| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| Introduction. The New Frontier of Labour Law: Between Freedom and Security |
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1.1 The Origins of the Issue: The Demand for Labour Market Flexibility |
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1.2 Different Kinds of Flexibility |
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1.3 From the Standard Employment Contract to a Plurality of Types |
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11 | (4) |
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2.1 Segmentation in EU Labour Markets |
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2.2 Contractual Arrangements and Segmentation in EU Labour Markets |
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2.2.1 The Prominence of Young People among Temporary Workers |
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2.2.2 The Missing Transition to Permanent Contracts |
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2.2.3 The Consequences of Labour Market Segmentation |
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2.2.4 Where Do We Go from Here? |
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3 The Single Employment Contract: Origins and Presuppositions |
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3.1 The Origins of the Single Employment Contract: `Re-Thinking' Work |
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3.2 The Presuppositions of the Single Employment Contract |
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3.2.1 Protection and Employment: Questioning the Received Wisdom |
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3.2.2 Effective System, Effective Market: The Search for Compatibility between Law and Economics |
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3.3 The European Commission Perspective |
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4 An Outline of the Single Employment Contract |
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4.1 Basic Structure and Application |
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4.2 Monetary Compensation |
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4.5 The Anticipated Benefits of the Single Employment Contract |
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5 Contrasting Views of the Single Employment Contract |
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5.1 Introducing the Single Employment Contract |
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5.2 Criticisms of the Proposal and Some Responses |
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5.2.1 Increasing Flexibility Might Damage Workers Who Are Currently Protected |
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5.2.2 Enterprises Will Have Less Flexibility in Recruitment |
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5.2.3 The Consolidation Period is Too Long |
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6 Selected Proposals for Introducing the Single Employment Contract |
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6.1 Italy: The Debate about Flexicurity |
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6.1.1 The Single Employment Contract: The Debate |
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6.1.2 The Single Employment Contract and Article 18 of the Workers' Statute |
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6.2 France: The Contrat de Travail Unique (CTU) |
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6.2.1 The Origin of the CTU |
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6.2.2 The Content of the CTU |
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6.2.3 Predecessors of the CTU: The CNE and CPE |
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6.2.5 The Labour Market Situation |
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6.3 Spain: The Debate on the Single Employment Contract |
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6.3.2 Factors in the Debate |
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6.3.2.1 Fixed-Term Contracts and Unfair Individual Dismissals |
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6.3.2.2 A Solution to Structural Labour Market Problems? Constitutional and Legal Perspectives |
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7 Contractual Arrangements in EU Labour Markets |
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7.1 Types of Protection Offered |
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7.2 Incentives to Convert Temporary Contracts into Open-Ended Contracts |
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7.3 Cost Structures and Financial Incentives in Choice of Contract Type |
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| Conclusions |
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| Annex. The Single Employment Contract Proposal |
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| Select Bibliography |
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| Index |
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