Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialized Market Economies

Comparativism is no longer a purely academic exercise. The growth of multinational enterprises and the impact of international and regional organizations aspiring to harmonise rules makes it an urgent necessity. The need of legal and industrial relations practitioners for comprehensive, up-to-date, readily available information on labour law and industrial relations in different countries led to the publication of the International Encyclopaedia for Labour Law and Industrial Relations which has provided almost 60 international and national monographs to date. This book, Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Industrialized Market Economies, goes a step further than the Encyclopaedia, in that most chapters provide comparative and integrated thematic treatment. This work describes the salient characteristics and trends in labour law and industrial relations in the contemporary world. That it is now in its sixth edition attests to how well this work meets the needs of readers. The sixth edition updates this useful textbook and reference source, facilitating the task of teachers and students of comparative labour law and industrial relations. It also provides labour lawyers with the necessary insights to cope with an increasingly international world.