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The many ideas of labour law

Collins, Hugh ORCID: 0000-0002-2142-2208 (2024) The many ideas of labour law. In: The Oxford Handbook of the Law of Work. Oxford University Press, pp. 157-169. ISBN 9780192870360

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Identification Number: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192870360.013.13

Abstract

Taking an overview of justifications for labour law, five themes are identified which increasingly displace the background private law rules that govern work. These themes are: (1) correction of market failure resulting from structural inequality of bargaining power between employers and workers by the special regulatory technique of collective bargaining; (2) protection of workers against abuse of the hierarchical relation of subordination by employers; (3) protection against or the mutualization of risks of employment insecurity for workers in a market economy; (4) to remedy social injustice by redistributing incomes and power within productive organizations; and (5) to help individuals to secure personal fulfilment through work by measures that improve the content of jobs and improve workers’ work/life balance. Concluding reflections examine likely trends in the market for labour in a knowledge and service economy and how the law of work may become ineffective if it does not become transnational regulation.

Item Type: Book Section
Additional Information: ©2024 Oxford University Press
Divisions: Law
LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
K Law
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2025 15:51
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2025 17:04
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127202

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