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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• The Author
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• General Introduction
• Chapter 1. General Background
• §1. Geography, Location, Size and Boundaries
• §2. The Political System
• §3. Vital Statistics
• I. Employment
• II. Employment in Different Industries
• §4. Underlying Social and Cultural Values of Society
• Chapter 2. Definitions and Notions
• §1. Distinction Between Labour Law (Industrial Relations) and Other Branches of Law, Especially Social Security Law
• I. Social Security Law
• II. Labour Law
• §2. Definitions of Labour Law and of the Concepts Which Are Most Frequently Used
• I. The Employment Relationship
• II. Employee
• III. Employer
• Chapter 3. Historical Background
• Chapter 4. Role of Government Institutions in the Shaping and Administration of Labour and Industrial Relations Policy
• §1. The Directorate of Labour
• §2. The Administration of Occupational Safety and Health
• §3. The State Conciliation and Mediation Officer
• Chapter 5. Sources of Labour Law
• §1. Constitution
• §2. Acts of the Legislature and Judge-Made Law
• §3. The European Economic Area
• §4. Collective Agreements
• §5. The Individual Employment Contract
• §6. Relationship (Hierarchical Order) Between the Different Sources of Labour Law
• Chapter 6. International Private Labour Law
• Part I. The Individual Employment Relation
• Chapter 1. Definition and Concepts
• §1. The Different Categories of Employee
• I. Public Sector Employees
• II. Private Sector Employees
• III. Specific Categories in the Labour Market
• A. Seamen
• B. Foremen
• C. Vocational Trainees
• IV. Self-Employed Persons
• §2. Individual Labour Contracts
• I. Different Categories of Labour Contract
• A. Indefinite Period
• B. Definite Period
• C. Trial Period
• II. Vocational Trainee Contracts
• A. Form and Content (Written or Unwritten, Mandatory Provisions, Etc.)
• B. Changes in Terms of Employment
• C. Transfer of Undertakings
• III. Ability to Conclude an Employment Contract
• A. Competence to Act
• B. Minors
• Chapter 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties During Employment
• §1. Duties of the Employee (Execution of Orders, Responsibilities, Etc.)
• I. Duty to Perform Work and Obey Managerial Authority
• II. Speed of Work
• III. Quality of Work
• IV. Place of Work
• V. Duty to Be Loyal
• §2. Duties of the Employer
• I. Payment of Wages
• II. Managerial Authority
• III. Safety and Working Environment
• IV. Obligations Regarding Equality and Sexual Harassment
• V. Personal Information about Employees
• VI. Tobacco in the Workplace
• Chapter 3. Working Time, Annual Vacations and Holidays
• §1. Working Time
• §2. The Act on Working Environment, Health and Safety of Workers
• §3. Part-Time Workers
• §4. The Act on Part-Time Workers
• §5. Fixed-Term Employment
• §6. The Act on Fixed Term Employment
• §7. Annual Vacation
• §8. The Vacation Act
• §9. Vacation Period
• §10. Vacation Outside the Vacation Period
• §11. Holidays
• Chapter 4. Remuneration and Benefits
• §1. The Concept of Wages
• I. The Payment of Wages
• II. Wage Deductions
• A. Taxes
• B. Pension Insurance
• C. Union Contributions
• D. Child Support Payments
• III. Wage Guarantee Fund
• IV. Equal Wages
• Chapter 5. Incapacity to Work
• §1. Illness and Accidents
• §2. Pregnancy and Childbirth
• I. Pregnancy
• II. Maternity/Paternity and Parental Leave
• A. The Right to Take Maternity/Paternity Leave
• B. The Structure of Maternity/Paternity Leave
• C. The Right to Payments from the Maternity/Paternity Leave Fund
• D. Maternity/Paternity Grants to Parents Who Are Not Active in the Labour Market and Parents Attending Full-time Educational Programmes
• E. Parental Leave
• III. Attending Sick Children
• Chapter 6. Job Security
• §1. General Principles
• §2. Procedure of Termination
• §3. Terms of Notice in the Event of Dismissal
• §4. Partial Termination of Contract
