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Pope John Paul II's concept of the indirect employer as exemplified by transnational corporations

Publication date: 05.09.2019

Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy, Volume 26 (2019), Volume 26 Issue 4, pp. 291 - 301

https://doi.org/10.4467/25444654SPP.19.020.10910

Authors

Paweł Czarnecki
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warszawa, Polska, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-1014 Orcid
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Pope John Paul II's concept of the indirect employer as exemplified by transnational corporations

Abstract

The term “indirect employer” when used in labour law literature usually refers to the usage of work performed by persons formally employed by a third party. In such a situation, employee seems to have the direct (formal) employer and the indirect one who appropriates the results of the work done without entering into an employment relationship. Pope John Paul II in the encyclical Laborem Exercens uses the notion of the indirect employer in a somewhat different meaning. The Pope refers rather to the sphere of politics and the ability to shape the statutory labour law or the actual working (living) standards for the entire society. The article explains the concept of the indirect employer as it was used in the encyclical and indicates the ideas that are behind it. The article also attempts to show the usefulness of the John Paul II’s concept of the indirect employer in considering issues related to the transnational corporations and labour law.

ASJC: 3308

JEL: K31

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Information: Studies on Labour Law and Social Policy, Volume 26 (2019), Volume 26 Issue 4, pp. 291 - 301

Article type: Original article

Titles:

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Pope John Paul II's concept of the indirect employer as exemplified by transnational corporations

English:

Pope John Paul II's concept of the indirect employer as exemplified by transnational corporations

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-1014

Paweł Czarnecki
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warszawa, Polska, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6997-1014 Orcid
All publications →

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Dewajtis 5, 01-815 Warszawa, Polska, Poland

Published at: 05.09.2019

Article status: Open

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