Labour regulation is a complex and ever changing area of the law fed by social and economic policy, politics, external and internal pressures, and cultural influences. In isolation, labour regulation is particular to the country in which it is found. However, in a world growing smaller due to a...

Following the economic shocks of 2007/08 a spotlight has been thrown on how best to support effective business rescue and employment protection. However, business rescue and employment protection often tend to conflict in law and policy. Employees attached to the sale of a business often...

The financial crisis of 2007/8 has had a significant impact on the place of social policy objectives in a highly liberalised Common Market. As laws have been reformed over the years since the failure of Lehman Brothers set in motion a domino effect among high risk investment banks and financial...