Overview
- Discusses the need of a legal protection at national and global levels to address the use of temporary employment contracts by employers
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (BRIEFSSECUR, volume 9)
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Table of contents (4 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- ICESCR Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- ILO standards
- CDHRI Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam
- OIC rganisation of Islamic Conference
- Job security in Islamic countries
- Employment in Islamic jurisprudence
About this book
This book discusses the need of a legal protection at national and global levels to address the use of temporary employment contracts by employers. Chapter 1 reviews some theories of job security, showing how job security issues should be regulated in labour laws to protect workers and also how temporary contracts affect job security. Chapter 2 examines legal protection of job security in temporary contract in international contexts where it examines the concept and need for job security and job protection especially for temporary contracts based on three United Nations’ instruments, namely, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Chapter 3 studies the ILO standards in relation to job security and temporary contracts as well as those covered by the Philadelphia Declaration and other conventions and recommendations.Chapter 4 discusses Islamic jurisprudence on jobs and job security. The main aims of this chapter is to provide the framework for protecting workers as a means to enhance job security in the world especially in Islam. It discusses Islamic jurisprudence concerning work and job conditions. The Islamic precept is based on the Qur’an and Hadith and these sources are used to explain the concept of jobs in Islam. In addition, this chapter also examines the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam (CDHRI).
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Mehdi Shabannia Mansour is currently Associate Professor in Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, PhD of Law in National University of Malaysia (UKM) and Lawyer and Legal Advisor, Member of Editorial and Reviewer’s Board in Athens Journal of Law. Mehdi has published several articles in reputable international journals.
Kamal Halili Hassan is Professor of law at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Chairman of UKM Press. Editor in Chief of Jurnal Kanun. Member of the University’ Senate. He has published many books and articles especially on labour law. A consultant on occupational safety and health law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Job Security and Temporary Employment Contracts
Book Subtitle: Theories and Global Standards
Authors: Mehdi Shabannia Mansour, Kamal Halili Hassan
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92114-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92113-6Published: 06 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92114-3Published: 28 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2193-3162
Series E-ISSN: 2193-3170
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 102
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Labour Law/Social Law