The Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations

This book explores the conceptual framework of European employment law through a comparative analysis of domestic national laws and their interaction with EU law. The focus throughout is on understanding current developments in the law's picture of working relationships, and exploring the potential for further harmonisation of employment law.

INTRODUCTION: EVOLUTION AND RE-FORMULATION IN THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF PERSONAL WORK RELATIONS ; PART I: THE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL WORK RELATIONS ; 1. The Legal Analysis of Personal Work Relations - Boundaries, Paradigms, and Legal Formats ; 2. A European Comparative Approach to the Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations ; PART II: THE PERSONAL WORK RELATION AS A CONTRACT ; 3. The Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations as Contracts ; 4. The Formation and Structure of Contracts of Employment ; 5. The Content and Performance of Contracts of Employment ; 6. The Termination and Transformation of Contracts of Employment ; 7. Personal Work Contracts other than the Contract of Employment ; PART III: THE PERSONAL WORK RELATION AS A LEGAL NEXUS ; 8. Contract, Relation, and Nexis in the Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations ; 9. The Personal Work Profile and the Idea of Personality in Work ; PART IV: THE PERSONAL WORK PROFILE AND THE IDEA OF PERSONALITY IN WORK ; 10. The Legal Construction of Personal Work Relations and the Role of EU Law ; CONCLUSION: THE PERSONAL WORK RELATION IN EUROPEAN LABOUR LAW - CHALLENGES AND AFFIRMATIONS