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Title
The concept of the employer / Jeremias Prassl.
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Call Number
K1705 .P73 2015
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780198735533 (hbk.)
0198735537 (hbk.)
0198735537 (hbk.)
Description
xxvii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)908132612
Note
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral - Oxford University, 2012), under title: The notion of the employer in multilateral organisational settings.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index.
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Table of Contents
Table of Abbreviations
xvii
Table of Cases
xix
Table of Legislation
xxv
Introduction: The Concept of the Employer and the Personal Scope of Employment Law
1
Broadening the Enquiry
2
Argument and Structure in Outline
5
Scope and Methodology
7
Restoring the Scope of Employment Law
11
pt. I
CONCEPT UNDER PRESSURE
Introduction
13
Structure
14
1.
Received Concept of the Employer
15
Introduction
15
Section 1
Unitary Concept of the Employer
16
A.
Language and Fact Patterns
16
B.
Contractual Framework
18
C.
Economic Theory and Company Law
19
Section 2
Multi-Functional Concept of the Employer
23
A.
Contract Conundrum
24
B.
Revisiting the Unitary Concept
26
C.
Multi-Functional Concept
31
Conclusion
36
Inherent Tension
37
2.
Shared Exercise of Employer Functions Across Multiple Loci of Control
39
Introduction
39
Section 1
Temporary Agency Work
42
A.
Operation of the Agency Work Industry
42
B.
Emergence of Multiple Loci of Employer Functions
46
C.
Shared Exercise of Employer Functions
49
Section 2
Private Equity
54
A.
Operation of Private Equity Investments
58
B.
Emergence of Multiple Loci of Employer Functions
64
C.
Shared Exercise of Employer Functions
73
Conclusion
80
pt. II
IMPLICATIONS OF A CONCEPT UNDER PRESSURE
Introduction
81
Defining the Relevant Case Law
82
Single Concept of the Employer
83
Structure
84
3.
Fragile Scope of Employment Law Coverage
85
Introduction
85
Section 1
Breakdown of Employment Law Coverage in Triangular Work Arrangements
86
A.
No Contract with the Agency
87
B.
No Contract with the End-User
88
Section 2
Incomplete and Incoherent Coverage in Multilateral Organizational Settings
90
A.
Employee Consultation in Collective Redundancies and Transfers of Undertakings
91
B.
Identifying the Relevant Employer
94
C.
Shareholders as Employers?
104
Conclusion
109
Avoiding Excessive Homogeneity
110
Towards a Functional Approach
111
Developing Existing Frameworks
113
4.
Complex Employment Structures in Germany: A Comparative Perspective
117
Introduction
117
Section 1
Concept of the Employer in German Law
118
A.
Methodology of Comparative Law
118
B.
Concept of the Employer
123
C.
Key Areas and Sources
126
Section 2
Shared Exercise of Employer Functions
130
A.
Konzern
131
B.
Single Konzern Notion?
134
C.
Purpose of Konzernrecht
135
Section 3
Arbeitsrecht im Konzern
136
A.
Individual Employment Law
138
B.
Betriebsverfassung
140
C.
Mitbestimmung
142
Conclusion
144
Avoiding Excessive Homogeneity
144
Towards a Functional Approach
145
Developing Existing Frameworks
146
pt. III
TOWARDS A FUNCTIONAL CONCEPT OF THE EMPLOYER
Introduction
149
Key Lessons from Earlier Parts
149
Shift Towards a Normative Approach
151
Structure
153
5.
Functional Concept
155
Introduction
155
Section 1
Functional Definitions
155
A.
From Multiple Functions to a Functional Concept
157
B.
Functional Typology
159
C.
Outer Limits of a Functional Concept
163
Section 2
Functional Concept in Operation
166
A.
Contractual Avenues
169
B.
Statutory Regulation
175
C.
Allocating Responsibility
183
Conclusion
189
Domain Specificity
189
Resilient Coverage
192
Relationship with the Current Approach
193
6.
Single Concept in Different Contexts
195
Introduction
195
Section 1
Moving Beyond the Received Unitary Concept
196
A.
Language and Fact Patterns
196
B.
Privity of Contract
200
C.
Company Law
204
Section 2
Different Meanings of a Unitary Concept
210
A.
Requirement of a Single Concept
210
B.
Traditional `Unitary' Concept
215
C.
Unitary Employer Reconceptualized
217
Conclusion
219
Conclusion: The Broader Implications of a Tension Resolved
221
Summary of the Argument
221
Translating the Functional Concept into Practice
224
Restoring the Personal Scope of Employment Law
226
Bibliography
233
Index
249