Download or read book Employment Relations in Outsourced Public Services written by Anna Mori and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the consequences of the outsourcing of public services, this book explores the transformation of working conditions, employment relations and the role of the state under marketisation strain. It places these developments in a wider framework that incorporates the legacy of the national models of public administration and employment relations regimes in the public sector. Adopting a comparative perspective by focusing on Italy, Denmark and Britain, the author investigates and questions the influential interpretation of a spreading neo-liberal trajectory in public service working conditions and employment relations, and reveals significant diversity across countries mediated by national institutional configurations. Discussing the interplay between the austerity agenda in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the swelling of outsourcing practices in public services, this book responds to the scholarly call for an integrated approach towards institutions and actors. A valuable read for researchers examining human resource management, labour studies and public administration, this book provides a comprehensive overview of employment relations in outsourced public services.

Download or read book Public Technology Procurement and Innovation written by Charles Edquist and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation policy. In the past few years, public technology procurement has been a relatively neglected topic in the theoretical and research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy-makers to avoid making very extensive use of this important `demand-side' instrument. These trends have been especially pronounced in the European Union. There, as this book will argue, existing legislation governing public procurement presents obstacles to the use of public technology procurement as a means of stimulating and supporting technological innovation. Recently, however, there has been a gradual re-awakening of practical interest in such measures among policy-makers in the EU and elsewhere. For these and other related measures, this volume aims to contribute to a serious reconsideration of public technology procurement from the complementary standpoints of innovation theory and innovation policy.

Download or read book The Public private Law Divide written by Matthias Ruffert and published by BIICL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication is a collection of papers of the second meeting of the Dornburg Research Group on New Administrative Law which was held in London in May 2007"--Acknowledgments.

Download or read book The EU Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages written by Luca Ratti and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an all-encompassing and timely analysis of the EU regulatory framework deriving from the enactment of Directive 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages. In the first part, the book discusses the function of minimum wage policies in contemporary labour markets and the role of social partners and collective bargaining in governing minimum wage determinants and trends. The second part provides an article-by-article commentary of the Directive, including insights on crucial aspects such as the EU competence to intervene on wages, the concept of minimum wage adequacy, and the measurement and promotion of collective bargaining coverage. The third part assesses the impact of the Directive across the EU, focusing on the main systemic implications of the Directive as well as on the structural changes that Member States will need to implement. With contributions written by scholars and stakeholders from across Europe, the book sheds light on one of labour law's most fundamental objectives – to provide for adequate minimum wages. It is an invaluable resource for researchers, policy makers, trade unionists and employers' representatives.

Download or read book World Development Report 2019 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.

Download or read book Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities written by and published by . This book was released on 1996-06-28 with total page 2126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Labour Law and Industrial Relations in Recessionary Times written by Anthony Forsyth and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes a number of papers written in English and published in the last fifteen years in which the Italian labour market faced many changes. The book not only provides the international readership with a frame of reference – in both conceptual and legal terms – that helps to appreciate the Italian Labour Law currently in force, but also represents a contribution to moving beyond the self-referential nature of the Italian debate on the reform of labour laws. As such, the book supplies the reform process of the Italian labour market with an international and comparative dimension which – in accordance with the programmatic approach of Marco Biagi – will also feed the debate at the national level.

Download or read book Excellent Cadavers written by Alexander Stille and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1996-08-06 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992 Italy was convulsed by two brazen Mafia assassinations of high-ranking officials. The latest "excellent cadavers" were Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the Sicilian magistrates who had been the Cosa Nostra's most implacable enemies. Yet in the aftermath of the murders, hundreds of "men of honor" were arrested and the government that ad protected them for nearly half a century was at last driven from office. This is the story that Stille tells with such insight and immediacy in Excellent Cadavers. Combining a profound understanding of his doomed heroes with and unprecedented look into the Mafia's stringent codes and murderous rivalries, he gives us a book that has the power of a great work of history and the suspense of a true thriller. "Riveting...a well-paced and highly informative account stocked with well-drawn characters."--Philadelphia Inquirer "Masterful...[Stille] delivers a stiletto-sharp portrait of the bloodthirsty Sicilian mafia."--Business Week

