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This book examines how the law has limitations to the extent that it can combat repression, isolation, and inequality. The main point the book explores is that isolation and inequality cannot be solved by driving up wages and having better working conditions. The true divide between management and workers is the inability of management to see the workers as people, and not just numbers. ""The Swiss novelist Max Frisch remarked at the time, ‘We imported workers and got men instead.’"" This encapsulates the dilemma of management – how to distance one’s self enough from workers to command respect yet not too distant as to be seen as inhumane. How can isolation and inequality within the workplace be overcome? Regulation and Inequality at Work shows how workers can have an increased voice by using tools outside of the typical legal ones. Without state protection, the rights can be viewed as less stringent. Working outside the system allows for greater malleability and flexibility to be able to cater to individual workers in individual workplaces. Workers’ rights are about better working conditions, hourly wages, and benefits, but are also about being treated in a more civilized manner where one’s humanity is recognized. Only through all of these parts working together will a true version of workers’ rights emerge—one where workers are not viewed as mere tools but within and of the system itself. It shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic and will be of interest both to students at an advanced level, academics and reflective practitioners in the fields of business and company law, labour law, and employment law.

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Author:   Vanisha Sukdeo
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781138323421

ISBN 10:   113832342
Pages:   154
Publication Date:   03 July 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments List of tables and figures Overview of the book Chapter One - Historical background North America The divergent paths of corporate law and labour law Brief historical background of the corporation Winnipeg General Strike Workers in Developing Countries: Is An Obligation Implied or Imposed? The Specter of the Specter of Marx Workers’ Plight 1800s 1900s 2000s Nike Arm’s Length exploitation On the factory floor Neoliberalism and Ontario laws in the 1990s Canadian legislation - the Ontario government under Harris Bill 7 (1995) Bill 31 (1998) Bill 139 (2000) Bibliography for Chapter One Chapter Two - Current Structure of Labour and Employment Law Canada Right to Strike Framework of Fairness Agreement Recognition Strikes The Framework of Fairness Agreement Criticism of the FFA Works Councils and the German Model The German Model Factory Occupations U.S.A. Precarious work Independent Workers? Employees, Workers, or something else entirely? Everyone’s a critic - yet no one is in charge Let me talk to your manager – wait, you don’t have one? No manager. Who trained you? Who is immune? Wavering Work Gigging the Economy: What’s Old is New Again Platform capitalism and the new economy Labour platforms Uber and Seattle Uber loses its license in London Capital platforms Workplaces and Work Spaces Open offices No workplace and just space Technology and the ever-lengthening chain Bibliography for Chapter Two Chapter Three - How can the law be changed Legislative framework Fiduciary duty to workers Fiduciary Duties How traditional Corporate governance has failed workers Corporations as Citizens ‘Good corporate citizen’ to ‘Good Samaritan corporation’ Good Samaritan Corporation Layering governance Employer Free Speech Increasing labour standards on a worldwide level International Labor Organization Transportable Law/ Portable Law Collective agreement as certification scheme Consumer autonomy Unifor and Community Chapters Worker Voice Governance Models Codes of Conduct as Tools to Increase Workers’ Rights Codes of Conduct Codes versus Certifications * Codes as corporate reformation Governance Ethics Codes The Gig Economy or the Rig Economy? Isolation and Inequality Bibliography for Chapter Three Chapter Four - Transnational Labour Regulation Marxism Marxism and the Law Marx’s Theory of Alienation Beyond Marx Distancing Compassion fatigue Enlightened self-interest Dignity and Respect Kindness and empathy Pro-friendly Collectivity * My Model Code of Conduct Model Code of Conduct 1. Forced Labour 2. Child Labour 3. Wages and Benefits 4. Overtime 5. Working Hours 6. Working Conditions 7. Health and Safety 8. Harassment 9. Discrimination 10. Environment 11. Freedom of Association 12. Monitoring 13. Access to Facilities Monitoring agencies Worker Rights Consortium Fair Labor Association Bibliography for Chapter Four Chapter Five - Conclusion Codes of conduct Disruptor and disruption Reserve Army of Labour Emotional Labour Organizational Justice There are limits to the law Expansion of fiduciary duties Not OK Computer: Automization and the Worker Luddism Not just numbers, they are men (and women) Bibliography for Chapter Five Index

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Vanisha H. Sukdeo is a Course Instructor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada.

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