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EU Industrial Relations v. National Industrial Relations: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Perspectives Ronnmar

Marc Notes: Kluwer Law International.; Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: EU Industrial Relations v. National Industrial Relations - Conflict, Interplay or Harmony? / Mia Ronnmar -- Part I. EU Industrial Relations: National, Comparative and Global Perspectives -- Are National Industrial Relations Regimes Becoming Institutionally Incomplete? / Nick Wailes -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reasserting the Significance of the National: Debates about Globalization and Employment Relations -- 3. Limitations of an Institutionalist Approach -- 4. Institutional Incompleteness and European Industrial Relations -- 5. Conclusion: European and National Industrial Relations -- Information, Consultation and Worker Participation - An Aspect of EU Industrial Relations from the Swedish Point of View / Mia Ronnmar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. National and Swedish Industrial Relations -- 2.1. Swedish Industrial Relations -- 2.2. Dunlop and National Industrial Relations Systems -- 3. EU Industrial Relations -- 3.1. EU Labour Law -- 3.2. EU Industrial Relations: Substance and Development -- 3.3. EU Industrial Relations: A Multi-level Industrial Relations Framework -- 4. Information, Consultation and Worker Participation at National and Swedish Levels -- 4.1. A Conceptual Framework -- 4.2. Information, Consultation and Worker Participation at Swedish Level -- 5. Information, Consultation and Worker Participation at EU level -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Worker Participation Relating to Specific Questions - Collective Redundancies and Transfers of Undertakings -- 5.3. Worker Participation in Transnational Companies - European Works Councils -- 5.4. Worker Participation and a General Framework for Information and Consultation at Workplace Level -- 6. EU Industrial Relations v. Swedish Industrial Relations - An Analysis of Information, Consultation and Worker Participation -- EU v. National Industrial Relations: The Slovenian Perspective / Polonca Koncar -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On EU Industrial Relations -- 3. Industrial Relations in Slovenia -- 3.1. Actors -- 3.1.1. The State -- 3.1.2. The Social Partners -- 3.2. Collective Bargaining -- 3.3. Strikes -- 3.4. The Role of a Tripartite Social Dialogue -- 3.5. Workers' Participation at Enterprise Level -- 4. The Legal Position of Posted Workers in Slovenia -- 5. Conclusion -- Part II. EU Industrial Relations: Social Dialogue, Transnational Labour Regulation and Corporate Restructuring -- Regulating Temporary Agency Work: On the Interplay between EU-Level, National Level and Different Industrial Relations Traditions / Kerstin Ahlberg -- 1. From Prohibition to Recognition of Temporary Agency Work -- 2. Social Dialogue 2000-2001 -- 2.1. A Tardy Start -- 2.2. The Stumbling Blocks -- 2.2.1. Principle of Non-discrimination -- 2.2.2. Conditions of Use of Temporary Agency Work -- 2.2.3. Scope -- 2.3. Divisions in the Delegations -- 2.4. The Final Breakdown -- 3. Interlude 2001-2002: Lobbying National Governments and EU Institutions -- 4. The Legislative Phase 2002-2004 -- 4.1. The Commission's Draft Directive -- 4.2. The Member States' Reactions -- 4.2.1. Aim -- 4.2.2. Scope -- 4.2.3. REview of Restrictions and Prohibitions -- 4.2.4. Principle of Non-discrimination -- 4.2.5. Exceptions by Way of Collective Agreements -- 4.2.6. Exception for Assignments of Certain Duration -- 5. Parallel Developments at National Level -- 5.1. Sweden -- 5.2. Germany -- 5.3. The New Member States -- 6. Conclusions: A Complicated Pattern of Interaction -- Transnational Collective Labour Agreements in Europe and at European Level - Further Readings of Article 139 EC / Dagmar Schiek -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transnational or European Collective Bargaining in the Process of European Integration -- 2.1. A Case Study: The Facts Behind the Laval and Viking Litigation -- 2.2. The Traditional View: Relegating 'Social Questions' to National Realms -- 2.3. European or Transnational Dimensions in Collective Bargaining -- 