Regulation of Fixed-Term Employment Contracts: A Comparative Overview

by Roger Blanpain and Hiroya Nakakubo

In recent decades enterprises worldwide have reaped the advantages of hiring employees on a contractual fixed-term basis, thus derogating from their traditional participation in the social protection of workers and insulating themselves from legal liability for unjust dismissal. A broad spectrum of effectiveness has emerged in this development, as different countries have adopted varying measures to regulate the conditions under which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9041133569
• ISBN13: 9789041133564
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Kluwer Law International
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"