In the global era, controversies abound over temporary labour migration. However labour migration has not previously been subjected to a sustained socio-legal analysis on a comparative basis, critiquing the underpinning concepts conventionally accepted as fundamental in this area. This collection of essays aims to fill that void. Complex regulatory challenges arise from temporary labour migration. This collection examines these challenges and the extent to which temporary labour migration programs can be ethical, equitable, and efficacious, and so deliver decent work for workers. While the...
In the global era, controversies abound over temporary labour migration. However labour migration has not previously been subjected to a sustained soc...
This book critically examines the proper role of the law in protecting job security in the contemporary workplace. It provides a historical, theoretical, practical and comparative perspective on this under-researched, but fundamentally important, legal mechanism at a time when the pressure to deregulate and dilute worker-protective laws has taken on increased importance. The volume critically analyses both statute and case law from three advanced industrialised liberal democracies with a common law foundation, the UK, Australia and the USA, to understand the extent to which job security is...
This book critically examines the proper role of the law in protecting job security in the contemporary workplace. It provides a historical, theore...