The regulation of working conditions in the Member States of the European Union
İÇİNDEKİLERİÇİNDEKİLERNotes on Contributors Tables Acronyms Part I Regulation of Individual Employment Relationships . . TITLE I: THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND THE : Chapter 1: The Contract of Employment a) General definitions b) Capacity to contract i) Minors ii) Spouses iii) Elderly persons c) Consent, object and cause d) Form and proof of contract Chapter 2: The Parties a) The worker or employee i) General definition ii) Blue-collar and white-collar workers iii) Supervisory or leading personnel iv) Excluded persons v) Special categories vi) Foreign workers vii) Disabled persons b) The employer c) Groups of enterprises d) The enterprise, undertaking or establishment TITLE II: RECRUITMENT Chapter 1: Freedom to Recruit a) General freedom to recruit b) Limitations on the freedom to recruit i) Constitutional rights of equal treatment ii) EEC Directive 76/207 on equal treatment Hi) Free movement of workers iv) Trade union membership v) Non-EC nationals vi)Priority groups vii) State intervention viii) Works councils ix) Collective agreements x) Rights to privacy xi) Rehabilitation of offenders Chapter 2: Probation Period a) Form b) Duration and conclusion of probation period Chapter 3: Non-Standard Employment Contracts a) Fixed-term contracts i) Specific requirements ii) Duration iii) Renewal iv) Conversion v) Administrative involvement vi) Representation b) Temporary work contracts i) General approaches » ii) Restrictions Hi) Legal sanctions c) Part-time employment contracts i) General definitions ii) Representation rights d) Job-sharing * e) Casual/intermittent employment f) Solidarity contracts g) Community programme contracts h) Homeworking i) Apprenticeship contracts TITLE III: CONTENT AND EXECUTION OF EMPLOYMENT Chapter 1: Job Content a) Job classification systems i) Collective agreements ii) Legislation b) Good faith c) Obligation to observe secrecy d) Exclusive service e) Restraint of trade f) Workers' inventions i) Types of invention ii) Property rights in) Compensation Chapter 2: The Employer's Prerogatives a) Power of management b) Disciplinary power c) Duty to provide protection d) Liability Chapter 3: Working Time a) Limits on the duration of working time b) Flexibility of working time c) Night work d) Overtime i) Limits on the number of hours worked ii) Pay rates and time off in lieu e) Weekly rest periods f) Public holidays g) Paid annual leave Chapter 4: Remuneration a) Sources of pay determination b) Minimum wages i) Statutory national minimum wages ii) General minimum wages by collective agreement . . iii) Specific minimum wages for sectors of industry Chapter 5: Modification of Working Conditions a) Modification by mutual consent b) Modification on the initiative of the employee c) Modification on the initiative of the employer i) Legislation ii) Collective agreements iii) Individual contracts iv) Implied clauses d) Legal sanctions Chapter 6: Decentralisation of Work a) Borrowed workers b) Subcontracting c) Movement of employees within groups of companies . . . d) Homework Chapter 7: Suspension of Employment Contract a) "Force majeure" b) Suspension by the employer c) Suspension by the employee i) Illness ii) Maternity Hi) Military service iv) Trade union activities v) Public activities vi) Parental leave vii) Sabbatical and educational leave TITLE IV: SETTLEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL LABOUR DISPUTES Chapter 1: Conciliation, Mediation, Arbitration Chapter 2: Court Procedures a) Ordinary courts b) Labour courts c) Industrial tribunals Chapter 3: Labour Inspectorate a) Generalist systems . b) Specialist systems Part n Termination of the Employment Contract TITLE I: INDIVIDUAL DISMISSALS Introduction Chapter 1:Motivation for and Justification of the Dismissal by the Employer Chapter 2: Role of the Employee Representatives Chapter 3. Serving a Term of Notice Chapter 4: Other Forms of Compensation Chapter 5: Role of the Government Chapter 6: Remedies: Compensation or Reinstatement TITLE II: COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS Chapter 1:Definition Chapter 2: Informing the Administrative Authorities Chapter 3: Informing and Consulting Employee Representatives Chapter 4: Compensation TITLE III: PROTECTED GROUPS Chapter 1: Pregnant Employees Chapter 2: Sick Employees Chapter 3: Employees on Military Service Chapter 4: Employee Representatives CONCLUSIONS Part III Collective Determination of Working Conditions TITLE I:THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT Introduction Chapter 1:Parties to the Collective Agreement Chapter 2: Negotiating Rights and Obligations Chapter 3: Levels of Collective Bargaining Chapter 4: Content of the Collective Agreement a) The normative part b) The obligatory part Chapter 5: Binding Effect Chapter 6: Duration Chapter 7: Extension of the Normative Part Chapter 8: Coverage Conclusions TITLE II: COLLECTIVE DISPUTES Introduction Chapter 1: Definitions Chapter 2: Prevention and Settlement of Disputes a) Conciliation and mediation b) Arbitration Chapter 3: Intervention by the Courts Chapter 4: Strikes a) Freedom or right b) Lawful and unlawful strikes Chapter 5: Lock-outs Conclusions Introduction Chapter 1: M andatory and Voluntary Systems Chapter 2: Machinery of Participation a) Employee representation on managerial and supervisory bodies b) Works councils c) Shop stewards and other employee representatives d) Other information and consultation rights Conclusions Part IV Occupational Health and Safety Introduction TITLE I: LEGAL CONTROLS IN MEMBER STATES Constitutional Provisions Principal Statute Rights and duties of employers and employees TITLE II: IMPACT OF THE EEC FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE General duties of Employers Obligations of Workers Provision of Information and Training Right to Stop Work TITLE III: WORKPLACE ORGANISATION ON HEALTH AND SAFETY Workplace Committees  |
