Table of Contents

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

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This collection addresses the potential of the European Social Charter to promote and safeguard social rights in Europe.

About the Author

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.

Reviews

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.
*European Journal of Social Security*