Download or read book Appalti privati e outsourcing written by P. Pototschnig and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Appalti privati e outsourcing written by Studio legale Legance and published by IPSOA. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questo nuovo volume della collana Itinera si inserisce nella sezione “Contratti d’impresa” ed è suddiviso in due Parti principali: appalti privati e outsourcing. La prima parte dell’opera è dedicata all’istituto dell’appalto come tipica figura contrattuale prevista dal nostro codice civile. La trattazione dell’istituto è stata affrontata dagli anche l’evoluzione dell’appalto nella prassi applicativa derivante, tra l’altro, dalle implicazioni interdisciplinari, specie in materia giuslavoristica. Sono trattati nello specifico: i tratti distintivi dell’appalto rispetto ad altre figure contrattuali simili; le principali differenze tra appalto d’opera e appalto di servizi; i temi della legge applicabile negli appalti che presentano profili di internazionalità e la disciplina dell’appalto di beni di consumo; la fase di esecuzione del contratto; il regime sostanziale delle responsabilità che insorgono dalla stipulazione ed esecuzione del contratto d’appalto, considerando anche i rapporti con i consumatori e la disciplina che tutela gli acquirenti degli immobili da costruire; le cause di legittimo scioglimento del vincolo contrattuale (comprese quelle situazioni influenzate dall’apertura di procedure concorsuali); gli strumenti processuali, inclusi quelli di natura cautelare e urgente, a cui le parti del contratto possono fare ricorso; la fattispecie del subappalto e le peculiarità della relativa disciplina. Una particolare attenzione è stata dedicata alla giurisprudenza, nella ricerca della maggior completezza possibile (menzionando anche quelle decisioni che, pur potendo apparire a prima vista datate, rimangono comunque i precedenti più accreditati nella soluzione del caso concreto). La seconda Parte della Guida è dedicata alle figure di c.d. outsourcing, che presentano caratteri di stretta affinità strutturale con il contratto d’appalto, caratterizzandosi per essere rappresentate da rapporti negoziali mediante i quali, nell’ambito di scelte riconducibili all’organizzazione aziendale, le imprese affidano a soggetti esterni determinate attività o servizi necessari per il loro ciclo produttivo. In particolare, ci si sofferma su: inquadramento delle ragioni di emersione del fenomeno, anche mediante una descrizione delle diverse tipologie riscontrabili nella prassi; esposizione delle forme negoziali con cui possono essere disciplinati tali rapporti, gli elementi soggettivi e oggettivi caratteristici, gli strumenti di tutela contrattuale più diffusi dei diritti delle parti contraenti (ivi compresi quelli legati alla privacy); tre figure, di particolare diffusione e complessità anche per la natura dell’attività esternalizzata, rappresentate dall’outsourcing informatico, dai contratti di O&M (operation and maintenance), ricorrenti nel settore delle energie rinnovabili, e da quei rapporti con i quali banche e operatori soggetti a discipline regolamentari affidano a imprese terze determinati servizi specializzati nella loro attività. L’esposizione di entrambe le Parti si contraddistingue, strutturalmente, per essere accompagnata da quattro tipologie di contributi pratici: clausole contrattuali e modelli di comunicazioni o atti ricorrenti nelle fasi di esecuzione dell’appalto; casistiche riguardanti l’applicazione giurisprudenziale in situazioni concrete di norme e principi che governano l’istituto; descrizioni di casi pratici gestiti dallo Studio Legance Avvocati Associati (cui appartengono gli Autori e i Coordinatori dell’opera); approfondimenti giurisprudenziali e dottrinali di particolari fattispecie e di questioni interpretative controverse.

Download or read book Human Rights in Education Science and Culture Legal Developments and Challenges written by Yvonne Donders and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human rights are at the heart of UNESCO's work in the fields of education, science and culture. Conceived from an international human rights legal framework, this publication combines insights into the content, scope of application and corresponding state obligations of these rights with analyses of issues relating to their implementation.--Publisher's description.

