Labour in the 21st century : insights into a changing world of work /

Several major transformations have characterized the world of work in recent years. Those transformations follow different patterns in different countries, yet their dynamics are so interrelated that it is often hard, if not impossible, to distinguish the causal relationships among them. Technologic...

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Other Authors: Stone, Katherine Van Wezel (Editor), Dagnino, Emanuele (Editor), Fernandez Martinez, Silvia (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Series:ADAPT labour studies book-series.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Changing Technology, Geography and Vision; Determining Employment as a Development Strategy in a Changing World; The Use of Information and Communication Technology in the Global Workplace as a Factor of Interaction between Different Legal Measures; The Impact of Workplace Innovation on Workers; Cloud Computing; The Vision of Work in the US; Chapter Two: Demographic Changes; Occupational Health and Safety and Older Workers; Active Ageing and Supportive Working Time Measures.
  • The Regulatory Challenges of Fulfilling the Policy Goal of Protecting Workers from Occupational DiseasesChapter Three: Industrial Relations Put to the Test of the Great Transformation of Work; Modern Social Dialogue; Recent Trends of Collective Bargaining in Europe; Ecological Conversion of Workplaces, Trade Unions and Wage; Contributors.