Full Description
This authoritative commentary prepared by scholars from the Academic Network on the European Social Charter and Social Rights (ANESC) is intended for academic researchers studying social and economic rights in Europe and legal practitioners, civil society organisations, trade unions and state representatives engaging with the procedures of the European Committee of Social Rights. The text comprises contributions from a diverse group of experts, bringing together senior and young scholars from various countries and legal traditions, expertise in social and economic rights, coupled with a commitment to enhancing the European system for regulating these rights.
The commentary consists of 106 chapters, organised into eight volumes on the substantive obligations of State Parties to the European Social Charter and the practice of the European Committee of Social Rights. Other chapters delve into the procedures that state representatives, international bodies and applicants must follow to engage with the Charter system.
Volume 4 encompasses Articles 20 to 31, which enshrine several rights of workers, of the elderly, the right to housing, as well as the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion. In this commentary, these provisions are tackled not only through doctrinal lenses, but also taking into account the jurisprudence of the European Committee of Social Rights and other international standards.
Contents
Preliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Notes on Contributors
20 The Right to Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment in Matters of Employment and Occupation without Discrimination on the Grounds of Sex
Anastasia Poulou
21 The Right of Employees to Information and Consultation in the Company
Filip Dorssemont and Johan Peeters
22 The Right to Take Part in the Determination and Improvement of the Working Conditions and Working Environment
Ana Teresa Ribeiro and Filipe Venade de Sousa
23 The Right of Elderly Persons to Social Protection
Maria Paula Ribeiro de Faria and Luísa Andias Gonçalves
24 The Right to Protection in Cases of Termination of Employment
Bruno Mestre
25 The Right of Workers to the Protection of Their Claims in the Event of the Insolvency of Their Employer
Kübra Doğan-Yenisey
26 The Right to Dignity at Work
Güçlü Akyürek, Canan Ünal Adinir and Deniz Ugan Çatalkaya
27 The Right of Workers with Family Responsibilities to Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment
Giovanni Calvellini
28 The Right of Workers' Representatives to Protection in the Undertaking and Facilities to Be Accorded to Them
Septimiu Panainte
29 The Right to Information and Consultation in Collective Redundancy Procedures
Giuseppe Antonio Recchia
30 The Right to Protection against Poverty and Social Exclusion
Carol Nivard
31 The Right to Housing
Silvio Troilo
Selected Bibliography
