Core and Contingent Work in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis

by Edoardo Ales, Olaf Deinert, Jeff Kenner

Overview

Labour and social security law studies have addressed the topic of the decline of the standard employment relationship mainly from the point of view of the growing number of atypical relationships. Only a limited number of studies have examined the issue from the perspective of the differentiation between core and contingent work. Such an examination is necessary as the increase in contingent work leads to complicated legal questions which vary between European states depending on the type of contingent arrangements that have become most prevalent. This book analyses, using a comparative approach, these different types of contingency from a national and EU perspective touching on the work relationship from a labour as well as a social security point of view. The aim of the book is to identify and analyse those questions adopting an innovative approach and to put forward proposals for safeguarding social cohesion within undertakings and European society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781509930180
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/27/2019
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.68(d)

About the Author

Edoardo Ales is Professor of Labour Law at the Department of Economics and Law, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio.
Olaf Deinert is Professor of Civil Law, Labour and Social Law at Georg-August University, Göttingen.
Jeff Kenner is Professor of European Law at the University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

1 The Spirit of Pontignano Lorenzo Gaeta 1

2 Methodological Introduction Edoardo Ales 3

3 Contingent Work: A Conceptual Framework Antonio Lo Faro 7

4 Equal Treatment as a Problem: Germany and Agency Work Olaf Deinert 25

5 'Making' Contingent Work Conditional: Fixed-Term and Temporary Agency Contracts in Belgian Law Filip Dorsscmont 51

6 Externalising the Workforce: Lessons from France Pascal Lokiec 63

7 Do We Really Wish You Were Here? Hungary and Distance Work Erika Kovács 83

8 Re-structuring the Standard Employment Relationship: Italy and the Increasing Protection Contract Maurizio Del Conte 111

9 Re-addressing Self-employment: Spain and the New Entrepreneurship José Manuel Gómez Muñoz 129

10 Inverting the Flexicurity Paradigm: The United Kingdom and Zero Hours Contracts Jeff Kenner 153

11 Collective Regulation of Contingent Work: From Traditional Forms of Contingent Work to Crowdwork-A German Perspective Thomas Klebe Johannes Heuschmid 185

12 Does Age Matter? Sweden, Younger and Older Workers and the Intergenerational Dimension of Contingent Work Mia Rönnmar 205

13 Social Protection of Contingent Work: Austria and the Full Coverage Social Insurance System Franz Marhold 233

14 The 'Risk Approach' in Occupational Health and Safety (with an Eye to Italy): Alternative or Complement to the 'Core/Contingent Approach? Edoardo Ales 255

15 Contingent Work and Social Cohesion: Some Outcomes and One Proposal Edoardo Ales Olaf Deinert 279

Bibliography 289

Index 309

Editorial Reviews

"It is indeed the case that the wealth of the analysis and reflection provided in this book makes it extremely difficult to provide an accurate account of all the issues contained within it ... [The editors] put forward a number of proposals that would be useful for the European institutions to consider." --Bulletin Quotidien Europe

"The contributions embedded in the book come from an international set of authors and offer very detailed, insightful and interesting analyses ... the book fulfils its purpose to provide a comparative overview on the role of contingent work in the current labour market." --European Journal of Social Security

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