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East Asian Labor and Employment Law : International and Comparative Context.
This book deals with international labor and employment law in the East Asia region (EA).
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; EAST ASIAN LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; EAST ASIAN LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW: INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE CONTEXT; Introduction; Acknowledgments; I: Perspective: Globalism and Its Impacts; A. ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: BUSINESS FLOWS AND EXPANDING LEGAL ISSUES; 1. Cross-Border Business; a. Economic Integration; b. Foreign Direct Investment; c. Global Production Systems, Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Employment; 2. Global Impacts; a. Labor and Employment; b. Labor Unions; c. Business: Wal-Mart Illustration; d. HRM; 3. International Labor Law Practice.
- B. INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW1. Evolving Area of International Labor and Employment Law; Employee Rights as Human Rights; Comparative Biases; a. Globalization of the Law of Labor and Employment; b. Global "Common Law"?; c. East Asian Harmonization: Regionalization or "Asianization"?; d. Are Labor Rights Human Rights?; e. Comparative Biases; 2. Different Legal Systems; a. Western Law and Legal Traditions; b. Common Characteristics of Civil and Common Law; c. Convergence and Divergence?; II: Global Legal Standards.
- A. ILO CORE LABOR STANDARDS AND THE INTERPLAY OF DOMESTIC, INTERNATIONAL, AND FOREIGN LABOR LAWS1. ILO Core Labor Standards; 2. Linking Trade and Labor Standards; 3. Coordinating Domestic, International, and Foreign Labor and Employment Laws and HRM; B. ENFORCEMENT: CODES OF CONDUCT, U.S. LAWS, AND LITIGATION; 1. Codes of Conduct as Self-Regulation; 2. Enforcement of Labor Standards through Litigation; a. Codes of Conduct: Wal-Mart Case; b. Alien Tort Claims Act; c. Litigating ILO Standards: U.S. Illustration; 3. Enforcement of Labor Rights in FTAs, OECD Guidelines, and Trade Legislation.
- III: Agenda Items: Criteria, Alternatives, and Evaluative StandardsA. REGULATORY SOURCES, STRUCTURES, AND ADMINISTRATION; 1. Diverse Approaches Addressing Common Issues; 2. U.S. Illustration as Context; 3. Evaluation of U.S. Labor and Employment Laws on Core Labor Standards; B. WORKERS' LABOR RIGHTS AND BENEFITS; 1. Definitions, Sources, and Coverage: The Dilemma of Underregulation; a. Employees Defined; b. Coverage; 2. Labor Rights: Sources and Illustrations; a Illustrative Sources; b. Safety and Health; c. Equality and Discrimination; C. LABOR UNIONS.
- 1. Global and International Labor Unions2. National Labor Unions; 3. Roles of Unions; 4. Alternatives to Unions; D. DISPUTE RESOLUTION; 1. Alternative Procedures; 2. Settlement of Disputes over Labor Rights; 3. Settlement of Disputes over Labor Interests; IV: East Asian Labor Law Regimes; A. JAPAN; 1. Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration; Constitution; International Law; Civil Code; Other Laws and Regulations; Work Rules; Regulation and Administration of Labor; 2. Workers' Labor Rights and Benefits; 3. Labor Unions and Industrial Relations; Industrial Relations in Japan.