Zero Hours and On-call Work in Anglo-Saxon Countries

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Sullivan, Michelle (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lavelle, Jonathan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), McMahon, Juliet (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ryan, Lorraine (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Murphy, Caroline (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Turner, Thomas (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gunnigle, Patrick (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Work, Organization, and Employment,
• Subjects: Personnel management.; Economic sociology.; Labor economics.; Industrial sociology.; Industrial organization.; Human Resource Management.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Labor Economics.; Sociology of Work.; Industrial Organization.

This book focuses on zero hours and on-call work as an extreme form of casual and precarious employment. It includes country studies of the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and Ireland, where there has been increasing concern about the prevalence of such work, and working time uncertainty...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Ireland
• Chapter 3: UK
• Chapter 4: Australia
• Chapter 5: New Zealand
• Chapter 6: USA
• Chapter 7: Canada
• Chapter 8: Implications for Workers in New Sectors of Economic Activity
• Chapter 9: Implications for Society - Between the Profit Imperative and Citizenship
• Chapter 10: Effective Responses to Zero Hours Work - Examples of the Role of Social Dialogue and Government Regulation
• Chapter 11: The Space for Regulation Beyond Borders? The Role of the EU in Regulating Zero Hours Work
• Chapter 12: The Space for Regulation Beyond Borders? The Role of the ILO and International Framework Agreements in Regulating Zero Hours Work
• Chapter 13: Conclusion.