...Dr Michael Beenstock, Professor Raul Ramos and Professor Jordi Suriñach; Claudia Cigagna; Giovanni Sulis Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of unemployment and labour institutions such as employment protection legislation, coverage of unemployment benefits, minimum wages...

...Dr Raul Eamets and Dr Krista Jaakson; Liina Malk Purpose – Employment law reform enforced in Estonia in mid-2009 provides a good opportunity to examine the outcomes of employment protection legislation (EPL). The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of the reduction in EPL on labour...

... are based on layoff survivors. The role of fairness among layoff survivors may differ from its role among highly insecure employees pertaining to organisations that are not going through organisational changes. Employment protection Employee attitudes Uncertainty management Spain Job...

...Uwe Blien; Elke J. Jahn; Gesine Stephan; Elke J. Jahn Purpose Employment protection legislation defines social criteria according to which firms can dismiss workers. If firms evade the law, then negotiation about compensation begins. To reduce the legal and financial uncertainty often associated...

... one day prior to the announcement date and the Wall Street Journal (December 10, 1991) reported that investors tend to view layoff announcements as a signal to buy stock in the announcing firm. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Employment protection Profit Shareholders...