Legislative regulation of global value chains to protect workers: A preliminary assessment

Rawling, M

Legislative regulation of global value chains to protect workers: A preliminary assessment

Rawling, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2015, 26 (4), pp. 660 - 677
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Rawling, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0434-3452	en_US
dc.date.available	2015-12-01	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Economic and Labour Relations Review, 2015, 26 (4), pp. 660 - 677	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1035-3046	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/99936
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2015. This article argues for domestic legislative regulation of global value chains to protect offshore workers. First, it outlines the policy reasons necessitating such legislation. Empirical evidence confirms that global value chains are a dominant feature of the global economy. It is contended that lead firms wield influence in global value chains in a manner which leads to poor outcomes for offshore workers. Second, the article sets out the minimum steps necessary for a domestic state to attribute the responsibility for transparency of global value chains to lead firms. Then, it proceeds to explore the possibilities and limits of the proposed scheme of regulation. Despite some complexities with implementing the scheme, it is argued that if domestic legislative regulation of global value chains strengthens even to a small extent the monitoring of global labour issues, it is worth pursuing.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP120103162
dc.relation.ispartof	Economic and Labour Relations Review	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1035304615615513	en_US
dc.title	Legislative regulation of global value chains to protect workers: A preliminary assessment	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	4	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	26	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Law
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pubs.issue	4	en_US
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© The Author(s) 2015. This article argues for domestic legislative regulation of global value chains to protect offshore workers. First, it outlines the policy reasons necessitating such legislation. Empirical evidence confirms that global value chains are a dominant feature of the global economy. It is contended that lead firms wield influence in global value chains in a manner which leads to poor outcomes for offshore workers. Second, the article sets out the minimum steps necessary for a domestic state to attribute the responsibility for transparency of global value chains to lead firms. Then, it proceeds to explore the possibilities and limits of the proposed scheme of regulation. Despite some complexities with implementing the scheme, it is argued that if domestic legislative regulation of global value chains strengthens even to a small extent the monitoring of global labour issues, it is worth pursuing.

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