Transnational regulation of temporary agency work compromised partnership between Private Employment Agencies and Global Union Federations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2373904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Cotton (0000-0001-5101-7265, Middlesex University Business School, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-153 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Employment and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0950017014545265 |
| OpenAlex | W2079384007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 36 |
This article critically assesses the potential for the international regulation of temporary agency work (TAW) through building partnership between the Global Union Federations (GUFs) and major Private Employment Agencies (PrEAs). Given the limits of existing national and international regulation of TAW, particularly in developing countries, and the current deadlock in dialogue through the International Labour Organization, the argument of this article is that Transnational Private Labour Regulation (TPLR) offers a unique opportunity to establish a basis for minimum standards for temporary agency workers. This article goes on to propose three potential TPLR frameworks that, although compromised, are transparent, fair and sufficiently elastic to accommodate the distributive and political risks associated with partnership. They also offer important gains, namely increasing the competitive advantage of the PrEAs involved, minimum standards for agency workers and 'field enlarging' strategies for the GUFs and their affiliates
Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Business · General partnership · International trade · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Temporary work · Work (physics · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Finance
Trade Unions in Western Europe
The Precariat
Successfully completing case study research
Governance as theory
Transnationalism in the Regulation of Labor Relations
Responsive regulation and developing economies
Trade Union Regime Formation Under the Conditions of Globalization in the Transport Sector
Trade union responses to workplace restructuring
The Evolution of a Global Labor Governance Regime
Transparency, Accountability, and Global Governance
Pushing the envelope
Partnership' and new industrial relations in a risk society
Institutional Emergence in an Era of Globalization
Insecurity and Long-term Employment
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2020 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |