Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison

In Europe, as in the rest of industrialized countries, reforms of the labour market have generally concerned employment protection legislation (EPL). One of the main missions of this legislation is to insure security for workers, particularly in case of redundancy. The object of this article is to c...

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Main Author: Samir Amine
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Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2015-03-01
Series:Comparative Economic Research
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/CER/article/view/7053
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spelling doaj-bb6fefd22c0f4d1390658dda5b1ca2282021-09-02T11:58:44ZengLodz University PressComparative Economic Research1508-20082082-67372015-03-0118111913010.1515/cer-2015-00077053Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International ComparisonSamir Amine0University of Quebec (Outaouais), Department of Industrial and Labor Relations, Canada, CIRANO In Europe, as in the rest of industrialized countries, reforms of the labour market have generally concerned employment protection legislation (EPL). One of the main missions of this legislation is to insure security for workers, particularly in case of redundancy. The object of this article is to compare the strictness and the degree of rigidity of EPL in two different economies, namely, Canada and France. This choice is justified by the fact that the labour market policies in both countries do not have the same orientation and are based on different ideological references.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/CER/article/view/7053employment protectionfrancecanadasecurityunemployment
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Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison
Comparative Economic Research
employment protection
france
canada
security
unemployment
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title Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison
title_short Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison
title_full Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison
title_fullStr Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison
title_full_unstemmed Reflections On Employment Protection Legislation: An International Comparison
title_sort reflections on employment protection legislation: an international comparison
publisher Lodz University Press
series Comparative Economic Research
issn 1508-2008
2082-6737
publishDate 2015-03-01
description In Europe, as in the rest of industrialized countries, reforms of the labour market have generally concerned employment protection legislation (EPL). One of the main missions of this legislation is to insure security for workers, particularly in case of redundancy. The object of this article is to compare the strictness and the degree of rigidity of EPL in two different economies, namely, Canada and France. This choice is justified by the fact that the labour market policies in both countries do not have the same orientation and are based on different ideological references.
topic employment protection
france
canada
security
unemployment
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