From Widgets to Digits Employment Regulation for the Changing Workplace |
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| Author:
| Stone, Katherine V. W. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-53599-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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FROM WIDGETS TO DIGITS is about the changing nature of the employment relationship and its implications for labor and employment law. The existing labor and employment laws were built on the assumption of long-term, stable relationships between employees and firms. Today's challenge is to find a means to provide workers with continuity in wages, on-going training opportunities, sustainable and transferable skills, unambiguous ownership of their human capital, portable benefits, and an...
More DescriptionFROM WIDGETS TO DIGITS is about the changing nature of the employment relationship and its implications for labor and employment law. The existing labor and employment laws were built on the assumption of long-term, stable relationships between employees and firms. Today's challenge is to find a means to provide workers with continuity in wages, on-going training opportunities, sustainable and transferable skills, unambiguous ownership of their human capital, portable benefits, and an infrastructure of support structures to enable them to weather career transitions.