Overview

In the global era, controversies abound over temporary labour migration; however, it has not previously been subjected to a sustained socio-legal analysis on a comparative basis, critiquing the underpinning concepts conventionally accepted as fundamental in this area. This collection of essays aims to fill that void. Complex regulatory challenges arise from temporary labour migration. This collection examines these challenges and the extent to which temporary labour migration programmes can be ethical, equitable and efficacious and so deliver decent work for workers. Whilst the tendency for migration law to divide labour law’s worker-protective mission has been observed before, the authors of the chapters comprising this collection seek not only to interrogate why and how this is so, but to go further in examining the implications and effects of a wide range of regulatory mechanisms on temporary labour migration.

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Author:   Joanna Howe ,  Rosemary Owens
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Hart Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9781509906284

ISBN 10:   1509906282
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   06 October 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction 1. Temporary Labour Migration in the Global Era: The Regulatory Challenges Joanna Howe and Rosemary Owens Part II: Global Economic Integration and the Regulation of Temporary Labour Migration 2. Seasonal Workers and Intra-corporate Transferees in EU Law: Capital’s Handmaidens? Cathryn Costello and Mark Freedland 3. Temporary Labour Migration and the Trade in Services: European and Global Perspectives in an Age of Economic Integration Samuel Engblom, Nicola Kountouris and Åsa Odin Ekman 4. The Distinction Between Temporary Labour Migration and Posted Work in Austria: Labour Law versus Trade Law Gudrun Biffl and Isabella Skrivanek Part III: Temporary Labour Migration in Pursuit of Economic Efficiency 5. Employer Demand for ‘Skilled’ Migrant Workers: Regulating Admission Under the United Kingdom’s Tier 2 (General) Visa Mimi Zou 6. Contesting the Demand-Driven Orthodoxy: An Assessment of the Australian Regulation of Temporary Labour Migration Joanna Howe Part IV: Temporary Labour Migration and the Production of Precarity 7. Migrant Domestic Workers in British Columbia, Canada: Unfreedom, Trafficking and Domestic Servitude Judy Fudge 8. Why is Labour Protection for Temporary Migrant Workers so Fraught?: A Perspective from Australia Joo-Cheong Tham, Iain Campbell and Martina Boese Part V: Challenges in Realising Decent Work for Temporary Migrant Workers 9. Empowering Temporary Migrant Workers in Sweden: A Call for Unequal Treatment Petra Herzfeld Olsson 10. Temporary Labour Migration and Modern Slavery Virginia Mantouvalou 11. The Regulation of Temporary Immigration as Part of New Forms of the Supply Chain: Segmenting Labour Rights For Workers Julia López López 12. Regulating Temporariness in Italian Migration Law Veronica Papa Part VI: Contesting Temporariness: Status and the Social Effects of the Legal Regulation of Temporary Labour Migration 13. The Membership of Migrant Workers and the Ethical Limits of Exclusion Alexander Reilly 14. Protecting the Rights of Temporary Migrant Workers: Ideals versus Reality Martin Ruhs Part VII: The Global Challenge of Temporary Labour Migration: Regulatory Responses and Possibilities 15. Roles for Workers and Unions in Regulating Labour Recruitment in Mexico Jennifer Gordon 16. Decent Labour Standards in Corporate Supply Chains: The Immokalee Workers Model James J Brudney 17. Reducing Worker-Paid Migration Costs Philip Martin 18. Temporary Labour Migration and Workplace Rights in Australia: Is Effective Enforcement Possible? Rosemary Owens

Reviews

[T]he collection does provide anyone with an interest in migration law and policy with a stimulating and sometimes provocative range of perspectives from different jurisdictions and disciplines. * Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law * The book is written in a comprehensible manner and represents a significant enrichment of the discussion on temporary labour migration, a phenomenon that is ever more important... It is therefore recommended to a wide range of readers, especially those wishing to gain insight and advance their knowledge in this field, while being especially relevant for researchers, social partners and policymakers. * European Journal of Social Security *

[T]he collection does provide anyone with an interest in migration law and policy with a stimulating and sometimes provocative range of perspectives from different jurisdictions and disciplines. -- James Gillespie * Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law * The book is written in a comprehensible manner and represents a significant enrichment of the discussion on temporary labour migration, a phenomenon that is ever more important... It is therefore recommended to a wide range of readers, especially those wishing to gain insight and advance their knowledge in this field, while being especially relevant for researchers, social partners and policymakers. -- Primoz Rataj, University of Ljubljana * European Journal of Social Security *

Author Information

Joanna Howe is Senior Lecturer and Rosemary Owens is Emerita Professor, both at the University of Adelaide.

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