Regulating flexible work / [electronic resource]
McCann, Deirdre M.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2008.
This work examines the regulation of 'flexible' or 'non-standard' forms of work, including part-time, temporary and temporary agency work. It explores how labour law can evolve to protect workers more adequately in the changing workforces and evolving working arrangements of contemporary industrialised economies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.
Non-standard work, flexibility, and United Kingdom labour law -- The employee' and 'the worker' : The fragmented expansion of UK labour law -- Ensuring equality and availability : the regulation of part-time work -- Permanency and protection : the incomplete integration of temporary work into United Kingdom labour law -- Temporary agency work : capturing the tripartite working relationship -- Conclusions : non-standard work, labour market flexibility, and contemporary labour law-an inchoate reform.
This work examines the regulation of 'flexible' or 'non-standard' forms of work, including part-time, temporary and temporary agency work. It explores how labour law can evolve to protect workers more adequately in the changing workforces and evolving working arrangements of contemporary industrialised economies.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Description based on print version record.
Flextime
Hours of labor
Labor laws and legislation
Equal pay for equal work
Temporary employment
Hours of labor, Flexible
Flexible work arrangements
Hours of labor
Labor laws and legislation
Equal pay for equal work
Temporary employment
Law - Non-U.S.
Law, Politics & Government
Law - Great Britain