Exploring the case for European Union intervention in domestic labour law, this monograph sets out the various arguments which can be made for EU intervention. It goes on to consider the different ways in which the EU has intervened, aiming to provide insight into the implications of shifts in policy-making technique.

Instead it provides a framework to enable the reader to think about the role that the EU has, and should, play in this field, and argues that European level intervention can make a valuable contribution to the making of labour law in European Member States.

1. Introduction
Introduction
What is EU Intervention in Domestic Labour Law?
The Three Rationales for EU Intervention
Competence Questions
An Analysis of EU Interventions
A Map of What is to Follow
2. The Three Rationales for EU Intervention in Domestic Labour Law
Introduction
The Integrationist Rationale
The Relationship Between the Integrationist Rationale and the Economic and Social Rationales
The Economic Rationale
The Social Rationale
The Relationship Between the Economic and Social Rationales
3. Competence Questions
Introduction
Arguments For and Against Centralization in Today's EU
The Principle of Conferral
The Principle of Subsidiarity
The Principle of Proportionality
The Potential of Subsidiarity and Proportionality
Conclusions
4. The Intervention of the Court of Justice
Introduction
The Negative Integration Case Law of the Court of Justice
Conclusions
5. The Interventions of the Political Institutions
Introduction
The Relationship Between Negative Integration and the Interventions of the Political Institutions
The Harmonization or Approximation of National Labour Law Regimes
Minimum Standard Setting and Other More Flexible Approaches
The Open Method of Coordination
6. Conclusions