a leading judge and scholar of EU employment law, considers how solidarity regimes have been shaken by the crisis. She brings together existing European policies in social and employment law, to enhance synergies and developments in a post-crisis discourse. She looks at reactions of national constitutional courts to austerity measures and of international organizations in re-establishing respect of fundamental workers' rights. Criticizing soft law approaches in employment policies, she favours recourse to binding measures connected with selective financial incentives through European funds. She highlights developments in European sector social dialogue and new horizons of transnational collective bargaining in large multinationals. Taking a positive, practical approach, Sciarra shows how social policies can enhance solidarity and social cohesion, through European financial support"--
• "When employment is under threat, national identities tend to consolidate around their traditional certainties, to defend what was achieved in the past and contain it within national borders. This attitude, which is not without reasons, is in contrast with the awareness that, in a globalised economy, raising barriers does not help growth and does not favour economic development"--

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non fiction

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bibliography