European labour law / Roger Blanpain.

"This book was originally published as a monograph in the International Encyclopaedia of Laws/Labour Law and Industrial Relations."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 967-978).

The institutional framework. -- 2. The social partners -- 3. Competences of the EU regarding labour law -- 4. European labour law: trailer or locomotive? -- The free movement of workers -- Freedom of services -- International private labour law -- Individual employment contracts -- Child care and the protection of young People at work -- Equal treatment -- Protection of motherhood -- Working time, sunday rest, night work and parental leave -- Safety and health -- Restructuring of enterprises -- Collective bargaining -- Workers' participation -- Epilogue: In search of European Social Model (ESM): a dream? -- Appendix 1. Community Charter on the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers (1989) -- Appendix 2. Cooperation Agreement between UNICE and UEAPME of 12 November 1998 -- Appendix 3. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (12 December 2007).