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Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond The Standard Contract Of Employment, Katherine Stone, Harry Arthurs
Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond The Standard Contract Of Employment, Katherine Stone, Harry Arthurs
Harry Arthurs
During the middle third of the 20th century, workers in most industrialized countries secured a substantial measure of job security, whether through legislation, contract or social practice. This “standard employment contract,” as it was known, became the foundation of an impressive array of rights and entitlements, including social insurance and pensions, protection against unsociable working conditions, and the right to bargain collectively. Recent changes in technology and the global economy, however, have dramatically eroded this traditional form of employment. Employers now value flexibility over stability, and increasingly hire employees for short-term or temporary work. Many countries have also repealed labor …
Trouble Behind The Great Wall: A Critical Look At Workers’ Rights In China., Scott Walther
Trouble Behind The Great Wall: A Critical Look At Workers’ Rights In China., Scott Walther
The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice
Globalization has allowed large multinational corporations to shop for low cost labor markets with little intervention by governments. These markets are attractive to multinational corporations because their labor standards and laws tend to be poorly regulated and enforced. Specifically, China’s labor class has been abused and exploited by multinational corporations because of the country’s failure to adequately enforce its labor laws. Turning a blind eye to the violations of workers’ rights in China makes these corporations just as culpable by demanding more from the local manufacturers then evading responsibility for the resulting working conditions. Because multinational corporations do business with …