englischThe portage salarial was developed in France about 30 years ago and promises a full inclusion of the solo self-employed in labour and social security law. This makes the portage salarial as a new form of employment interesting for German law as well and is the reason for the comparative [...]

englischThe regulation and implementation of occupational health and safety standards is one of the core tasks of the welfare state. However, the Europeanisation and globalisation of society and law have led to a transformation of statehood. Social norm building and enforcement are often assigned by [...]

englischReentering employment after family-related timeouts from work has proven to be a legally challenging process which has a high potential for discrimination and is of signal importance for the further career paths of employees concerned. The Parental Leave Directive 2010/18/EU contains [...]

englischPsychosocial risks at work are increasing due to the challenges of modern work forms. The industrial safety law has to react on this challenges. A prevention without the participation of employees promises little success. This connection was already obvious when the Directive 89/391/EEC was [...]

englischIn French law, if an employer is bound by a collective agreement, it is applicable to all his employees (erga omnes effect). As a consequence, French jurisprudence and literature try to protect the workers’ freedom of contract. The legal technique of the normative effect is modified by the [...]

englischThe concept of positive action was introduced into German labour law by the Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz) in 2006. Although positive action measures which aim to prevent or compensate for disadvantages in employment emanating for instance from an employee’s [...]

englischSince 2009, the choice of law rule for individual employment contracts is unified by the EU’s Rome I regulation. However, national courts may offer a higher protection by applying national laws considered to be particularly important as “overriding mandatory rules” or discard foreign law [...]

Die italienische Rechtsordnung schenkt der Erwerbstätigkeitsform der arbeitnehmerähnlichen Person große Beachtung. Der italienische Gesetzgeber hat bisher mehrere gesetzliche Regelungen erlassen, die diese Form der Erwerbstätigkeit betreffen. Sein umfangreichster Eingriff erfolgte im Jahr 2003 durch [...]

Das 2007 erlassene spanische Gesetz Ley del Estatuto del Trabajo Autónomo (LETA) geht die Problematik im Übergangsbereich vom Arbeitnehmer- zum Selbständigenstatus durch eine umfassende Regelung der Arbeitnehmerähnlichkeit an. Dieses Werk stellt zunächst die Regelung dar und untersucht sie in der [...]

Die Festlegung von Mindestschutzstandards durch das Entsenderecht spiegelt spannungsreich das Verhältnis zwischen nationalem und europäischem Recht wider. Die Autorin gibt einen Überblick über das Entsenderecht und dessen Einfluss auf die nationalen Kollektivvertragssysteme und untersucht die [...]