• §5. Immediate Dismissal
• §6. Collective Dismissals
• §7. Transfer of Undertakings
• §8. Public Employees
• §9. Special Protection of Certain Categories of Employee
• I. Trade Union Representatives
• II. Pregnant Women and Those Taking Maternity/Paternity or Parental Leave
• III. Workers Having Family Responsibilities
• IV. Gender
• V. Race, Ethnic Origin, Religion, Belief, Disability, Impaired Working Capacity, Age, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Characteristics or Gender Expression
• VI. Part-Time Workers
• VII. Transfer of Undertakings
• Chapter 7. Protection of Certain Categories of Workers and Protection Against Discrimination in Employment
• §1. People with Disabilities
• §2. Minors
• I. Prohibited Work
• II. Working Hours
• Chapter 8. Gender Equality
• §1. Measures to Promote Gender Equality in the Labour Market
• Chapter 9. Unemployment Benefits
• Chapter 10. Covenants of Non-competition
• Chapter 11. Inventions by Employees
• Chapter 12. Settlement of Disputes
• §1. Grievance Procedures
• I. Reconciliation Committees
• II. Arbitration
• §2. Role of the Courts
• I. The Labour Court
• II. Courts of General Jurisdiction
• Part II. Collective Labour Relations
• Chapter 1. Trade Union Freedom
• §1. Freedom of Association
• §2. Freedom to Form and Join Trade Unions
• §3. Freedom Not to Join Trade Unions
• Chapter 2. Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations
• §1. Concept and Degree of Organisation
• §2. Trade Unions
• I. Role
• II. Structure
• A. The Icelandic Confederation of Labour
• B. Trade Unions Outside Union Associations
• C. Public Sector Unions
• D. The Confederation of Workers of the State and Communities
• E. The Association of Academics
• F. The Icelandic Teachers’ Union
• III. Rule of Membership
• IV. Lawful Restrictions
• A. Education and Qualifications
• B. Profession
• C. Age
• D. Unpaid Union Fees
• V. Unlawful Restrictions
• A. Residence
• B. Nationality
• C. Gender
• D. Membership of Another Trade Union
• VI. Withdrawal from Trade Unions
• VII. Rights and Duties of Trade Union Members
• VIII. Penalties for Violations
• §3. Employers’ Associations
• Chapter 3. Institutionalised Relations
• §1. Health and Safety in the Workplace
• §2. Information and Consultation
• §3. European Work Councils
• §4. Employees’ Representation in Corporate Bodies
• Chapter 4. Collective Bargaining
• §1. The Collective Bargaining System
• §2. Collective Agreements
• I. What is a Collective Agreement?
• II. Parties to a Collective Agreement and Its Entry into Force
• III. Types of Collective Agreement
• A. General Collective Agreements
• B. Special Agreements
• C. Workplace Agreements
• D. Enterprise Agreements
• E. Company-Related Parts of Collective Agreements
• IV. Content of Collective Agreements
• V. Industrial Peace
• VI. Extension and Coverage of Collective Agreements
• VII. Negotiating Schedule
• VIII. Duration and Termination of Collective Agreements
• IX. Interpretation of Collective Agreements
• §3. The Public Sector
• Chapter 5. Strikes, Lockouts and Other Legal Forms of Industrial Action
• §1. Different Categories of Collective Industrial Action
• I. Strike
• II. Lockouts
• III. Sympathy Action
• §2. Legitimacy of Work Stoppages
• I. The Peace Obligation
• II. Unlawful Work Stoppages
• III. Work Stoppage Monitoring
• §3. Formal Requirements of Notice
• I. Form and Content of the Notice
• II. Competence to Give Notice
• §4. Consequences of Such Actions
• I. Accumulation of Rights
• II. Work During Work Stoppage
• III. Liability
• IV. Government Intervention
• §5. The Public Sector
• §6. Statistics
• Chapter 6. Settlement of Industrial Disputes and Protection of Vital Needs
• §1. Industrial Disputes
• §2. The State Conciliation and Meditation Officer
• §3. The Process of Conciliation and Meditation
• I. Compromise Proposal
• II. Rules of Voting
• §4. Arbitration
• §5. Interaction and Role of the Government
• Selected Bibliography
• Table of Directives
• Table of Statutes