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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784168303321

Titolo

Precarious work, women and the new economy [[electronic resource] ] : the challenge to legal norms / / edited by Judy Fudge and Rosemary Owens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Hart Publishing, 2006

ISBN

1-280-80102-6

9786610801022

1-84731-215-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

Oñati international series in law and society

Altri autori (Persone)

FudgeJudy

OwensRosemary J

Disciplina

331.2572

Soggetti

Women - Employment - Law and legislation

Labor contract - Economic aspects

Temporary employment - Law and legislation

Flextime - Law and legislation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A series published for the Oñati Institute for the Sociology of Law.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Half Title; Half Title verso; Title Page; Title verso; Acknowledgments; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes, Statutory Instruments, Guidelines and International Treaties and Conventions; Table of Abbreviations; Part I: Introduction; Part II: Supranational Norms and Discources about Precarious Work; Part III: Working Time and Precarious Work; Part IV: A Matter of Status? Protecting Precarious Workers; Part V: Old Laws/New Workers; Part VI: The Challenge of Flexibility; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Globalisation, the shift from manufacturing to services as a source of employment, and the spread of information-based systems and technologies have given birth to a new economy, which emphasises flexibility in the labour market and in employment relations. These changes have led to the erosion of the standard (industrial) employment relationship and an increase in precarious work - work which is poorly paid and insecure. Women perform a disproportionate amount of precarious work. This collection of original essays by leading



scholars on labour law and women's work explores the relationship be