The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to the governance of labour administration / Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly, Maria Gavris and Maria Luz Vega Ruiz -- Part I: Key issues in labour administration -- 2. Evolution of national systems of labour administration since the adoption of...

The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...

The concept of ‘flexicurity’ has become ubiquitous in the labour market policy recommendations of the European Commission. EU member states have been encouraged to increase labour market flexibility while maintaining security through the promotion of ‘employability’ and...

It is frequently noted that the development of industrial capitalism was predicated on the progressive commodification of working time. The process was, however, complex, uneven and incomplete, with control over the use of workers' time continuing to be subject to dispute. Yet this insight has...

The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a reevaluation of established...