Employers' Prerogatives

This book demonstrates how EC law has changed the traditional paradigm of Nordic labour law.The book argues that the integration of EC law into Nordic labour law provides a legal basis for requiring Nordic employers to observe a general standard of objectivity vis-a-vis their individual employees. This objectivity norm encompasses the EC law principles of non-discrimination, proportionality, effectiveness and legal certainty.

Within Nordic labour law there has traditionally been a stronger emphasis on collective labour law and a weaker protection of individual employment rights than in other EU countries. It is the author's submission that EC law gives rise to a fundamental shift in the traditional paradigm of Nordic labour law as regards general framework, sources of law and general legal principles.