We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of temporary agency work prior to the crisis. Overall, our results suggest that establishments with a gr...

Scanning recent news sources, anyone preparing for the upcoming celebration of Christmas might wonder how exactly we can manage to celebrate wholeheartedly in a global climate of terrorist attacks, massive migrations of traumatized war victims and economic refugees, and generalized fear for the future. Commentators, syndicated columnists and political cartoonists in recent times have highlighte...

s:1462:"Informed consent is central to the doctor-patient relationship and especially to respect the autonomy of the patient that is one of the four principles of biomedical ethics. According to article 190 of Civil Code "consent of both parties is an essential provision for a contract to be made" and according to the definition of contract under Article 183 of the same code, it seems that the ...

dispute resolution procedures in contract construction: from iran’s legal and imamiyeh fiqh perspectives solmaz hadi [1] morteza haji pour [2] abstract in iranian civil law, in spite of the long tradition of using alternative dispute resolution (adr) methods, and existence of rules and regulation regarding conciliation and compromise, the use of adr methods were not welcomed by the conflicting ...