Launched in 1997, the Studies in Employment and Social Policy Series now boasts over thirty titles, addressing key policy and development issues in the fields of Industrial Relations, Labour Law, Social Security, and International Labour Regulation.

Under the direction of its General Editors, Professor Alan Neal (Founding Editor of the International Journal of Labour Law and Industrial Relations, and Convenor of the European Association of Labour Law Judges), Professor Manfred Weiss (past-President of the International Industrial Relations Association) and Professor Birgitta Nyström (Professor of Private Law at the Law Faculty, University of Lund, Sweden), Studies in Employment and Social Policy seeks to provide a forum for highlighting international and comparative research on contemporary areas of significance for evaluation and regulation of the world of work.

With contributions from leading figures in the field, Studies in Employment and Social Policy brings together key policy-makers, academics, and regulators, providing a unique context in which to analyse and evaluate the rapid and dramatic work and social policy developments taking place across the globe.