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Employment Security in Europe and Canada:
A Review of Recent Legislation in Three Countries Walter Onubogu, March 2002 With the internationalization of economic activity most OECD countries have promoted neo-liberal structural reforms. It has been argued that employment creation could only occur where labour market flexibility prevailed. This would mean that employer's rights should be extended at the expense of employee's security. This paper investigates in relation to employment security in Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada how significant the expansion of certain types of non-standard employment (i.e. temporary and part-time work) has been. It also compares employment security in these countries by using objective indicators to capture this phenomenon. I would like to thank Sukti Dasgupta for her constructive comments and help on a previous draft. Click here for full document in PDF |
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Updated by LD. Approved by GS. Last update: 26 June 2002.