BY WAY OF CONCLUSION - LABOR-LAW AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS

After outlining his assessment of the state of labour law, the author reflects on the nature and future of work, on the ideas involved and t he historical process through which it has passed. He then considers t he contrasting concepts of work vs. training, remunerated vs. unremune rated work, wage employment vs. self-employment, and private- vs. publ ic-sector work. Finally, he addresses the question of employment trans itions, and of a possible transition between an old and a new form of labour law.