While Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) of both, the United States and the European Union, include labor issues in specific chapters, only US FTAs explicitly have “labor chapters,” while the EU FTAs have a general reference to labor rights through the human rights clause and otherwise refer to...

The emergence of 'new self-employment' presents a challenge to political actors both in the individual European countries and at the EU level. The new selfemployed are exposed to the same social risks as dependent employees, but they generally enjoy fewer social and labour rights. How are social...

Labour law and development : characteristics and challenges / Shelley Marshall and Colin Fenwick -- Labour law and development in the long run / Simon Deakin -- Labour regulation, capabilities, and democracy / Kevin Kolben -- Labour law and trade policy : what implications for economic and human...