Closing the enforcement gap : improving employment standards protections for people in precarious jobs / Leah F. Vosko [and 18 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vosko, Leah F., author.

Series:

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 58.

Studies in comparative political economy and public policy ; 58

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor laws and legislation--Ontario--Cases.

Labor laws and legislation.

Precarious employment--Ontario--Case studies.

Precarious employment.

Labor laws and legislation--Cases.

Precarious employment--Case studies.

Ontario.

Genre:

Case studies.

Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

xviii, 446 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2020]

Summary:

"This manuscript explores the enforcement of employment standards, using a mixed-methods approach to examine Ontario as a case study. Drawing on interviews with workers, community advocates, and enforcement officials as well as new archival research, the manuscript demonstrates that enforcement of the province's Employment Standards Act fails too many workers. In the second part of the manuscript, scholars from the US, UK, Australia, and Quebec present "views from elsewhere" to compare and contrast their cases with that of Ontario, drawing out a widespread "enforcement gap" that pervades nearly all aspects of employment standards. In the end, the manuscript surveys innovative enforcement models that are emerging in a number of jurisdictions and sets out a new vision for the enforcement of employment standards."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Mapping the Enforcement Gap: Historical and Contemporary Dynamics p. 3

Part 1 Charting the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap in Ontario

2 Responsibilization, Reprisal, and (Non-)Remediation: Interrogating the Role of an Individualized Complaints System p. 59

3 Administering Complaints: Dilemmas of Accountability p. 78

4 Recovering Employees' Wages? p. 97

5 The Contradictory Role of Workplace Inspections p. 124

6 The Deterrence Gap: Towards an Explanation p. 147

7 Strengthening Participatory Approaches to Enforcement p. 177

Part 2 Views from Elsewhere: Contextualizing the Employment Standards Enforcement Gap in Ontario

8 Unpaid Britain: Challenges of Enforcement and Wage Recovery p. 201

9 Out of the Shadows and into the Spotlight: The Sweeping Evolution of Employment Standards Enforcement in Australia p. 221

10 Enforcing Employment Standards in Quebec: One Step Forward, Two Steps Backward? p. 242

11 Improving Workplace Conditions through Strategic Enforcement: The U.S. Experience p. 260

12 Improving Employment Standards Enforcement for People in Precarious Jobs p. 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781487506391

1487506392

9781487524319

1487524315

OCLC:

1121454404