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

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Hart Publishing, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.2572
• Soggetto topico: Women - Employment - Law and legislation; Labor contract - Economic aspects; Temporary employment - Law and legislation; Flextime - Law and legislation
• Soggetto non controllato: Precarious employment relationships
• Altri autori: FudgeJudy OwensRosemary J
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Precarious work, women and the new economy
• ISBN: 1-280-80102-6; 9786610801022; 1-84731-215-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784168303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oñati international series in law and society.