2.4. Transnational Collective Bargaining in European Social Reality -- 2.5. The Role of Legal-Political Scholarship -- 3. Legal Approaches towards Transnational Collective Agreements in Europe -- 3.1. Demands for Community Legislation -- 3.2. Exegesis of Article 139 EC Treaty -- 3.2.1. Text and Relation to Former Provisions -- 3.2.2. Origins and Motives, Purpose of the Provision -- 3.2.3. Comparative Aspects -- 3.2.4. Constitutional Interpretation -- 3.2.5. Interim Result: Dynamic Interpretation of Article 139 EC Will Fill the Void -- 4. Conclusion -- Swedish Trade Unions and European Sector-Level Industrial Relations - Goals and Strategies / Sofia Murhem -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methods -- 3. Trade Unions and Internationalization -- 4. Swedish Trade Unions and their International Work -- 5. European Trade Union Activities at the Sector Level -- 5.1. European Industry Federations -- 5.2. Sectoral Social Dialogue -- 5.3. European Works Councils -- 5.4. Bi- and Multi-lateral European Trade Union Activities -- 6. Conclusions -- Toward a New Approach of Corporate Restructurings: Consequences for Social Actors / Marie-Ange Moreau -- 1. Restructurings as Strategic Choices in a Global Competition -- 2. Restructurings and Transformation of Firms: Erosion of Trade Union Powers -- 3. Main Transformation of Restructuring Characteristics -- 4. Definitions - Interest in Adoption of a Definition at the EU Level -- 5. Consequences of This Analysis for Industrial Relations and EU Policies -- 5.1. For EU Policies -- 5.2. For Anticipation -- 5.3. For Pertinent Information, Quality of the Social Dialogue and Quality of Collective Agreements -- Part III. EU Industrial Relations: Free Movement of Services, Industrial Action and Challenges to National Labour Law and Industrial Relations -- Employment Rights, Free Movement under the EC Treaty and the Services Directive / Catherine Barnard -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Interaction between the EC Treaty and National Employment Laws -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The Territoriality of National Labour Law -- 2.3. Discrimination v. Market Access Approaches -- 2.3.1. The Discrimination Model -- 2.3.2. The Market Access Model -- 3. Tools to Deal with the Conflict between EC Law and National Employment Law -- 3.1. Outside the Scope -- 3.2. Remoteness/No Substantial Hindrance of Market Access -- 3.3. Finding a Breach but Looking at Justifications and Proportionality -- 3.3.1. Posted Workers Case Law -- 3.3.2. Viking and Laval -- 4. The Services Directive 2006/123 and Employment Law -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Bolkestein Draft -- 4.2.1. The Proposal -- 4.2.2. Criticisms of the Bolkestein Proposal -- 4.2.3. Bolkestein and Social Dumping -- 4.2.4. The Response -- 4.3. The Services Directive and Labour Law -- 4.3.1. Recognition of the European Social Model -- 4.3.2. Exclusion from Scope: Articles 1(6) and 1(7) -- 4.3.2.1. The Provisions and Their Origins -- 4.3.2.2. The Legal Effect of Articles 1(6) and 1(7) -- 4.3.3. Justifications -- 4.4. The Services Directive and Posted Workers -- 4.4.1. The Services Directive -- 4.4.2. The Communication -- 5. Conclusions -- The Free Movement of Services and the Right to Industrial Action in Swedish Law - in the Light of the Laval Case / Orjan Edstrom -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Regulations Concerning the Free Movement of Services, the Posting of Workers and Industrial Action -- 2.1. Community Law -- 2.1.1. The EC Treaty and the Free Movement of Service -- 2.1.2. The Services Directive 2006/123/EC -- 2.1.3. The Posting of Workers Directive 96/71/EC -- 2.2. Swedish Industrial Relations and Labour Law -- 2.2.1. Self-Regulation, Collective Agreements and Veto Right -- 2.2.2. Industrial Action -- 2.2.3. Swedish Law on the Posting of Workers -- 3. EC Law v. the Right to Take Industrial Action in Swedish Law -- 3.1. Law or Collective Agreement -- 3.2. Equal Treatment and Industrial Action -- 3.3. The Transposition of the Posting of Workers Directive -- 4. Conclusions -- 4.1. Starting Points Established by the ECJ -- 4.2. Starting Points for the Development of the Swedish System Considering EC Law -- 4.3. A Proposal for Legal Amendment -- If Vaxholm Were in Holland: Interest