This book explores the often neglected, but overwhelmingly common, everyday vulnerability of those who support the smooth functioning of contemporary societies: paid domestic workers.
With a focus on the multiple disadvantages these – often migrant – workers face when working and living in Europe, the book investigates the role of law in producing, reinforcing – or, alternatively, attenuating – vulnerability to exploitation. It departs from approaches that focus on extreme abuse such as ‘modern’ slavery or trafficking, to consider the much more widespread day-to-day vulnerabilities created at the intersection of different legal regimes. The book, therefore, examines issues such as low wages, unregulated working time, dismissals and the impact of migration status on enforcing rights at work.
The complex legal regimes regulating migrant domestic labour in Europe include migration and labour law sources at different levels: international, national and, as this book demonstrates, also EU. With an innovative lens that combines national, comparative, and multilevel analysis, this book opens up space for transformative legal change for migrant domestic workers in Europe and beyond.
By:
Vera Pavlou (University of Glasgow UK)
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781509942411
ISBN 10: 1509942416
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 June 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Globalisation and Migrant Domestic Labour Migrating for Domestic Work and Vulnerability to Exploitation Framing and Contesting the Role of Law in Structuring Migrant Domestic Workers’ Vulnerability Th e ILO Instruments: Potential and Limitations Migrant Domestic Labour in Europe Aims and Approach Chapter Overview Data Collection 1. Domestic Workers under National Migration Regimes Introduction Migration Regime Features as Vulnerability Vectors A Typology of European Migration Regimes on Domestic Workers Comparing the Construction of Vulnerabilities under European Migration Regimes Conclusion 2. Labour Law Regimes and Vulnerability Introduction Labour Law Regulation of Domestic Work in the UK, Cyprus, Sweden and Spain Approaches to Illegally Employed Migrant Domestic Workers Illegality Doctrines and Migrant Workers’ Rights under Labour Law Conclusion 3. Migrant Domestic Workers under EU Migration Law: Fragmentation and the Value of Work Introduction EU Sources on the Movement of EU and Non-EU Workers Fragmentation, Different Hierarchies and the Value of Work: Implications for Migrant Domestic Workers Domestic Workers under EU Law Sources on the Integration of Non-EU Migrants EU Migration Law Norms on Illegally Resident Domestic Workers Conclusion 4. Using EU Labour Law Sources to Challenge Domestic Workers’ Vulnerability Introduction Domestic Work and the Personal Scope of EU Labour Law Sources Substantive Rights in Selected Areas How Does National Law Fare? Conclusion 5. Challenging Vulnerability Introduction Organising Migrant Domestic Workers Processes of Reform and Avenues to Challenge Domestic Workers’ Vulnerability Conclusion
Vera Pavlou is Lecturer in Labour Law at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Reviews for Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe: Law and the Construction of Vulnerability
Migrant Domestic Workers in Europe exemplifies the benefits of rigorous comparative and multiscalar socio-legal analysis for understanding how law can both constitute and transform structures of vulnerability. It will inspire researchers and activists to continue to find ways to achieve decent work for migrant domestic workers. --Judy Fudge, Professor in Global Labour Studies, McMaster University, Canada
