Temporary work, agencies and unfree labour
Temporary work, agencies and unfree labour insecurity in the new world of work / [electronic resource] :
edited by Judy Fudge and Kendra Strauss.
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
- xii, 217 p. : ill.
- Routledge studies in employment and work relations in context ; 11 .
- Routledge studies in employment and work relations in context ; 11. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Temporary work, agencies and unfree labour : insecurity in the new world of work / Kendra Strauss and Judy Fudge -- 2. Selling flexibility : temporary staffing in a volatile economy / Nik Theodore and Jamie Peck -- 3. Power politics and precariousness : the regulation of temporary agency work in the European Union / Michael Wynn -- 4. Placing Filipino caregivers in Canadian homes : regulating transnational employment agencies in British Columbia / Judy Fudge and Daniel Parrott -- 5. The creation of distinctive national temporary staffing markets / Neil M. Coe and Kevin Ward -- 6. The persistence of unfree labour : the rise of temporary employment agencies in South Africa and Namibia / Paul Benjamin -- 7. Temporary work in China : precarity in an emerging labour market / Feng Xu -- 8. Unfree labour and the regulation of temporary agency work in the UK / Kendra Strauss -- 9. Leased labour and the erosion of workers' protection : the boundaries of the regulation of temporary employment agencies in Quâebec / Stâephanie Bernstein and Guylaine Vallâee.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203111390 (e-book : PDF)
Temporary employment.
Employment agencies.
Labor market.
Job security.
Electronic books.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Temporary work, agencies and unfree labour : insecurity in the new world of work / Kendra Strauss and Judy Fudge -- 2. Selling flexibility : temporary staffing in a volatile economy / Nik Theodore and Jamie Peck -- 3. Power politics and precariousness : the regulation of temporary agency work in the European Union / Michael Wynn -- 4. Placing Filipino caregivers in Canadian homes : regulating transnational employment agencies in British Columbia / Judy Fudge and Daniel Parrott -- 5. The creation of distinctive national temporary staffing markets / Neil M. Coe and Kevin Ward -- 6. The persistence of unfree labour : the rise of temporary employment agencies in South Africa and Namibia / Paul Benjamin -- 7. Temporary work in China : precarity in an emerging labour market / Feng Xu -- 8. Unfree labour and the regulation of temporary agency work in the UK / Kendra Strauss -- 9. Leased labour and the erosion of workers' protection : the boundaries of the regulation of temporary employment agencies in Quâebec / Stâephanie Bernstein and Guylaine Vallâee.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203111390 (e-book : PDF)
Temporary employment.
Employment agencies.
Labor market.
Job security.
Electronic books.