Quality of Employment in Europe

First academic work taking stock of the legal and normative understanding of quality of employment in Europe, examining a range of topics such as collective and labour rights, social security, non-discrimination and equality at work.

Pascale Vielle is a professor at the University of Louvain, where she specialises in international, European and comparative labour and social protection law. From 2006 to 2011 she was involved in the European network Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe (RECWOWE). She has published numerous books and articles on social law and policy challenges in Europe. Silvia Borelli is a researcher at the University of Ferrara and had in 2011 a research grant at the University of Louvain, financed by the Fonds Spécial de Recherche (FSR). She is member of editorial committee of , a journal that belongs to the International Association of Labour Law Journals. In 2007 she published the monograph .

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Contents: Pascale Vielle/Silvia Borelli: Introduction. Legal and Normative Perspectives on Quality of Employment in Europe – Pascal Caillaud/Dalila Ghailani/Ramón Peña-Casas: Conceptual and Legal Framework for Quality of Work and Employment in International Institutions - The European Union and the International Labour Organisation – Jérôme Deumer: Reconciling «Quality of Employment» with the Principles of «Flexicurity» – Pascal Caillaud: The Social Teaching of the Catholic Church and Quality of Work – Silvia Borelli: The Concept of Employee and Quality of Employment – Silvia Borelli: Job Quality in Atypical Forms of Employment. Reality or Utopia? – Filip Dorssemont: The Freedom of Association and the Effective Right to Collective Bargaining in EU Labour Law, as a Lever for Better and Decent Jobs – Elise Dermine: Suitable Employment and Job of Quality – Pascal Caillaud: The Legal Status of the «Offer of Employment». A French Concept of Suitable Employment? – Laura Carlson: Family Friendly Employment as Quality of Employment – Christine Canazza: Quality of Employment within the Active Ageing Strategy – Antonio L. García-Izquierdo/Pedro J. Ramos-Villagrasa: Equality Employment Opportunity Legislation in Europe. Organisational Barriers and the Organisational Justice Framework for the Promotion of Women at Work – Jean-Michel Bonvin/Nicola Cianferoni/Frédéric Widmer: . Promoting Quality of Employment in the European Union and Beyond. The Necessary Contribution of Law.