European Social Charter and the Employment Relation

Niklas Bruun is Professor of Law at the Hanken School of Law, Helsinki.Klaus Lörcher is former Legal Adviser to the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and former Legal Secretary of the Civil Service Tribunal of the European Union.Isabelle Schömann is Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).Stefan Clauwaert is Senior Researcher at the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).They are all members of the Transnational Trade Union Rights (TTUR) Experts Network of the ETUI.

• Part I: General PartThe European Social Charter as the Social Constitution of Europe Olivier De SchutterInterpretation Klaus LörcherImplementation: Article I Teun JaspersRestrictions: Article G Aristea KoukiadakiThe Charter’s Supervisory Procedures Stefan ClauwaertPart II: Specific ArticlesArticle 1: The Right to Work Simon DeakinArticle 2: The Right to Just Conditions of Work Klaus LörcherArticle 3: The Right to Safe and Healthy Working Conditions Klaus LörcherArticle 4: The Right to a Fair Remuneration Zoe Adams and Simon DeakinArticle 5: The Right to Organise Antoine JacobsArticle 6: The Right to Bargain Collectively: A Matrix for Industrial Relations Filip DorssemontArticle 7: The Right of Children and Young Persons to Protection Isabelle SchömannArticle 8: The Right of Women to Maternity Protection Csilla Kollonay-LehoczkyArticle 15: The Right of Disabled Persons to Vocational Training, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Isabelle SchömannArticle 19§4: The Right of Migrant Workers and Their Families to Protection and Assistance Stefan ClauwaertArticle 20: The Right to Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment in Matters of Employment and Occupation without Discrimination on The Grounds of Sex Csilla Kollonay-LehoczkyArticle 21: The Right to Information and Consultation Bruno VenezianiArticle 22: The Right to Take Part in the Determination and Improvement of the Working Conditions andWorking Environment Niklas BruunArticle 24: The Right to Protection in Cases of Termination of Employment Mélanie SchmittArticle 26: The Right to Dignity at Work Csilla Kollonay-LehoczkyArticle 27: The Right of Workers with Family Responsibilities to Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment Isabelle SchömannArticle 28: The Right of Workers’ Representatives to Protection in the Undertaking and Facilities to Be Accorded to Them Niklas BruunArticle 29: The Right to Information and Consultation in Collective Redundancy Procedures Bruno VenezianiArticle E: Non-Discrimination Csilla Kollonay-LehoczkyConclusions—The Potentials for the Charter to be Used Niklas Bruun, Klaus Lörcher, Isabelle Schömann and Stefan Clauwaert

One of the book's strengths is that, from a methodological perspective, it is written in a systematic and transparent manner, allowing the reader to locate the desired information with ease ... One can only hope that the reviewed collection will stimulate further academic scrutiny and will significantly raise awareness amongst practitioners and trade unions about, as the authors eloquently put it in the foreword, the 'necessary anchor of the social dimensions of the European Union in legal and political practice.