Precarious Work, Women And the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms (O~nati International Series in Law and Society)

Half Title......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 3
Title Page......Page 5
Title verso......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 11
Table of Cases......Page 15
Table of Statutes, Statutory Instruments, Guidelines and International Treaties and Conventions......Page 21
Table of Abbreviations......Page 29
Part I: Introduction......Page 31
1.  Precarious Work, Women, and the New Economy: The Challenge to Legal Norms......Page 33
GLOBALISATION AND THE NEW ECONOMY......Page 34
LEGAL NORMS AND INSTITUTIONS......Page 46
STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK......Page 52
Part II: Supranational Norms and Discources about Precarious Work......Page 59
INTRODUCTION......Page 61
GOOD GOVERNANCE AND THE NORMALISATION OFPRECARIOUS WORK......Page 65
DIFFUSING GOOD GOVERNANCE NORMS......Page 70
CONCLUSION......Page 81
3.  Gender, Precarious Work, and the International Labour Code: The Ghost in the ILO Closet......Page 83
THE OLD MALE NORM IN THE NEW INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CODE......Page 84
NEW INSTRUMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CODE:REGULATING PRECARIOUS WORK......Page 89
RECONFIGURING TIME, PLACE, AND STATUS:PITFALLS OF AN EQUAL-TREATMENT APPROACH......Page 100
CONCLUSION......Page 105
INTRODUCTION......Page 107
DEFINING AND MEASURING PRECARIOUS EMPLOYMENTIN THE EU......Page 109
THE EUROPEAN EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY AND WOMEN’S PRECARIOUS WORK......Page 113
WHAT DOES THE EUROPEAN UNION’S EMPLOYMENT POLICY AGENDA MEAN FOR POLICIES ON PRECARIOUS WORK?......Page 116
REGULATING OR REGULARISING PRECARIOUS WORK......Page 121
CONCLUSIONS: SOFT REGULATION AND PRECARIOUS WORK......Page 125
Part III: Working Time and Precarious Work......Page 129
INTRODUCTION......Page 131
LORD DENNING ON (GENDER), WORK AND TIME......Page 132
EP THOMPSON ON (GENDER) WORK AND TIME......Page 136
THE LEGAL REGULATION OF WORKING TIME IN BRITAIN......Page 140
CONCLUSION......Page 157
INTRODUCTION......Page 161
FEMINIST APPROACHES TO WORKING TIME IN THE UNITEDSTATES......Page 163
THE NEED FOR A REDUCED WORKWEEK......Page 167
PROBLEMS ACTUALISING A REDUCED WORKWEEK IN THE FACE OF GLOBALISATION AND NEW LIBERALISM......Page 171
CONCLUSION......Page 179
WHAT IS AN EMPLOYMENT BREAK?......Page 183
TWO WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT EMPLOYMENT BREAKS......Page 184
THE LEGAL RELEVANCE OF CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT:CONTRACTUAL AND STATUTORY CONTINUITY......Page 191
STATUTORY LEAVE PERIODS AND CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT......Page 193
EMPLOYER FAMILY LEAVE SCHEMES AND CONTINUOUS EMPLOYMENT......Page 201
PRECARIOUS WORKING LIVES AND FAMILY BREAKS......Page 203
Part IV: A Matter of Status? Protecting Precarious Workers......Page 205
8.  Precarious Norms for Precarious Workers......Page 207
WOMEN ON THE MARGINS: PRECARIOUS WORK AND GENDER......Page 209
PRECARIOUS NORMS: HISTORY AND CONTEXT......Page 212
THE ROLE OF THE COURTS......Page 217
EQUALITY AND PRECARIOUS WORKERS......Page 224
MINIMUM WAGE AND MAXIMUM WORKING TIME......Page 228
CONCLUSION......Page 229
INTRODUCTION......Page 231
A TYPOLOGY OF SELF-EMPLOYMENT......Page 233
THE ILO AND THE SCOPE OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP......Page 234
WOMEN AND SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN CANADA......Page 239
THE LEGAL BOUNDARY OF LABOUR PROTECTION......Page 245
CONCLUSION......Page 250
INTRODUCTION......Page 253
PORTRAYING PAID CARE WORK IN THE HOME......Page 254
THE WORK/CARE DEBATE......Page 257
(DE)COMPARTMENTALISING CARE WORK:THE QUEBEC LABOUR STANDARDS ACT......Page 259
LEGAL FICTION: CARE WORKERS AS BUSINESSWOMEN......Page 266
GLOBALISATION AND REDEFINING COMMODIFICATION......Page 267
CONCLUSION......Page 269
Part V: Old Laws/New Workers......Page 271
INTRODUCTION......Page 273
THE NEW EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP......Page 274
THE CHANGING NATURE OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION......Page 276
THE NATURE OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE BOUNDARY-LESS WORKPLACE......Page 278
REDRESSING DISCRIMINATION IN THE NEW WORKPLACE......Page 289
CONCLUSION......Page 293
INTRODUCTION......Page 295
NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT IS INSECURE......Page 297
A CLOSER LOOK AT FIXED-TERM EMPLOYMENT......Page 302
THE NORM OF THE STANDARD EMPLOYEE IS NOT GENDER-NEUTRAL......Page 307
CHANGED WORKING LIFE—A NEW GENDER DIVISION......Page 310
THE INCIDENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRECARIOUS WORK......Page 313
LEGAL REGULATION ENCOURAGING PRECARIOUS WORK ARRANGEMENTS......Page 319
COUNTERVAILING MEASURES—(LIMITED) PROTECTION FOR PRECARIOUS WORKERS......Page 325
CONCLUSION......Page 333
Part VI: The Challenge of Flexibility......Page 335
INTRODUCTION......Page 337
EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE NETHERLANDS......Page 338
NON-STANDARD FORMS OF EMPLOYMENT......Page 339
LEGISLATION TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS......Page 342
DIFFERENTIATION OF WORKING TIME DURING LIFETIME......Page 347
ASSESSMENT AND PROSPECTS......Page 354
INTRODUCTION......Page 359
CREATING FLEXIBILITY AT WORK......Page 361
THE FLEXIBILITY AGENDA......Page 367
TRANSFORMING PRECARIOUS WORK......Page 370
FLEXIBILITY WITH EQUALITY......Page 371
FLEXIBILITY WITH SECURITY......Page 376
FLEXIBLE STANDARDS......Page 379
PRECARIOUS WORK AND FLEXIBILITY:CHALLENGING LEGAL NORMS?......Page 382
References......Page 383
Index......Page 425