Download or read book The Floating World written by C. Morgan Babst and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Set in New Orleans, this important and powerful novel follows the Boisdoré family . . . in the months after Katrina. A profound, moving and authentically detailed picture of the storm’s emotional impact on those who lived through it.” —People In this dazzling debut about family, home, and grief, C. Morgan Babst takes readers into the heart of Hurricane Katrina and the life of a great city. As the storm is fast approaching the Louisiana coast, Cora Boisdoré refuses to leave the city. Her parents, Joe Boisdoré, an artist descended from freed slaves who became the city’s preeminent furniture makers, and his white “Uptown” wife, Dr. Tess Eshleman, are forced to evacuate without her, setting off a chain of events that leaves their marriage in shambles and Cora catatonic—the victim or perpetrator of some violence mysterious even to herself. This mystery is at the center of Babst’s haunting and profound novel. Cora’s sister, Del, returns to New Orleans from the successful life she built in New York City to find her hometown in ruins and her family deeply alienated from one another. As Del attempts to figure out what happened to her sister, she must also reckon with the racial history of the city and the trauma of a disaster that was not, in fact, some random act of God but an avoidable tragedy visited on New Orleans’s most vulnerable citizens. Separately and together, each member of the Boisdoré clan must find the strength to remake home in a city forever changed. The Floating World is the Katrina story that needed to be told—one with a piercing, unforgettable loveliness and a vivid, intimate understanding of this particular place and its tangled past.

Download or read book Transatlantic Sport written by Muradali Ibrahímo and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vast sums of money generated by sport worldwide have meant that the laws of economic competition have an important role to play in the organization and regulation of the industry. This volume offers a comparative perspective on the economics of sport and highlights both the similarities and differences in the North American and European models of sport. It tackles policy issues, such as organizing, financing and regulation of team sports alongside theoretical issues regarding income redistribution and competitive balance. It also evaluates the impact of sport and sports events on local com.

Download or read book International Investment Law and Soft Law written by Andrea K. Bjorklund and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important book examines the development of soft law instruments in international investment law and the feasibility of a 'codification' of the present state of this field of international economic law. It draws together the views of international experts on the use of soft law in international law generally and in discrete fields such as WTO, commercial, and environmental law. The book assesses whether investment law has sufficiently coalesced over the last 50 years to be 'codified' and focuses particularly on topical issues such as most-favoured-nation treatment and expropriation. This timely book will appeal to academics interested in the development of international law and legal theory, to those working in investment law, Government investment treaty negotiators and arbitration practitioners.

Download or read book Italian Merchants in the Early Modern Spanish Monarchy written by Catia Brilli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Italian businessmen played a key role in both international trade and finance from the Middle Ages until the first decades of the seventeenth century. While the peak of their influence within and beyond Europe has been thoroughly examined by historians, the way in which merchants from the Italian peninsula reacted and adapted themselves to the emergence of greater commercial and financial powers is mostly overlooked. This collection, based on a vast variety of primary sources, seeks to explore the persisting presence of Florentine, Genoese and Milanese intermediaries in some key hubs of the Spanish monarchy (such as Seville, Cadiz, Madrid and Naples) as well as in eighteenth-century Lisbon. The resilience of powerless merchant nations from the Italian Peninsula in the face of increasing competition in long distance trade is deconstructed by analyzing the merchants’ relational dimension and the formal institutional resources they found in the host societies. By offering new insights into the mechanisms of circulation of men, goods and capital throughout the Iberian world, this book will contribute to better assess the polycentric nature of the Spanish monarchy and, more in general, the complex system of commercial exchanges in the age of the first globalization. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Review of History/Revue européenne d’histoire.

Download or read book New Forms of Employment written by Irene Mandl and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Spending in the 20th Century written by Vito Tanzi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-06-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a detailed account of reform experiences in several countries and the public debate regarding government reform, the study closes with an outlook on the future role of the state, a period when globalization may require and people may want "leaner" but not "meaner" states."--Jacket.