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Bogg, Alan; Costello, Cathryn; Davies, A. C. L. --- "Editors’ introduction" [2016] ELECD 1410; in Bogg, Alan; Costello, Cathryn; Davies, C.L. A. (eds), "Research Handbook on EU Labour Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016) 1

Book Title: Research Handbook on EU Labour Law

Editor(s): Bogg, Alan; Costello, Cathryn; Davies, C.L. A.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783471119

Section: Chapter 1

Section Title: Editors’ introduction

Author(s): Bogg, Alan; Costello, Cathryn; Davies, A. C. L.

Number of pages: 18

Abstract/Description:

The time seems particularly ripe for the publication of a research handbook on the labour law of the European Union. This relatively young discipline now finds itself at the centre of a whirlwind of powerful economic and political forces, and there is considerable uncertainty as to how it might develop, both in terms of its substantive content and its evolutionary processes. It is therefore an opportune moment to draw together a group of leading scholars of EU labour law to assess the ‘state of the art’ and to identify research questions for the future. The contributions can be grouped into four broad categories: cross-cutting themes, individual employment law, collective labour law and equality law. Our volume begins with two chapters assessing the relationship between EU labour law and national law. Chapter 2, by Phil Syrpis, gives an overview of the EU’s treaty framework, noting the importance of the changes brought about by the Treaty of Lisbon, and inviting deeper reflection on whether these changes have served in practice to increase the importance of the EU’s social goals relative to the economic freedoms. He then turns to the EU’s competences in the field of labour law. Although these competences are limited in significant ways, he argues that surprisingly little use has been made of them to develop strong social protection for workers. Again, this may be because of the tension between the economic and the social.