Beyond Employment
- Publisher:
- Federation Press
- Publication Type:
- Book
- Citation:
- 2012, 1
- Issue Date:
- 2012-01
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Australian labour law, at least from the mid-twentieth century, was dominated by the employment paradigm: the assumption that labour laws scope was the regulation of employment relationships full-time and part-time, and continuing, fixed term or casual with a single (usually corporate) entity employer. But no sooner had the employment paradigm established and consolidated its shape, it began to fall apart. Since the 1980s there has been a significant growth of patterns of work that fall outside this paradigm, driven by organisational restructuring and management techniques such as labour hire, sub-contracting and franchising. Beyond Employment analyses the way in which Australian labour law is being reframed in this shift away from the pre-eminence of the employment paradigm. Its principal concern is with the legal construction and regulation of various forms of contracting, including labour hire arrangements, complex contractual chains and modern forms like franchising, and of casual employment. It outlines the current array of work relationships in Australia, and describes and analyses the way in which those outside continuous and fixed term employment are regulated. The book seeks to answer the central question: How does law (legal rules and principles) construct these work relationships, and how does it regulate these relationships?
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