Extraterritorial Employment Standards Of The United States

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Author: James Michael Zimmerman

ISBN-10: 0899304982

ISBN-13: 9780899304984

Category: Careers & Employment

This book offers an exhaustive analysis of extraterritorial employment standards. Part I addresses the U.S. role in the enforcement of internationally recognized worker rights in the world community. Worker rights include the right of association; the right to organize and bargain collectively; a prohibition on the use of any form of forced or compulsory labor; a minimum age for the employment of children; acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and...

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This book examines U.S. efforts to regulate the foreign workplace by imposing extraterritorial standards by private rights of action or by trade and investment incentives.

AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1IU.S. Enforcement of Internationally Recognized Worker Rights51Development of International Fair Labor Standards72Preferential Duty Programs and Overseas Worker Rights293Investment Guarantee Programs and Overseas Worker Rights574Trade Sanctions, Import Restrictions, and Overseas Worker Rights755Fair Employment Codes of Conduct and Overseas Operations93IIU.S. Fair Employment Standards and Citizens Employed Abroad1096Historical Overview of Extraterritorial Fair Employment Standards1117Extraterritorial Wage and Hour Regulation1218Overseas Equal Employment Opportunity1319Extraterritorial Worker Compensation Programs151IIIImplications and Policy Concerns15710Extraterritorial Employment Standards: Implications and Policy Concerns159Selected Bibliography189Index195