Restatement of Labour Law in Europe

The concept of 'employee' is arguably the most important one in labour law, defining, as it does, the scope of the discipline as a whole. This important new publication aims to develop a restatement of the concept of the employee in European labour law. The study identifies both problems and solutions that have emerged, clearly setting out comparisons between the different member states' approaches. The country reports explore both statutes and case law, tracking their contribution to legal doctrine. The objective of the restatement is to increase knowledge and gain a better understanding of one of the most crucial aspects of European labour law.

Assistant Editors:
- Marta Otto
- Effrosyni Bakirtzi

1. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Austria
Martin Risak and Robert Rebhahn
2. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Belgium
Wilfried Rauws
3. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Bulgaria
Krassimira Sredkova
4. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Croatia
Ivana Grgurev
5. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Cyprus
Nicos Trimikliniotis and Corina Demetriou
6. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in the Czech Republic
Petr Hurka
7. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Denmark
Jens Kristiansen
8. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Estonia
Gaabriel Tavits
9. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Finland
Matleena Engblom
10. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in France
Francis Kessler
11. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in the Republic of Macedonia
Todor Kalamatiev and Aleksandar Ristovski
12. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Germany
Bernd Waas
13. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Greece
Costas Papadimitriou
14. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Hungary
György Kiss
15. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Iceland
Elín Blöndal and Inga Björg Hjaltadóttir
16 The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Ireland
Anthony Kerr
17. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Italy
Edoardo Ales
18. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Latvia
Kristine Dupate
19. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Lithuania
Tomas Davulis
20. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Luxembourg
Jean-Luc Putz
21. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Malta
Lorna Mifsud Cachia
22. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Montenegro
Vesna Simovic-Zvicer
23. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in the Netherlands
Guus Heerma van Voss
24. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Norway
Helga Aune
25. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Poland
Leszek Mitrus
26. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Portugal
José João Abrantes and Rita Canas da Silva
27. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Romania
Raluca Dimitriu
28. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Russia
Nikita Lyutov and Elena Gerasimova
29. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Serbia
Senad Jašarevic
30. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Slovakia
Robert Schronk
31. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Slovenia
Polonca Koncar
32. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Spain
Joaquín García Murcia and Iván Antonio Rodríguez Cardo
33. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Sweden
Andreas Inghammar
34. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Switzerland
Wolfgang Portmann
35. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in Turkey
Kadriye Bakirci
36. The Concept of 'Employee': The Position in the UK
Benjamin Jones and Jeremias Prassl

“...this new title from Hart Publishing should attract the immediate interest of UK employment lawyers as well as their continental European counterparts... For employment or comparative lawyers in the UK or abroad, this book, with its wealth of references, is an excellent acquisition for your bookshelf.” –  Elizabeth Taylor and Phillip Taylor MBE, Richmond Green Chambers,

“... the goal of this collective endeavour was ... to provide reliable information about prevailing labour legislation in Europe in the broadest sense of the word and in this connection they sought to, “increase knowledge" and ensure that this knowledge is better understood. This goal has undoubtedly been achieved!” –  Pierre Bouvier, Bulletin Quotidien Europe

“... accessible to anyone with an interest in how workers are classified in the selected jurisdictions ... the designation of 'Volume 1' assures the reader that this is just the beginning of a series. If the quality of this text is maintained, then one can only wait for further instalments with baited breath.” –  Eddie Keane, University of Limerick, The Irish Jurist

“[I]nspiring in its presentation of various concepts which aim to capture the notion of dependent work. This book, written by highly qualified authors, convinces not only by its scientific standards but its exemplary in-depth approach without extraneous detail. Further volumes of this successful format would be very welcome.” –  Prof Dr iur Roger Rudolph, ARV: Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitslosenversicherung