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Rodgers, Lisa --- "The Future of Employment Law and Policy after Lisbon: The Rise of Solidarity Rights?" [2012] ELECD 533; in Trybus, Martin; Rubini, Luca (eds), "The Treaty of Lisbon and the Future of European Law and Policy" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: The Treaty of Lisbon and the Future of European Law and Policy

Editor(s): Trybus, Martin; Rubini, Luca

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9780857932556

Section: Chapter 23

Section Title: The Future of Employment Law and Policy after Lisbon: The Rise of Solidarity Rights?

Author(s): Rodgers, Lisa

Number of pages: 19

Extract:

23. The future of employment law and
policy after Lisbon: the rise of
solidarity rights?
Lisa Rodgers

1. INTRODUCTION

The aim of this chapter is to provide a specific example of the potential
(and actual) impact of the Lisbon Treaty in one particular domain: that of
employment law and policy. It is argued that the particular mix of `hard
law' and `soft law' in the employment field prior to the ratification of the
Treaty, and the relationship between employment and social rights under
the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (the Charter) makes this
area particularly pertinent to an investigation of changes to European law
and policy post-Lisbon. The chapter will proceed first by introducing the
main instruments of employment law and policy in the EU as different
`types' of regulation. Second, there will be an investigation of the proce-
dural changes introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, and of their impact on
the field of employment law and policy. The chapter will then consider the
substantive changes in the post-Lisbon employment law and policy and
provide an analysis of the significance of these changes for employment
regulation at EU level.


2. THE AIMS AND PURPOSE OF THE LISBON
TREATY AND SOCIAL POLICY

The Lisbon Treaty arose out of a fairly lengthy process of constitutional
reform which began at the Intergovernmental Conference of 2000. As well
as agreeing to the Treaty of Nice, that conference also adopted a `Declara-
tion on the Future of the Union', highlighting ...