Conflicts and EU Labour Law in a Comparative Perspective / Taco van Peijpe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Protection against Wage Competition in National Law -- 3. Labour Mobility, Interest Conflicts and EU Law -- 3.1. Conflicting Interests -- 3.1.1. Posting Employers -- 3.1.2. Workers from the Sending MS -- 3.1.3. Employers in the Host MS -- 3.1.4. Workers in the Host MS -- 3.2. The EU Legal Framework -- 3.2.1. The Posting Directive -- 3.2.2. Article 49 EC and Collective Labour Rights -- 3.2.3. Incorporation of the ILO Acquis -- 4. If Vaxholm Were in Holland -- 4.1. The Dutch Legal Framework -- 4.1.1. Minimum Wages -- 4.1.2. Extension of Collective Agreements -- 4.1.3. Exemption from Generally Applicable Agreement -- 4.1.4. Posting -- 4.1.5. Temporary Agency Work -- 4.1.6. Enforcement of Applicable Conditions -- 4.1.7. Collective Action -- 4.1.8. Duty to Negotiate -- 4.2. Position of the Posting Employer -- 4.2.1. First Scenario: Application of Hard Core Conditions -- 4.2.2. Second Scenario: Refused Exemption -- 4.2.3. Third Scneario: Extension Contested -- 4.2.4. Fourth Scenario: No Extended Agreement Applicable -- 5. Conclusions and Assessment -- 5.1. Conclusions -- 5.2 Assessment: Full Recognition of the ILO Acquis is Needed -- National Industrial Relations v. Private International Law - A Swedish Perspective / Jonas Malmberg, Claes-Mikael Jonsson -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Collective Actions in Sweden -- 2.1. Legal Framework -- 2.2. Collective Actions as Public or Private Law? -- 2.3. Procedures and Claims in Sweden -- 2.4. Characterization within Private International Law -- 3. Jurisdiction -- 3.1. The Brussels I Regulation -- 3.2. National Laws on Jurisdiction -- 4. Choice of Law -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Rome Convention -- 4.3. Transnational Collective Actions in Swedish Courts -- 4.3.1. Disputes Concerning the Lawfulness of Collective Actions -- 4.3.2. Disputes Concerning Damages (in Non-contractual Relations) -- 4.3.3. Disputes Concerning the Validity of a Collective Agreement -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- Table of Cases from the European Court of Justice -- Index. Publisher Marketing: This ground-breaking book asks: Do EU or European industrial relations exist? What characterises EU industrial relations and their development? What are the differences between EU industrial relations and national industrial relations?Twelve outstanding authorities from seven countries discuss the theme from a variety of perspectives. Originally presented at an international and interdisciplinary research workshop held at the Faculty of Law at Lund University in November 2007, the essays probe a range of highly topical and important legal and industrial relations issues and developments, including the implications of the epochal and much-debated Laval and Viking cases from the European Court of Justice. The focus is on the EU dimension of industrial relations, common to the Member States, and not on comparative European industrial relations. The authors raise and discuss such crucial issues as the following: - the power relationship and interactions between the social partners within the framework of the social dialogue;- growing problems of posting of workers, low wage competition, and 'social dumping';- approaches to creating an EU legal framework for transnational collective agreements;- the right to take industrial action in order to achieve collective agreements;- the fundamental asymmetry between the scope of action of players in companies and territories affected by restructurings;- information, consultation and worker participation;- compatibility of the Swedish or Nordic system with the four freedoms and its eligibility as a European model; andAn appendix includes relevant EC legislation and the ECJ opinions in Laval and Viking. EUIndustrial Relations vs National Industrial Relations explores an emerging and still inchoate realm of law that is heavily fraught with implications for the near future of social relations, not only in Europe but worldwide. Labour lawyers and policymakers will greatly appreciate its precise stocktaking, its insightful analysis, and its well-informed recommendations on how to proceed in the realm of practical law.