L'auteure analyse les rapports entre la loi et la negociation collective dans le systeme des relations professionnelles, et constate la mutation profonde de ces rapports depuis environ vingt ans. La contribution que souhaite apporter Madame Morin est de preciser les donnees juridiques de ce...

Pour un juriste du travail, le temps de travail est un objet central dont les dimensions et les fontions dans la regulation juridique des relations de travail sont multiples. Dans cette contribution, on s'attachera principalement a rendre compte des questions que posent dans l'ordre juridique,...

Le debat sur la signature des accords collectifs et sur la notion de representativite est en realite ouvert depuis les lois Auroux. Sous l'egides de la thematique de la flexibilite et des changements de notre regime d'emploi, la negociation derogatoire, devenues un instrument de gestion de...

In the spirit of the International Labour Organisation Code (2001) of decent work and respect for the human rights and dignity of persons infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, there should be no discrimination against applicants for work on the basis of real or perceived HIV status. Whilst, the...

The purpose of this paper is to show that the common law governing the employment of labor makes the distinction not only between employee and independent contractor but also between managerial control and agency. The idea is that common law precedents govern workers who are employed and...

Das Mitbestimmungsgesetz ist 30 Jahre nach seiner Verabschiedung Gegenstand sowohl einer wissenschaftlichen als auch einer politischen Debatte. Gegenstand des vorliegenden Beitrags ist das Verhältnis dieser beiden Diskurse. Dazu wird zunächst der Stand der empirischen Mitbestimmungsforschung...

Can stringent labor laws be efficient? Possibly, if they provide firms with a commitment device to not punish short-run failures and thereby incentivize the pursuit of value-maximizing innovative activities. In this paper, we provide empirical evidence that strong labor laws indeed appear to...

Abstract We study optimal incentive provision for “knowledge workers�, a crucial resource for many organizations. We augment a standard moral-hazard framework to reflect two key patterns: First, retention is a challenge because workers are free to leave; thereby harming their...

This paper studies gender spillovers in career advancement using 11 years of employer-employee matched data on the population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include unusually detailed job information for each worker, which enables us to...