Regulating flexible work / Deirdre McCann. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCann, Deirdre M.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford monographs on labour law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flextime--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Flextime.

Hours of labor--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Hours of labor.

Labor laws and legislation--Great Britain.

Labor laws and legislation.

Equal pay for equal work--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Equal pay for equal work.

Temporary employment--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Temporary employment.

Flexible work arrangements--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Flexible work arrangements.

Labor laws and legislation--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Temporary employment--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 198 p. )

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-191) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-171178-0