East Asian labor and employment law : international and comparative context / Ronald C. Brown.
2012
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Title
East Asian labor and employment law : international and comparative context / Ronald C. Brown.
Published
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Call Number
KNC403 .B76 2012
ISBN
9781107018334 (hbk.)
1107018331 (hbk.)
1107018331 (hbk.)
Description
xiv, 556 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)755213627
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
I.
Perspective: Globalism and Its Impacts
1
A.
Economic Integration: Business Flows and Expanding Legal Issues
2
1.
Cross-Border Business
2
a.
Economic Integration
2
b.
Foreign Direct Investment
7
c.
Global Production Systems, Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Employment
15
2.
Global Impacts
26
a.
Labor and Employment
27
b.
Labor Unions
40
c.
Business: Wal-Mart Illustration
48
d.
HRM
51
3.
International Labor Law Practice
57
B.
International and Comparative Labor and Employment Law
71
1.
Evolving Area of International Labor Law; Employee Rights as Human Rights; Comparative Biases
71
a.
Globalization of the Law of Labor and Employment
71
b.
Global "Common Law"?
75
c.
East Asian Harmonization: Regionalization or "Asianization"?
78
d.
Are Labor Rights Human Rights?
90
e.
Comparative Biases
97
2.
Different Legal Systems
104
a.
Western Law and Legal Traditions
104
b.
Common Characteristics of Civil and Common Law
107
c.
Convergence and Divergence?
115
II.
Global Legal Standards
116
A.
ILO Core Labor Standards and the Interplay of Domestic, International, and Foreign Labor Laws
116
1.
ILO Core Labor Standards
118
2.
Linking Trade and Labor Standards
121
3.
Coordinating Domestic, International, and Foreign Labor and Employment Laws and HRM
130
B.
Enforcement: Codes of Conduct, U.S. Laws, and Litigation
140
1.
Codes of Conduct as Self-Regulation
140
2.
Enforcement of Labor Standards through Litigation
165
a.
Codes of Conduct: Wal-Mart Case
165
b.
Alien Tort Claims Act
177
c.
Litigating ILO Standards: U.S. Illustration
179
3.
Enforcement of Labor Rights in FTAs, OECD Guidelines, and Trade Legislation
193
III.
Agenda Items: Criteria, Alternatives, and Evaluative Standards
209
A.
Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
209
1.
Diverse Approaches Addressing Common Issues
209
2.
U.S. Illustration as Context
213
3.
Evaluation of U.S. Labor and Employment Laws on Core Labor Standards
226
B.
Workers' Labor Rights and Benefits
235
1.
Definitions, Sources, and Coverage: The Dilemma of Underregulation
235
a.
Employees Defined
235
b.
Coverage
244
2.
Labor Rights: Sources and Illustrations
247
a.
Illustrative Sources
247
b.
Safety and Health
250
c.
Equality and Discrimination
260
C.
Labor Unions
272
1.
Global and International Labor Unions
272
2.
National Labor Unions
279
3.
Roles of Unions
286
4.
Alternatives to Unions
287
D.
Dispute Resolution
291
1.
Alternative Procedures
291
2.
Settlement of Disputes over Labor Rights
294
3.
Settlement of Disputes over Labor Interests
305
IV.
East Asian Labor Law Regimes
309
A.
Japan
309
1.
Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
310
2.
Workers' Labor Rights and Benefits
314
3.
Labor Unions and Industrial Relations
325
4.
Dispute Resolution
334
a.
Labor Disputes
335
b.
Labor Dispute Resolution Processes
339
5.
Critique under International Labor Standards
356
B.
South Korea
361
1.
Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
361
2.
Workers' Labor Rights and Benefits
368
3.
Labor Unions and Industrial Relations
382
4.
Dispute Resolution
392
a.
Labor Disputes
392
b.
Labor Dispute Resolution Processes
396
5.
Critique under International Labor Standards
399
C.
China
410
1.
Regulatory Sources, Structures, and Administration
410
2.
Workers' Labor Rights and Benefits
419
3.
Labor Unions and Industrial Relations
433
4.
Dispute Resolution
469
a.
Labor Disputes
469
b.
Labor Dispute Resolution Processes
471
5.
Critique under International Labor Standards
477
6.
Taiwan and Hong Kong: Brief Survey and Critiques
493
a.
Taiwan
494
b.
Hong Kong
506
V.
Advising on Comparative and Competitive Advantages in East Asian HRM Practices
527
A.
Vignettes
528
1.
Hiring and Discrimination
528
2.
Labor Contracts: Individual and Collective
530
3.
Working Conditions and Benefits
531
4.
Employer Discipline, Termination, and Alternative Dispute Resolution
531
5.
Global Human Resource Management
535
B.
Growing Issues and Areas for Further Inquiry
536
Index
539