This study presents a comparative analysis of regulatory thresholds applicable to firms in France and in Germany. A central question tackled by the report is whether regulations related to limits on firms’ employment appear to prevent French firms from growing above these thresholds. The first...

This paper studies the effects of state minimum wage increases on information technology (IT) investment at the establishment level in the United States. We find establishments in states that experience significant minimum wage increases on average allocate $61,000 more per year to IT budgets....

The prolonged debate on introducing statutory rules on standard working hours (SWH) in Hong Kong has reached a deadlock between employers' and labour representatives. Our article seeks to provide a critical analysis of this debate. We argue that the debate and the regulatory techniques proposed...

This article outlines the current state of the law regarding conduct that, while otherwise protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, nonetheless involves workplace profanity or offensive speech that potentially violates employer civility rules and equal employment opportunity...

Technology has radically changed the way in which human relationships develop and its non-stopping progress is set to affect us more and more in the future. Regarding the world of work, the evolution of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) has encouraged a transformation and...

Spanish Abstract: El avance y la masificación en el uso de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TICs) ha modificado enormemente la forma en que las relaciones humanas se desarrollan, y continuará haciéndolo en el futuro. En lo que respecta al campo del derecho del trabajo,...

This chapter explores the role of organized labour in drafting the ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility (SR) as a case study of the circumstances in which weaker actors can take advantage of transnational business governance interactions (TBGIs) to achieve regulatory outcomes...

We study the relationship between employee satisfaction and stock returns across 30 countries. Employee satisfaction is associated with superior long-run returns in flexible labor markets, such as the US and UK, but not rigid labor markets, such as Germany. Similar results hold for current...

This paper argues that employers should adopt practices that provide employees with opportunities to exercise voice. Time and time again, we see corporate scandals that could have been avoided if employees were encouraged to speak up when they saw problems in the workplace. Recent scandals...