Lindstrom, Nicole orcid.org/0000-0003-2042-2465 (2019) What’s left for ‘Social Europe’?:Brexit and transnational labour market regulation in the UK-1 and the EU-27. New Political Economy. pp. 286-298. ISSN 1469-9923
Abstract
The paper examines UK government positions on the regulation of transnational labour in the context of Brexit. Through an analysis of EU regulations on posted workers–the practice whereby a company based in one EU member state sends workers to carry out a service in another EU member state–the paper argues that the UK has consistently advocated further liberalisation of transnational labour markets in EU level decision-making, a position consistent with promoting increasingly ‘flexible’ labour markets at home. Brexit marks a turning point. Demands from British workers for stronger protection against liberalising pressure help explain the UK's recent shift towards relaxing its opposition to ‘market-correcting’ EU initiatives like the revised posted worker directive. Brexit provides a window of opportunity for the revitalisation of ‘Social Europe’ in the EU-27, without a longstanding veto player at the bargaining table, but one more likely focused more on upholding national labour protections than initiating new supranational policies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded with permission of the publisher/copyright holder. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Brexit,British labour market,European Union,Social Europe,posted workers |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 May 2018 13:30 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:33 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1484719 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13563467.2018.1484719 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130539 |
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