Managing the margins : gender, citizenship, and the international regulation of precarious employment / Leah F. Vosko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vosko, Leah F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Part-time employment.

Temporary employment.

Part-time employment--Law and legislation.

Temporary employment--Law and legislation.

Women--Employment.

Women.

Foreign workers.

Women--Employment--Law and legislation.

Foreign workers--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 311 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Summary:

Using examples from Canada, the US, Australia and the EU, this work probes national and international regulatory responses to the shift from full-time permanent jobs towards part-time, temporary and self-employment. It analyzes their implications for workers most often precariously employed, particularly women and migrants.

Contents:

Forging a gender contract in early national and international labour regulation

Constructing and consolidating the standard employment relationship in international labour regulation

The partial eclipse of the SER and the dynamics of SER‑centrism in international labour regulations

Regulating part‑time employment : Equal treatment and its limits

Regulating temporary employment : Equal treatment, qualified

Self‑employment and the regulation of the employment relationship : From equal treatment to effective protection

Alternatives to the SER.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-289) and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Vosko, Leah F. Managing the margins.

ISBN:

9780191572012

0191572012

9786612383472

661238347X

9780191614521

0191614521

9781282383470

1282383477

OCLC:

539327910

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license