03798nam 2200685Ia 450 991078983240332120230913175940.01-282-86720-297866128672000-7735-7676-210.1515/9780773576766(CKB)2670000000080580(OCoLC)713186579(CaPaEBR)ebrary10424273(SSID)ssj0000478747(PQKBManifestationID)11291967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478747(PQKBWorkID)10435126(PQKB)10674611(CEL)432980(CaBNvSL)slc00225572(MiAaPQ)EBC3271311(MiAaPQ)EBC3332066(Au-PeEL)EBL3332066(CaPaEBR)ebr10559015(CaONFJC)MIL286720(OCoLC)923234649(DE-B1597)656102(DE-B1597)9780773576766(EXLCZ)99267000000008058020090527h20092009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRegulating flexibility the political economy of employment standards /Mark P. ThomasMontreal ;Ithaca :McGill-Queens University Press,2009.©20091 online resource (viii, 248 pages)0-7735-3528-4 0-7735-3516-0 Includes bibliographical references and index."Labour flexibility" and the political economy of employment standards -- The origins of flexible employment standards -- Recessions, reforms, and labour market transformation, 1970s-1990s -- Back to the sixty-hour work week : flexible employment standards for the "new economy" -- Working for better standards? Labour market regulation in a global economy.In a contemporary labour market that includes growing levels of precarious employment, the regulation of minimum employment standards is intricately connected to conditions of economic security. With a focus on the role of neoliberal labour market policies in promoting "flexible" employment standards legislation - particularly in the areas of minimum wages and working time - Mark Thomas argues that shifts toward "flexible" legislation have played a central role in producing patterns of labour market inequality. Using an analytic framework that situates employment standards within the context of the broader social relations that shape processes of labour market regulation, Thomas constructs a case study of employment standards legislation in Ontario from 1884 to 2004. Drawing from political economy scholarship, and using a qualitative research methodology, he analyses class, race, and gender dimensions of legislative developments, highlighting the ways in which shifts towards "flexible" employment standards have exacerbated longstanding racialized and gendered inequities. Regulating Flexibility argues that in order to counter current trends towards increased insecurity, employment standards should not be treated as a secondary form of labour protection but as a cornerstone in a progressive project of labour market re-regulation.Labor laws and legislationSocial aspectsCanadaLabor laws and legislationCanadaManpower policyCanadaLabor laws and legislationSocial aspectsLabor laws and legislationManpower policy344.7101Thomas Mark P(Mark Preston),1969-1510974MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789832403321Regulating flexibility3743987UNINA