East Asian Labor and Employment Law
International and Comparative Context

This book deals with international labor and employment law in the East Asia region (EA).

Ronald C. Brown (Author)

9781107018334, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 March 2012

570 pages, 18 b/w illus. 14 tables
23.4 x 15.9 x 3 cm, 0.89 kg

"Ron Brown has woven together a masterful mosaic of information on the global tectonics that in-house labor and employment lawyers must consider when advising their clients about the East Asian reaches of its employment and staffing structures. As multi-national enterprises expand their value chain in this region, issues of direct foreign investment, out-sourcing, supply chain management, and conflicting cultures and laws all bear upon deployment of human capital. Professor Brown thoughtfully addresses these issues and offers a rich discussion of the labor and employment laws of East Asia. His ability to place these laws in a global context of a transfiguring world economy is what makes this book especially important for in-house labor and employment counsel. His thorough analysis is both fascinating and informative. Professor Brown’s book allows employment professionals to understand the cultural and governmental context from which East Asian laws and regulations governing these employment practices have emerged – and to even sense their likely evolution."
- Mark Nordstrom, Senior Labor and Employment Law Counsel, General Electric Company

This book deals with international labor and employment law in the East Asia Region (EA), particularly dealing with China, South Korea and Japan. It explores and explains the effects of globalization and discusses the role played by international labor law as it affects lawyers, business, labor, labor unions and human resource management, and the labor issues that can arise in dealing in EA trade and investment. The text, and the readings (from area experts), are organized and written to provide the reader with, first, a broad understanding and insight into the global dimensions of the fast-emerging area of labor and employment issues (e.g., global legal standards and their interplay with domestic and foreign laws); and second, to show how these laws and approaches play out in specific EA countries (comparing global approaches with the specific laws of each country on four common agenda items: regulatory administration, workers' rights, trade unions and dispute resolution).

1. Perspective: globalism and its impacts
2. Global legal standards
3. Agenda items: criteria, alternatives, and evaluative standards
4. East Asian labor law regimes
5. Evaluating comparative and competitive advantages in East Asian HRM practices.

Subject Areas: Employment & labour law [LNH], Law [L], Politics & government [JP]