Solidarity and Conflict: European Social Law in Crisis
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| Anteprima |
The
ongoing austerity crisis is being felt in all sectors of EU law, but
has had a particularly severe impact on labour law. Silvana Sciarra, a
leading judge and scholar of EU employment law, considers how solidarity
regimes have been shaken by the crisis. She brings together existing
European policies in social and employment law, to enhance synergies and
developments in a post-crisis discourse. She looks at reactions of
national constitutional courts to austerity measures and of
international organizations in re-establishing respect of fundamental
workers' rights. Criticizing soft law approaches in employment policies,
she favours recourse to binding measures connected with selective
financial incentives through European funds. She highlights developments
in European sector social dialogue and new horizons of transnational
collective bargaining in large multinationals. Taking a positive,
practical approach, Sciarra shows how social policies can enhance
solidarity and social cohesion, through European financial support.
