Employment Policy

The nature and structure of work is changing across Europe with new working patterns, flexible working practices, and demands for new unemployment rights. Moreover, the move towards establishing a Single European Market from 1992 onwards involves the creation of a new legal framework for employment rights and practices. This volume explains what EC legislation means in this sphere, and outlines what is likely to happen as part of the `1992' programme. Employers - big and small - employees and trade unions alike will find this volume an invaluable guide and a single source of reference. It will also be of interest to those in public administration and social organisations concerned with employment rights and practices. A single European market raises many issues for how and when we work, what rights we have, and what we can ask for. Employment policy within the EC is thus set to undergo important changes and most of us will need to be aware of them.

Foreword The European Community: Its Role, Institutions, and Legislation SECTION I THE EMERGENCE OF EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICIES Introduction; Employment and Social Policies in the Member States; Employment and Social Policies of the Community; Employee Consultation and Participation; Equal Opportunities; Freedom of Movement; Health and Safety; Employment and Working Conditions; Social Policy; Measures to Combat Unemployment; SECTION II KEY DOCUMENTS ON EMPLOYMENT POLICY Industrial Democracy/Employee Involvement; Equal Opportunities; Freedom of Movement; Health and Safety; Social Policy; Working Conditions; Employment and Training Action SECTION III OTHER DOCUMENTS OF RELEVANCE TO EMPLOYMENT POLICY Equal Opportunities; Freedom of Movement; Health and Safety; Working Conditions; Social Policy; Employment and Training

Margareta Holmstedt, University of Bradford.