This book traces the evolution of EU employment law and social policy from its essentially economic origins in the Treaty of Rome through to the emerging themes post-Amsterdam: co-ordination of national employment policies, modernisation of social laws and combating discrimination. Each stage of development of Community employment law and social policy is analysed in depth to give a sense of perspective to this fast changing field. As the EU seeks to meet the challenges of globalisation the need to develop social policy as a productive factor has come to the fore