International and Comparative Labour Law

ARTURO BRONSTEIN specializes in international and comparative labour law. In recent years he provided advice on the revision of the Labour Law in several countries of Central Europe, such as (then) Serbia-Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia and the territory of Kosovo. He also advised in 2001 the government of Cambodia, on the adoption of rules on enterprise level collective bargaining and collective disputes arbitration. He has authored many publications in the field of labour law and labour relations. Having served at the ILO for 21 years, culminating in an appointment to Senior Labour Policy Advisor, Arturo Bronstein, has been influential in putting in place labour standards internationally. He left the ILO in November 2005, and since retiring has been lecturing on international and comparative labour law at the universities of Buenos Aires (Argentina), York (Ontario, Canada) and Paris X-Nanterre (France). He is the current Secretary General of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law: http://www.asociacion.org.ar/ISLLSS

• PART I:LABOUR LAW AT A CROSSROADSLabour Law's Origins and InfluencesSources of Labour LawThe Labour Maw model From 1945 to 1975The Standard Employment RelationshipWorldwide Changes and the Emergence of a New Work ParadigmStagflation and the Labour Flexibility DebateInternational CompetitionTechnological Change and the Emergence of Post-Fordist Organizational PatternsThe End of the Cold WarCurrent Crises in Labour LawPART II:WHO IS PROTECTED BY LABOUR LAW?Labour Law and the Informal EconomyTowards a Legal Definition of the Informal EconomyPolicy IssuesAtypical Work: From Rejection to Integration in Labour LawDependent–independent Workers and the Defocusing of the Employment RelationshipDisguised Employment RelationshipsDecentralization of Production and its Impact on Labour and Employment RelationsChallenges That Decentralization of Production Poses for Labour LawPART III:SECURITY OF EMPLOYMENTUnfair DismissalAn Increasing Number of Exceptions... That do not Reverse the RuleLimitations on the Abuse of Fixed-term Employment ContractsRemedies Against Unfair DismissalPART IV:GLOBAL TRADE AND LABOUR LAWIs Substandard Labour a Legitimate Comparative Advantage?Strategies to Address the Relationship Between International Trade and Labour RightsInternational and Supranational RulesHarmonizationThe Social Clause: From WTO to ILOThe ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 1998Labour-related Provisions in Multilateral and Bilateral Trade AgreementsUnilateral Social Clauses: The Generalized System of PreferencesCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR)PART V:LEGAL SUBORDINATION AND THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE PERSONGender DiscriminationEqual PayExceptions to the Equal Pay RuleEqual Treatment of Men and WomenAccess to Certain JobsPregnancyNight Work, Underground Work and Other Jobs Prohibited for WomenRace DiscriminationReligious BeliefOther Kinds of DiscriminationFamily ResponsibilitiesSexual HarassmentSexual OrientationAgeDisabilityState of Health and HIV/AIDSAffirmative (or positive) ActionProtection of PrivacyVideo and Telephone SurveillanceFreedom of Thought and ExpressionPART VI:REGIONAL PERSPECTIVESThe European Union and the Emergence of Supranational LawThe Impact of Recent ECJ Rulings on Labour Relations in the European UnionLabour Law in Former Communist CountriesLatin AmericaAsia and the PacificSouth AfricaPART VII:FINAL REMARKS.