LEADER 03798nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910813544503321 005 20230913175940.0 010 $a1-282-86720-2 010 $a9786612867200 010 $a0-7735-7676-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773576766 035 $a(CKB)2670000000080580 035 $a(OCoLC)713186579 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10424273 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478747 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11291967 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478747 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435126 035 $a(PQKB)10674611 035 $a(CEL)432980 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00225572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3271311 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3332066 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3332066 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10559015 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286720 035 $a(OCoLC)923234649 035 $a(DE-B1597)656102 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773576766 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000080580 100 $a20090527h20092009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRegulating flexibility $ethe political economy of employment standards /$fMark P. Thomas 210 1$aMontreal ;$aIthaca :$cMcGill-Queens University Press,$d2009. 210 4$aŠ2009 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 248 pages) 311 0 $a0-7735-3528-4 311 0 $a0-7735-3516-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a"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. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aLabor laws and legislation$xSocial aspects$zCanada 606 $aLabor laws and legislation$zCanada 606 $aManpower policy$zCanada 615 0$aLabor laws and legislation$xSocial aspects 615 0$aLabor laws and legislation 615 0$aManpower policy 676 $a344.7101 700 $aThomas$b Mark P$g(Mark Preston),$f1969-$01686939 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813544503321 996 $aRegulating flexibility$94060043 997 $aUNINA