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Professor Deirdre Mccann's Outputs (4)

Equality Through Precarious Work Regulation: Lessons from the Domestic Work Debates in Defence of the Standard Employment Relationship (2014)
Journal Article
McCann, D. (2014). Equality Through Precarious Work Regulation: Lessons from the Domestic Work Debates in Defence of the Standard Employment Relationship. International Journal of Law in Context, 10(4), 507-521. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1744552314000251

Precarious work is a crucial impediment to substantive equality. This paper examines the regulation of precariousness in the light of two recent trends: the casualisation of employment in the wake of the crisis, and global efforts to regulate domesti... Read More about Equality Through Precarious Work Regulation: Lessons from the Domestic Work Debates in Defence of the Standard Employment Relationship.

Prompting Formalisation Through Labour Market Regulation: A ‘Framed Flexibility’ Model for Domestic Work (2014)
Journal Article
McCann, D., & Murray, J. (2014). Prompting Formalisation Through Labour Market Regulation: A ‘Framed Flexibility’ Model for Domestic Work. Industrial Law Journal, 43(3), 319-348. https://doi.org/10.1093/indlaw/dwu018

There is an urgent need to conceptualise the potential for legal regulation of informal labour markets. This article responds by centring on one facet of the informal economy, namely domestic work. Efforts to regulate domestic work have intensified i... Read More about Prompting Formalisation Through Labour Market Regulation: A ‘Framed Flexibility’ Model for Domestic Work.

Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and Protection in an Uncertain World (2014)
Book
McCann, D., Belser, P., Fenwick, C., Howe, J., Lee, S., & Luebker, M. (Eds.). (2014). Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and Protection in an Uncertain World. Palgrave Macmillan/International Labour Organization

The book identifies three central challenges to contemporary labour regulation: intensifying labour market fragmentation; complex interactions between labour market institutions; and obstacles to effective enforcement. International in scope, the vol... Read More about Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and Protection in an Uncertain World.