Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on labour law in Belgium not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law.
The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers' associations, workers' participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in Belgium, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zuidpoolsingel
Niederlande
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
Illustrationen
Maße
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-90-411-0228-7 (9789041102287)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Prof. Dr. Roger Blanpain is professor emeritus of the Faculty of Laws of the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Florida, Georgia (USA), Insead (France), Kentucky, Michigan State (USA), Paris (France), and Sophia (Japan).
At present he is a professor at the Universities of Hasselt and KUBrussel, Belgium and the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands; and is a member of the Flemish Royal Academy (1992-).
He has been Dean of the Leuven Faculty of Laws (1984-1988), is Past President of the International Industrial Relations Association (1986-1989), and has been a member of the Belgian Senate (1987-1989). He is a doctor honoris causa of the University of Szeged, Hungary (1997). He is also Past-President of the International Society of Labour Law and Social Security.
Professor Blanpain is also the editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Labour Law and Industrial Relations 1975 and general editor of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws ( more than 1200 collaborators worldwide), the Bulletin of Comparative Labour Law and of the book Comparative Labour Law and Industrial relations (9th ed. 2007).
The Author. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. Chapter 1. The General Background. Chapter 2. Definitions and Notions. Chapter 3. The Role of the Government: Autonomy versus Intervention. Chapter 4. Sources of Labour Law. Chapter 5. The Language Used in the Enterprise. Chapter 6. Equality of Treatment of Men and Women. Chapter 7. Combating Certain Forms of Discrimination and Racism and Xenophobia. Chapter 8. Equal Treatment during all Phases of the Employment Relation. Chapter 9. Employment of Foreign Workers. Chapter 10. International Private Labour Law: the Application of Belgian Law to Foreign Nationals. Bibliography. Part I. The Individual Employment Relation Chapter 1. Definitions and Concepts. Chapter 2. Duties of the Parties in the Course of the Employment Relationship. Chapter 3. Working Time and Leave; Sunday Rest; Annual Vacation; Holidays; Educational Leave. Chapter 4. Remuneration. Chapter 5.The Suspension of the Execution of the Individual Labour Contract. Chapter 6. The Termination of the Individual Labour Contract. Chapter 7. Covenants of Non-competition; Statute of Limitations; Settlement of Individual Disputes. Part II. Collective Labour Relations Chapter 1. Trade Union Freedom. Chapter 2. The Trade Unions and the Employers' Associations. Chapter 3. Institutionalized Relations between Employers and Trade Unions. Chapter 4. Collective Bargaining. Chapter 5. Industrial Conflict. Index
