Employment Policy in the European Union

Origins, Themes and Prospects

Michael Gold

• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780230518124
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137106506
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Gestione delle risorse umane
• Index: Business

Providing a UK perspective on the EU's social dimension, this new text opens with a historical overview of EU social and employment policy, which is followed by chapters that focus on specific topics covered by the 'social dimension' of the European Union. These give the reader a detailed understanding of the nature of EU involvement in each area.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Boxes, Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Introduction
• 1 Overview of EU Employment Policy
• 2 Employment Promotion
• 3 Flexicurity: Solution or Illusion?
• 4 Equal Opportunities
• 5 Employment Protection
• 6 Occupational Health and Safety
• 7 Employee Participation
• 8 Social Dialogue
• 9 Vocational Education and Training
• 10 Social Security
• Appendix 1: List of directives and other legal instruments cited in the text
• Appendix 2: List of cases cited in the text
• Appendix 3: Selected Articles from the Treaties establishing the European Union
• Appendix 4: Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers
• References
• Index