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Full-Text Articles in Labor and Employment Law
Reforming Labor Law For The New Century, Lance Liebman
Reforming Labor Law For The New Century, Lance Liebman
Faculty Scholarship
The two articles that follow are the first published fruit of a conversation that was initiated in 1998 under the auspices of "Labor Law Reform for Developed Countries in the 21st Century," several years of conferences leading to the May 2000 Tokyo Conference of the International Industrial Relations Association. This project has had generous support from the Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation and from the Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law at Columbia Law School.
The participants have been labor law professors from Europe, Japan, and the United States. The group has focused its research and …
Lifetime Employment: Labor Peace And The Evolution Of Japanese Corporate Governance, Ronald J. Gilson, Mark J. Roe
Lifetime Employment: Labor Peace And The Evolution Of Japanese Corporate Governance, Ronald J. Gilson, Mark J. Roe
Faculty Scholarship
In Japan, large firms' relationships with their employees differ from those prevailing in large American firms. Large Japanese firms guarantee many employees lifetime employment, and the firms' boards consist of insider employees. Neither relationship is common in the United States.
Japanese lifetime employment is said to encourage firms and employees to invest in human capital. We examine the reported benefits of the firm's promise of lifetime employment, but conclude that it is no more than peripheral to human capital investments. Rather, the "dark" side of Japanese labor practice – constricting the external labor market – likely yielded the human capital …
Panel Discussion Of The Excuse Factory, Stewart J. Schwab
Panel Discussion Of The Excuse Factory, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Om Etiska Företag [On Ethical Enterprises], Reinhold Fahlbeck
Om Etiska Företag [On Ethical Enterprises], Reinhold Fahlbeck
Reinhold Fahlbeck
No abstract provided.
Pleasures And Torments Of Comparative Legal Research: Confessions Of An Amateur Practitioner, Reinhold Fahlbeck
Pleasures And Torments Of Comparative Legal Research: Confessions Of An Amateur Practitioner, Reinhold Fahlbeck
Reinhold Fahlbeck
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Nothing Succeeds Like Success. Trade Unionism In Sweden, Reinhold Fahlbeck
Nothing Succeeds Like Success. Trade Unionism In Sweden, Reinhold Fahlbeck
Reinhold Fahlbeck
No abstract provided.
Workplace Sexual Harassment In Singapore: The Legal Challenge, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Workplace Sexual Harassment In Singapore: The Legal Challenge, Jack Tsen-Ta Lee
Jack Tsen-Ta LEE
This article examines the nature and prevalence of sexual harassment in the work environment, and compares civil and criminal law in Singapore to the approaches taken by various jurisdictions in dealing with the problem. It is submitted that legislation is needed to protect employees, as Singapore law currently does not present any clear and coherent means for victims to seek redress for workplace sexual harassment.