This Working Paper maps the labour law reforms in various European countries either triggered by the crisis or introduced using the crisis – falsely – as an excuse. Such reforms generally render existing labour law provisions more flexible and loosen minimum standards, shifting the emphasis...

Although the term ‘job quality' is not known to Australian law in any formal or technical sense, there are various ways in which labour regulation in Australia can be seen to have embraced the idea. These include the richly textured way in which industrial tribunals came to regulate minimum...