The notion of flexicurity promotes the idea of compensation of labour market deregulation (= flexibilization) with advantages in employment and social security. The paper contains a brief history of the concept and its operational definition. To monitor effects of flexicurity policies in Europe,...

In the times of globalization and financial crisis specialists in labour law more frequently examines the fundamental assumptions of the discipline-the idea of labour law. By analyzing the detailed regulations of national legal systems we often forget about the idea and the foundations of labour...

The paper contains both critical remarks on and constructive suggestions to Green Paper: Modernising labour law to meet the challenges of the 21st century of the European Commission (2006a) which promotes flexicurity policies, that is, relaxing the employment protection legislation while...

Nachdem die Bundeskanzlerin Mitte dieses Jahres eine Angleichung der Rentenwerte in Ost- und Westdeutschland angeregt hat, greifen zurzeit vor allem Politiker aus Ostdeutschland diesen Vorschlag im Rahmen einer Altersarmutsdebatte auf. Zur Angleichung der Ost-Renten werden im politischen Raum...