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
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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