EU Intervention in Domestic Labour Law [Hardcover]

This monograph explores the case for European Union intervention in domestic labour law. It sets out the various arguments which can be made for EU intervention, and goes on to consider the different ways in which the EU has intervened, exploring the implications of the shifts in policy-making technique. It provides a framework to enable the reader to think about the role the EU does, and should, play in this field.

1. Introduction
2. The Three Rationales for EU Intervention in Labour Law
Introduction
The Integrationist Rationale
The Relationship Between the Integrationist Rationale, the Economic Rationale, and the Social Rationale
The Economic Rationale
The Social Rationale
The Relationship Between the Economic and Social Rationale
3. Competence Questions
Introduction
Legal Base
Subsidiarity
Proportionality
4. Traditional Approaches to Governance
Introduction
Harmonisation
Minimum Standard Setting
Flexible Framework Measures
5. New Approaches to Governance
Introduction
The Social Partners
The EES
Other OMC Processes
6. Conclusion

Phil Syrpis studied Law at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1990-1993, and acquired a BCL at Wadham College, Oxford in 1994. He completed a doctoral thesis at Wadham in 2000, under the supervision of Professor Paul Davies. This thesis, on which this book is based, analysed the rationales for European Social Policy, looking in particular at Worker Participation Law. In 2002 he was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. He has been at the University of Bristol as a lecturer since 1997 and a senior lecturer since 2005, researching and teaching predominantly in the area of European law. In 2005 was chair of the LNAT Consortium - the group of 8 leading universities which operate the National Admissions Test for Law.