In a contemporary labour market that includes growing levels of
precarious employment, the regulation of minimum employment standards
is intricately connected to conditions of economic security. With a
focus on the role of neoliberal labour market policies in promoting
"flexible" employment standards legislation - particularly in the
areas of minimum wages and working time - Mark Thomas argues that
shifts toward "flexible" legislation have played a central role in
producing patterns of labour market inequality. Using an analytic
framework that situates employment standards within the context of the
broader social relations that shape processes of labour market
regulation, Thomas constructs a case study of employment standards
legislation in Ontario from 1884 to 2004. Drawing from political
economy scholarship, and using a qualitative research methodology, he
analyses class, race, and gender dimensions of legislative
developments, highlighting the ways in which shifts towards "flexible"
employment standards have exacerbated longstanding racialized and
gendered inequities. Regulating Flexibility argues that in order to
counter current trends towards increased insecurity, employment
standards should not be treated as a secondary form of labour
protection but as a cornerstone in a progressive project of labour
market re-regulation.
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The Political Economy of Employment Standards
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780773576766
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
ACP - McGill Queen's University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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