Temporary Agency Work and the Information Society - Bulletin of Comparative Labour Relations Series Set

Publisher Marketing: How justifiable is the idea of the generalized leasing of employees? How acceptable is it under both labour law and social justice considerations? Although these important questions have been asked repeatedly for many years, no answers acceptable to all parties have yet been found. Accordingly, in April 2003 a group of outstanding authorities- practitioners, ILO officials, academics, policymakers, jurists, and labour experts-met in Brussels to reconsider these issues in light of the ongoing discussion on the proposed directive and the major labour market developments which have taken place in many countries over the last few years. Among the considerations raised there (and recorded in this book) are the following: the potential role of private employment agencies as fully integrated manpower providers; the wages and working conditions of workers who are put at the disposal of users; guarantees of equal treatment & other social protection provisions for temporary workers. Contributor Bio:  Blanpain, Roger Roger Blanpain is a Professor at the University of Leuven and Katholieke Universiteit Brussels and is the Editor in Chief of the International Encyclopedia of Laws. Contributor Bio:  Colucci, Michele Colucci is researcher at the University of Salerno (Italy) and agent of the Legal Service of the European Commission. Contributor Bio:  Hanami, Tadashi Author of "Managing Japanese Workers", Tadashi Hanami is Professor of Labor Law and former Dean of Sophia University Law School, and Research Director General of the Japan Institute of Labor.