The Fonds d'Indemnisation des Victimes de l'Amiante (FIVA), a French asbestos injuries compensation fund, went into operation in July 2002. Last April, the Asbestfonds-Fonds d'Amiante (AFA), a Belgian fund followed suit. This paper describes and compares both funds and evaluates a hypothetical...

Laws in most Western European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance notice of layoff and the right to severance pay or other compensation if laid off. Many of these same countries also encourage hours adjustment in lieu of layoffs by providing prorated...

Laws in most Western European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance notice of layoff and the right to severance pay or other compensation if laid off. Many of these same countries also encourage hours adjustment in lieu of layoffs by providing prorated...