Full Description
This forward-thinking book focuses on current and future challenges facing employment law in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Leading experts in the field discuss the need for legislative intervention in the three nations and examine differences in their judicial attitudes.
Chapters explore the need for stronger regulatory employment models to ensure the economic security and personal autonomy of workers. They also highlight the need for enhanced support and flexible working conditions, particularly for casual workers and those on the margins of the workforce. The book debates the ethics of surveillance technology and draws parallels between excessive control and psycho-social harm in the workplace. Reflecting on the global fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, it addresses the impact of shifting professional relationships on working conditions and contracts, which are predominantly dictated by employers.
An essential resource for students in employment law, human resources management and industrial relations, this book will also benefit government policy advisors and employers researching labour market regulations.
Contents
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction to Employment Law for a Brave New World
2 The challenges of regulating for a brave new world
3 A brave new world of workers
4 The challenge of on-demand work
5 Personal contracting
6 Worker voice in a brave new world
7 Effective minimum employment standards
8 Workers' mobility and capital
9 The electronic panopticon: surveillance, control and personal
autonomy
10 Health and safety
11 Codification
12 Intersectionality: the labour law-welfare law interface
13 Concluding reflections: employment law for a brave new world
