Forde, C and Slater, G orcid.org/0000-0003-0895-7117 (2016) Labour market regulation and the ‘competition state’: an analysis of the implementation of the Agency Working Regulations in the UK. Work, Employment and Society, 30 (4). pp. 590-606. ISSN 0950-0170
Abstract
This article examines the changing role of the state, through an analysis of the development and implementation of the EU Temporary Agency Work Directive in the UK. The article outlines and utilizes the concept of the ‘competition state’ to help frame and comprehend the UK Government’s approach to negotiating and shaping the Directive. Using archival, secondary and primary research, the article shows how the state continues to exercise important choices nationally and internationally which, in turn, have profound implications for the operation of labour markets. The article shows how, despite a veneer of fairness, the state has developed a regulatory instrument which provides uneven protection for workers, favours the actions of employers, promotes further flexibility in the use of temporary labour contracts and, by taking advantage of compromises at the European level, creates further market-making opportunities for well-established large agencies in the sector.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2016. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Work, Employment and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | agency work; competition state; European Union; labour market; regulation; state; temporary work; UK |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Economics Division (LUBS) (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Work and Employment Relation Division (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jan 2016 09:59 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2017 20:02 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017015622917 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0950017015622917 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:93310 |