European Employment Policies : current challeneges / Reinhard Singer, Tania Bazzani (eds.).

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Intro; Index; Introduction; First part | Social Dimension in the EU; The need for more comprehensive EU social minimum standards | Manfred Weiss; I. Introduction; II. The status quo of social minimum standards; 1. Labour legislation; 2. Evaluation; III. The obstacles to further legislation; 1. The diversity of interests; 2. The emphasis on subsidiarity and proportionality; IV. Alternative strategies; 1. The potential for social dialogue; 2. Agreements concluded with European Works Councils (EWC); 3. The Open Method of Coordination (OMC); 4. Evaluation.

V. Can the lack of legislation be compensated by the CJEU?1. Assessment of the CJEUâ#x80;#x99;s role; 2. Evaluation; VI. Possible Strategies to overcome the Defi ciencies of the Status Quo; 1. Enhanced cooperation; 2. Extension of competences; 3. Reconstruction of the legislative procedure; VII. Conclusion; The European Pillar of Social Rights: an ambitious â#x80;#x98;soft-law guideâ#x80;#x99; to efficient employment and social outcomes | Edoardo Ales; I. The European Pillar of Social Rights package: the political and legal background; II. Who: subjects and target groups in a multiple perspectives approach.

1. The societal perspective2. The gender perspective; 3. The age perspective; 4. The familial perspective; 5. The perspective of people with disabilities; 6. The economically active perspective; III. How: The Rights and the Commitments discourse; 1. Rights; 2. Commitments; IV. Conclusions; Second part | Gig and collaborative economy; Working in the gig economy â#x80;#x93; flexibility without security? | Jeremias Prassl and Martin Risak; I. Introduction; 1. Crowd work and the gig economy; 2. Working in the gig economy; II. Regulatory challenges; 1. Working conditions in the crowd.

2. The underlying (legal) problems3. Possible solutions; III. A functional concept of the employer; IV. Redefi ning the notion of the employee; V. Introduction or extension of an intermediate category; VI. Special legislation (towards a Crowd work Act?); VII. Conclusion; The position of workers in the collaborative economy â#x80;#x93; A view on EU law | Bernd Waas; I. Introduction; II. Defi nition and facts; III. Legal answers to the platform economy: the state ofplay; IV. Collaborative economy and labour law; V. Critical analysis/suggestions; 1. Fleshing-out the concept of â#x80;#x9C;workersâ#x80;#x9D.

2. Introducing an intermediate categoryVI. Conclusion; Third part | EU employment policy implementation; Re-thinking EU employment policy implementation | Tania Bazzani; I. Introduction; II. EU employment policies in Germany, Italy andDenmark; 1. Introduction: from EU guidelines to domestic legislation; 2. The German system; 3. The Italian system; 4. The Danish system; III. Domestic tendencies in activation and unemployment benefits; IV. The need to gain more legitimacy for the EU and remarks on re-thinking EU employment policiesâ#x80;#x99; implementation processes; 1. Member State/EU level.

2. The territorial level, in relation to the EU/domestic level.

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