International and comparative labour law: current challenges

Written by a leading expert in labour law, International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing labour law in the twenty-first century across the globe. Co-published with Palgrave Macmillan Publishers

Written by a leading expert in labour law, International and Comparative Labour Law: Current Challenges provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges facing labour law in the twenty-first century across the globe. It focuses in particular on labour law and international trade, the employment relationship and the fundamental rights of the person in the employer-employee relationship, work in the informal economy and outsourced work, as well as discussing the most noteworthy changes in labour law at the regional level.

The international nature of global supply chains means that nationally defined labour laws are increasingly unable to provide effective protection against inhumane working conditions. The author offers different approaches to improving the effectiveness of labour law in the globalized era, including ratification of ILO Conventions, the harmonization of labour legislation in areas with an important trade market, the inclusion of social clauses in international trade agreements, and the application of corporate social codes across supply chains.